Vocabulary
詞彙
工作
Jobs
[JAMES] I'm a businessman.
[JAMES] I work in an office.
[PAUL] I'm a manager.
[PAUL] I work in a paper company.
[PAUL] Ohhhh!
[MICHELLE] I'm a sales assistant.
[MICHELLE] I work in a clothes store.
[MICHELLE] I like my job.
[MICHELLE] I like shopping, and I like clothes.
[MICHELLE] What do you do?
[MICHELLE] Do you like your job?
firefighter
消防隊員
/ˈfaɪərfaɪtər/
a person whose job is to put out fires
doctor
醫生
/ˈdɑːktər/
a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill/sick or injured
- You'd better see a doctor about that cough.
你的咳嗽最好去看看醫生。
teacher
教師, 老師
/ˈtiːtʃər/
a person whose job is teaching, especially in a school
- a history/science, etc. teacher
歷史/理科等教師
secretary
秘書
/ˈsekrəteri/
a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with letters and telephone calls, typing, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc
- a legal/medical secretary
法律/醫療秘書
engineer
工程師
/ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/
a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures
- They're sending an engineer to fix the phone.
他們派出一名工程師檢修電話。
sales assistant
售貨員, 店員
/seɪlz əˈsɪstənt/
a person who serves customers in a store
- I asked the sales assistant if I could return the sweater.
manager
主管, 經理, 負責人
/ˈmænɪdʒər/
a person who is in charge of running a business, a shop/store or a similar organization or part of one
- a bank/hotel manager
一名銀行/酒店經理
artist
藝術家
/ˈɑːrtɪst/
a person who creates works of art, especially paintings or drawings
- an exhibition of work by contemporary British artists
英國當代藝術家作品展
architect
建築師
/ˈɑːrkɪtekt/
a person whose job is designing buildings
- A world-famous architect was hired to design the skyscraper.
Grammar
語法
一般現在時疑問句
Simple present questions
To form yes-no questions in the simple present, put the word do before I, you, we and they. Put does before he, she and it. Put the verb after the pronoun. Look at the chart to see examples of questions.
一般現在時的一般疑問句中，把do 置於 I, you, we 和
they之前，把does 置於he, she 和 it之前。把動詞置於代名詞之後。請看錶，看看問句的例句。
To form simple present questions with question words, put the question word before do or
does.用疑問詞構成一般現在時疑問句，把疑問詞置於do或does之前。
Expressions
表達
聯誼
Networking
[LAURA] So, what do you do?
[KEN] What do I do?
[KEN] I'm a firefighter.
[KEN] How about you?
What do you do?
[LAURA] So what do I do?
[LAURA] I'm a doctor.
聯誼
Networking
At networking events, it's important to try to meet as many people as possible in a short amount of time, so the conversations may be very fast.
在聯誼活動中，在短時間內儘可能與越多人見面越好，所以交談會很快。
People want to find out quickly what others do, where they work and where they live to see if they have enough in common to have a longer conversation.
人們想盡快了解對方的職業，在哪裡工作，居住在哪裡，看看他們是否有足夠的相同點進行進一步的交談。
Common questions:
常見問題：
What do you do?
您做什麼工作的？
What company do you work for?
您在哪家公司上班？
Do you like your job?
您喜歡您的工作嗎？
Although it is not recommended to ask someone whether they are married or if they have children, it is okay to ask follow-up questions if they mention one of these topics.
儘管不建議詢問某人是否已婚或是是否有小孩了，但是如果他們談及到以下話題之一時是可以問以上的問題的。
A: I live with my wife in New York.
我和我的夫人住在紐約。
B: What does your wife do?
您夫人從事什麼職業？
When you are talking to someone at a networking event, it's important to keep the conversation going.
當您在聯誼活動中和某人談話時，最重要的是保持交談的順利進行。
Even a short response is better than silence. Your responses can be positive, neutral or sympathetic.
簡短的回應也比保持沉默要好。您的回應可以是積極的，中立的或者表示贊同的。
Positive:
積極的：
That's interesting.
真有趣。
Really?
真的嗎？
That's great!
太棒了！
Neutral:
中立的：
I see.
我明白了。
Uh-huh.
嗯。Oh.喔。
Sympathetic:
贊同的：
That's too bad.
那太糟糕了。
ANN: Hi! I'm Ann.
HARRY: Nice to meet you. I'm Harry.
ANN: Nice to meet you too !
HARRY: So, what do you do?
ANN: I'm a manager.
HARRY: Uh-huh . Do you like your job?
ANN: I do. I like it a lot. And what do you do?
HARRY: I'm a doctor.
ANN: Oh. And where do you live?
HARRY: I live in Mexico City.
ANN: Really ? I live in Los Angeles with my husband.
HARRY: Oh, that's nice. What does he do?
ANN: He's an artist.
HARRY: That's interesting .
What do you do?
你從事什麼工作？
I'm a doctor.
我是一名醫生。
Do you like your job?
您喜歡您的工作嗎？
I like it very much.
我非常喜歡。
What does your wife do?
您的夫人從事什麼工作？
She's a teacher.
她是一名教師。
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