美语情景对话 第1335期:Have you ever had a bad job? 你做过糟糕的工作吗?

Diego: Hello, this is Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：大家好，我是迭戈，来自墨西哥。

Silvia: Hi, I'm Silvia from Guatemala.

西尔维亚：嗨，我是西尔维亚，来自危地马拉。

Diego: And I want to ask you a question. Can you tell me about your worst job ever?

迭戈：我想问你个问题。你能说说你做过最糟糕的工作吗？

Silvia: Yeah, I had a really bad job. I was there for two months. Have you seen the movie The Devil Wears Prada?

西尔维亚：好，我做过一份非常糟糕的工作。我在那里干了两个月。你看过《穿普拉达的恶魔》那部电影吗？

Diego: Yes.

迭戈：看过。

Silvia: Well, that movie reminds me of my job.

西尔维亚：那部电影让我想起了我的工作。

Diego: Really?

迭戈：是吗？

Silvia: Imagine.

西尔维亚：想象一下。

Diego: Why?

迭戈：为什么？

Silvia: Because my boss was the devil. He was. Actually, it was a very exhausting job, and you had to be there by seven a.m. until five. I never left after five. I alwasy. I'm sorry, I never...

西尔维亚：因为我的老板是恶魔。他就是恶魔。实际上，那份工作令人疲惫不堪，每天要从早上7点工作到下午5点。我从来没在5点之后下班过。我一直……抱歉，我说错了，我从来没……

Diego: before five.

迭戈：没在5点以前下班过。

Silvia: before five. I always left around six, and still you had to go on Saturday half a day.

西尔维亚：我从没在5点以前下班过。我一直是6点左右下班，而且周六还要上半天班。

Diego: Oh, and what was this job for?

迭戈：哦，那份工作要做什么？

Silvia: Actually, it's a clothing chain in Guatemala. It's quite famous, so they have around 80 stores, and the job was in marketing, and the boss was just ...

西尔维亚：那是危地马拉一家服装连锁公司。那家公司相当有名，有大概80家门店，我做的工作是市场营销，老板真是……

Diego: too demanding.

迭戈：要求太苛刻。

Silvia: And even a little bit, how do you say, like the way of treating people was not nice at all. Like he would even tell you, like, "Are you stupid or what?"

西尔维亚：而且，要怎么说，老板对待别人的方式一点也不友善。比如，他甚至会跟你说，“你是笨蛋吗？”

Diego: Wow, that sounds horrible.

迭戈：哇哦，那听起来太可怕了。

Silvia: It was horrible. So that's why the Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite movies. It just reminds me of my job.

西尔维亚：的确很可怕。所以《穿普拉达的恶魔》是我最喜欢的电影。因为那使我想起了我曾做过的工作。

Diego: Oh!

迭戈：哦！

Silvia: I even had nightmares of my boss after quitting.

西尔维亚：我在离职后甚至做噩梦还会梦到老板。

Diego: Wow!

迭戈：哇哦！

Silvia: Imagine. It was a really bad job.

西尔维亚：可想而知，那真的是非常糟糕的工作。

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