美语情景对话 第547期:Working in the U.K. 在英国工作

Joel: Hey, Tom, I have a student that just got a working holiday visa for the U.K., and she asked me what she will be able to do when she's out there, but I don't even know what a working holiday visa is, and I haven't been to the U.K., so I don't know what to tell her.

乔尔：嗨，汤姆，我有个学生刚拿到了英国的假期工作签证，她问我她在那里能做什么，可是我连假期工作签证都不清楚，而且我也没去过英国，所以我不知道该怎么回答她。

Tom: Yeah, the working holiday visa is a pretty new thing. I think it lasts six months, and you can work for three months. It's pretty popular among students. Is her English OK?

汤姆：假期工作签证是签证新政。这种签证的有效期是六个月，你可以工作三个月。这种签证非常受学生们的欢迎。她英语好吗？

Joel: Yeah, her English is pretty good.

乔尔：她的英语非常好。

Tom: Then she shouldn't have a problem getting work in, well, I used to work in a bar when I was at university and that's pretty good work. It's in the evening and the pay is usually pretty basic.

汤姆：那她找工作应该不会有问题，我上大学时在酒吧工作过，那份工作非常不错。工作时间是晚上，拿基本工资。

Joel: But you make tips, though, right.

乔尔：可是你可以收小费。

Tom: English people don't tip.

汤姆：英国人一般不给小费。

Joel: Oh, really.

乔尔：哦，是吗？

Tom: You just have to put the hours in. You might get bought a couple of drinks, but you'll drink them up after the shift.

汤姆：要做满时间。你也可以点酒喝，不过在换班后才能喝酒。

Joel: It'd definitley make you English better too. You're talking to people all the time.

乔尔：这份工作一定能提高英语水平，因为你要一直和人们交流。

Tom: The best way to improve. You're expected to talk to the customers all night. But if you didn't like the bar, it's a bit noisy and it can be quite smokey, she could work in a restaurant, out front, taking people's orders. That's another way to use her English and to get to meet some different people and that will tip.

汤姆：这是提高英语水平的最好方法。你整晚都要和顾客交流。不过如果她不喜欢酒吧，觉得酒吧又吵又有很多人吸烟，那她可以去餐厅工作，做服务员为人们点餐。这份工作也可以应用英语，而且可以见到不同的人，还有小费拿。

Joel: OK, you tip at restaurants, but not at bars.

乔尔：哦，英国人在餐厅给小费，可是在酒吧不给。

Tom: That's right. Yeah.

汤姆：没错，是这样的。

Joel: I see.

乔尔：我知道了。

Tom: And if she was struggling a bit she could work in the back of a restaurant.

汤姆：如果她觉得有困难，那可以去餐厅后厨工作。

Joel: Washing dishes or something like that. Yeah.

乔尔：可以做洗盘子之类的工作。

Tom: That's not much fun.

汤姆：那可不太有趣。

Joel: Yeah, I used to wash dishes, that was my first job ever and I remember my legs being so sore from standing up all day. It was a terrible job.

乔尔：对，我以前洗过盘子，那是我的第一份工作，我记得站了一整天以后，我的腿非常酸。那是一份糟糕的工作。

Tom: I wouldn't recommend that one.

汤姆：我不会推荐那种工作。

Joel: Yeah. So the working holiday though, you said it's three months but the visa is for 6 months, so you work for the second 3 months and then maybe you'd study for the first 3 months?

乔尔：嗯，你刚说可以工作三个月，可是签证的有效期是六个月，所以是说前三个月学习，后三个月工作吗？

Tom: No, it's not for studying. It's a holiday. You travel. You go from place to place and you pick up jobs on the way.

汤姆：不是，你并不是去学习的，是去度假的。你是去旅行的。你可以去不同的地方旅行，在旅行途中找工作。

Joel: OK, so, but still you, the second half is when you would work?

乔尔：哦，所以后三个月是工作时间？

Tom: You can mix it up. You can work for a maximum of three months, but no more.

汤姆：可以穿插进行。你最多可以工作三个月的时间，不能超过三个月。

Joel: Oh, that's interesting.

乔尔：哦，这很有意思。

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重点讲解：
1. drink up
喝干；喝完；
例句：Drink up your sherry and we'll go.
喝完你的雪利酒我们就走。
2. stand up
站；立；站立；
例句：We waited, standing up, for an hour.
我们站着等了1 小时。
3. mix up
混合；
例句：I like to mix up designer clothes.
我喜欢把各种名牌服装混搭在一起。
4. pick up
得到；
例句：He used to do such work as he could pick up.
他惯常能够找到什么活就干什么活。