I：Hey, Maris, are you a part-timer?

嘿,瑪利亞,你是個“兼職人士”嗎?

M：Part-timer? Is that a new buzzword?

兼職人士?是個時髦詞吧?

I：Oh, it’s pretty popular among my classmates these days. So are you?

哦,這幾天我同學一直說這個詞.你做兼職嗎?

M：Sure, I have a part-time job as a bartender.

嗯,我在酒吧做調酒師.

I：Cool! It must be amazing to work at a bar!

哇,好酷啊,在酒吧工作很有意思吧?

M：Yeah, but I’m not there for fun. I have to remain professional and if I get distracted, the manager would be pretty upset.

是的,但是我可不是去玩的.我必須保持專業(yè),要是我分心的話,經理會不高興的.

I：That’s true. I’m wondering did you learn anything from the job?

那倒也是.你從中學到東西了嗎?

M：Of course. There’s always much to learn. I got to know more about the real world.

當然啦,要學的東西很多,而且我更了解現(xiàn)實生活了.

I：You mean you got working experience, right?

你是說工作經驗嗎?

M：Not just working experience. I would say the biggest lesson I learned is how to deal with people from all walks of life.

我覺得不但是工作經驗,而是和各種人打交道的能力.

I：It must be very demanding.

那要求一定很高了?

M：Sometimes it is. But after working for a few weeks, it’s easy to figure out.

有時候挺高的.但是干上幾星期,該知道怎么做了.

I：Really? It sounds interesting.

是嗎?聽起來很有意思.

M：Maybe you can come to the bar one day and I’ll show you around.

你可以抽空來酒吧一趟,看看我是怎么工作的.

I：Great. I’m looking forward to it.

太好了!我很想去看看.