英语口语：about occupation（关于职业）

about occupation（关于职业）

• Mr. Jones: What do you do for a living?你是做什么工作的?

• Mr. Rooney: I am sorry I don't understand the question.对不起，我不明白你的问题。

• Mr. Jones: What is your occupation?你的职业是什么?

• Mr. Rooney: I'm a mechanic; I work in a garage on Oxford street.我是机械修理工;我在牛津街的一个修车厂工作。

• Mr. Jones: A mechanic? You must do a lot of work and get very dirty.机械修理工?那你的工作一定很繁重，而且很脏。

• Mr. Rooney: yes, I do lots of work. Every day I fix cars and it takes a long time to get clean after work.是的，我要做大量的工作。我每天都要修理汽车，下班后要花很长时间才能把自己洗干净。

• Mr. Jones: That is really interesting. How many cars do you think you fix in a day?那真有趣。你认为你一天能修多少辆车?

• Mr. Rooney: On average I probably fix about seven cars every day I do get tired.平均来说，我每天大概要修7辆车，我确实很累。

• Mr. Rooney: What sort of job do you have Mr. Jones?Mr. Jones: I don't have a job at the moment.我现在没有工作。

• Mr. Rooney: why?为什么?

• Mr. Jones: I'm at college learning English.我在大学学习英语。

• Mr. Rooney: Thanks for the chat I have to get back to work now.谢谢你和我聊了这么多，我现在得回去工作了。

• Mr. Jones: yes, thanks also.也谢谢你。

tips：

①What do you do for a living? “你做什么工作的？”do for a living “谋生”。询问对方做什么工作，我们还可以说What is your occupation?/What’s your job?/What do you do?等等。

②On average “平均地”，在这里用作副词。It takes him 30 minutes on average to walk from home to his office every day.（他每天平均要花30分钟从家里走到办公室。）

③I do get tired. “我确实累了”。动词前面加do用来表示强调“的确，确实”。