地道美语听力练习:从事喜爱的工作

Lorna:It's great to be alive, isn't it?

Deangelo:What are you so happy about?

Lorna:I'm just happy to come to work.

Deangelo:What?!

Lorna:I've come to realize that this is more than a job.

It's a vocation. I'm doing valuable work that I'm well suited for.

Deangelo:Are you on something?

Lorna:I'm high on life and my newfound sense of purpose.

I realize that I'm doing this job because I have a calling and this is what I'm meant to do.

Deangelo:I'm serious. Are you coming down with something?

Lorna:Of course not.

Yesterday, it occurred to me the legacy I'll be leaving behind after my life's work is done.

Deangelo:Life's work?

Lorna:Yes, I'll be remembered in posterity as someone who made a difference.

Deangelo:You do remember what you do for a living, right?

Lorna:I provide salve to people who need it.

I give succor to those in need.

Deangelo:You serve drinks in a bar.

Lorna:I provide a shoulder to cry on, a calm voice in a crazy world.

Deangelo:Talk about delusions of grandeur!