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VOA慢速英语:Young, and Training for a Good Job -- at Sea
短语讲解:
1. He says he is not worried about finding a job.
worry about 担心...;焦虑...
例句:Don't worry about him; he is a cheerful and elastic man.
别为他担心;他是个快活开朗的人。
2. VASILE TUDORAN: “When we get out of school you are basically guaranteed a job. There are not enough bodies for the positions that are needed to be filled.”
get out of 逃避
例句:I couldn't get out of going to that wedding.
我不能逃避出席婚礼。
3. In addition to working on ships, he says, engineering graduates from the academy also get jobs with power companies and satellite companies.
In addition to 除……之外
例句:In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外,他还得学日语。
4. Instructor Bill Schmid says the situation for marine transportation students is not as bright as it was before the economic downturn, but it is recovering.
as...as 与……一样
例句:He runs as quick as a deer.
他跑得跟鹿一样快。
5. Just disciplining yourself to show up and keep grooming standards and be where you need to be, sit down, buckle your belt and study.
show up 揭露;暴露
例句:I intend to show up this liar.
我打算揭发这个说谎者。
6. He says when he was growing up, he was always told it takes a special person to want to go to sea for a living.
grow up 成长
例句:The boys grew up.
孩子们长大了。
7. ANDREW DI TUCCI: “My favorite thing about it is waking up every morning and seeing nothing but the ocean on all sides of you. I get a thrill out of that.”
wake up (使)醒来,起床
例句:I used to wake up early and get up at 6:30.
我通常醒得早,六点半钟起床。
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