实战口语情景对话 第1114期:The Perfect Schedule 完美的日程

Rory: So I was thinking about my current job.
罗瑞：我想谈谈我现在的工作。

Abidemi: Uh-hmm.
阿比德米：嗯。

Rory: And I think like my work schedule is so good.
罗瑞：我认为我的工作安排很不错。

Abidemi: Yeah.
阿比德米：嗯。

Rory: I work Monday and Tuesday, then I have a day off. Then I work Thursday and Friday, and then I have the weekend off. And I get five months holiday, yeah.
罗瑞：我周一和周二上班。然后周三休息一天。周四和周五上班，周末休息。另外我还有五个月的假期。

Abidemi: Wow. Sign me up.
阿比德米：哇哦。算我一个吧。

Rory: So I mean, what's a good work schedule for you?
罗瑞：你认为什么是好的工作安排？

Abidemi: I think what you've just described sounds really good as well. When I was younger actually, I don't know where this idea came from but my ideal work hours were 9:00 until 2:00.
阿比德米：我认为你刚刚描述的听起来非常不错。我年轻时认为理想的工作时间是早上9点到下午2点，不过我也不知道这个想法从何而来。

Rory: Okay.
罗瑞：好。

Abidemi: Not 9:00 until 5:00 like you usually hear in a lot of Western countries, but 9 o'clock to 2 o'clock.
阿比德米：现在许多西方国家的工作时间都是朝九晚五，不是早上9点到下午2点。

Rory: Right.
罗瑞：好。

Abidemi: I don't know. So maybe for me, if I could do it, if I could find something like that, it would be really good because you can sleep in until maybe 7:00 or 8:00, go to work, finish at 2:00, still come back and have a good chunk of that day to do other things. So...
阿比德米：我也不知道。也许对我来说，如果我能找到这样的工作，那就太好了，可以睡懒觉，睡到早上七八点，然后去上班，下午2点下班以后还有很多时间，可以做其他事情。

Rory: Yeah. So my previous job was quite – I started at 9:30 and I finish at 12:30. I worked five days a week but it was great because work was finished by lunch time. I had the whole day free. And that was a good job.
罗瑞：嗯。我上一份工作是早上9点半上班，中午12点半下班，一周工作五天，那非常棒，午饭时间工作就结束了。剩下的时间都是空闲时间。那是份很不错的工作。

Abidemi: And you still got a full time salary?
阿比德米：拿全职薪水？

Rory: And that was a full-time salary, yeah.
罗瑞：对，全职薪水。

Abidemi: Wow. Sounds even better than this one, maybe.
阿比德米：哇哦。听起来比你现在的工作还要好。

Rory: Yeah. In the past – I mean, I've worked in restaurants where you work only in the evenings. So I'd start at 5:30 and work until around midnight. I didn't like that as much because all day, I was thinking, "I've got to go to work later." So I think I prefer working in the morning and get it behind me as soon as possible.
罗瑞：嗯。我之前晚上在餐厅工作过。工作时间是晚上5点半到午夜。我不太喜欢那份工作，因为一整天我都在想“我一会儿要去上班”。我更喜欢在上午工作，尽快把工作完成。

Abidemi: I think maybe I'm the same way as well. I prefer to get it down and then have the rest of the day to enjoy. Also, I had a job where I was working during the weekend. And I would have Mondays and Tuesdays off. And I didn't really like that. I missed seeing friends on the weekend and then going out. So I don't think I would like anything like that. How about not working? Do you think – how long do you think you could go without not having to work?
阿比德米：我想我和你一样。我也喜欢尽快搞定工作，然后剩下的时间享受时光。我还做过一份周末上班，周一和周二休息的工作。我不太喜欢那份工作。因为我周末不能和朋友见面，不能和朋友出去玩。所以我不喜欢那样的工作。不工作呢？你认为不工作你能坚持多长时间？

Rory: Well, it's funny because this job now I have really long vacations but I'm not happy when I'm not working. Like my wife gets very frustrated with me because if I have nothing to do, I tend to be a bit annoying around the house, just getting depressed, just arguing all the time. But I don't need much work. Like if I could just do like an hour a day, I think that would be enough to make me happy.
罗瑞：嗯，这很有趣，因为我现在这份工作有很长的假期，不过我不工作的时候并不开心。我妻子对我很失望，因为我没什么事做、呆在家里的时候会有些烦人，我会很消沉，一直争论个不停。不过我不需要太多工作。我想一天工作1个小时就能让我开心起来。

Abidemi: Okay. How long could you go would say? A week or two without having to touch work?
阿比德米：好。那你不工作能坚持多长时间？完全不碰工作的话，你能坚持一周还是两周？

Rory: I could probably go a couple of months.
罗瑞：我可能可以坚持几个月。

Abidemi: Okay. Without having to work at all.
阿比德米：好。完全不工作。

Rory: Yeah, if I have other things to do, you know.
罗瑞：对，如果有其他事情做的话。

Abidemi: All right.
阿比德米：好。

Rory: So if I had other projects like if I was doing a lot of training for running or if I was studying, if I had a good book then I could probably go quite a long time.
罗瑞：如果有其他事情做，比如做大量的跑步训练，或是学习，读一本好书，那我可以坚持很长时间。

Abidemi: Yeah. I get pretty restless myself, too. I think after three, four days of not having anything to do, I just want – I really need something. Maybe, like you said study or learn or go out and do something, have a project, have a goal. I think, yeah, my personality type needs to constantly do something, produce. Yeah.
阿比德米：好。我也会变得焦躁不安。如果什么都不做，那三四天以后我就会想做些事情。也许就像你说的那样，学习或是外出，做个项目，制定个目标。我想我的个性决定我要不断地做事。

Rory: Yeah. When I worked in Europe, I used to do – I used to teach for one or two weeks intensively, and then have three or four weeks off. And it was quite nice because I had lots of free time but after two or three weeks of free time, I was quite looking forward to the next block, the next block of teaching. But teaching these intensive blocks can be quite – it can be quite tough as well. Like I have to – I did a six-week block in Russia once, and after three weeks, I just wanted to go home. Six weeks was too long.
罗瑞：嗯。我在欧洲工作时，曾做过一两周左右的集中教学工作，然后我会休息三四周的时间。我认为那非常不错，因为有很多空闲时间，不过在休息两三周以后，我就会非常希望进行下一个教学工作。不过集中教学非常难。我曾在俄罗斯做过为期六周的集中教学，三周之后我就想回家了。六周的时间太长了。

Abidemi: Wow. I see. How intensive was it?
阿比德米：哇哦。我明白了。强度有多大？

Rory: Well, the job in Russia was really intensive because I was living with the students in a residential university. And so we had breakfast together and then I taught them from half past eight in the morning until half past six in the evening.
罗瑞：嗯，俄罗斯的工作强度很大，因为我要和学生们一起住在一所提供住宿的大学。我们一起吃早餐，然后早上8点半开始上课，晚上6点半下课。

Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: We had lunch together, and then we had dinner together in the evening.
罗瑞：我们一起吃午餐，晚上也一起吃晚餐。

Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: And there was one bar in the university, and we all went to the same bar in the evening as well.
罗瑞：大学里有一家酒吧，我们晚上也会去那个酒吧放松。

Abidemi: And you had the same group of students?
阿比德米：是和同一批学生吗？

Rory: The same group of students.
罗瑞：对，和同一拨学生。

Abidemi: For six weeks?
阿比德米：六周的时间？

Rory: For six weeks and it was six days a week of teaching.
罗瑞：对，我要进行六周的教学。

Abidemi: Wow. I can – if you the teacher felt like that, I can only imagine how the students must have felt. They must have wanted a break badly.
阿比德米：哇哦。你是老师，如果连你都想休息，那我可以想象学生一定也有这种感觉。他们一定非常想休息。

Rory: Yeah. We all wanted a break.
罗瑞：对。我们都想休息。