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刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-04-13
难易度:Medium
关键字:let someone down, potential, sketch, informed
Helen and Robert are continuing to discuss different ways and maybe the best way
that you can choose a career.
And Robert originally thought that he would just be a doctor.
And if he didn't like it, he would deal with it.
But Helen makes some suggestions to him, and maybe he will make a potential list
of career options.
Well, we have a lot more to hear from Robert and Helen in the next part of our
article.
Let's start the second reading now.
How Do You Choose a Career?
You should also consider what kind of work environment you like and how much
money you want to make.
You also need to think about how easy it would be to take time off and how much
education you need.
That's a lot to think about.
Well, I'm pretty good at math, and I really love to sketch pictures of
buildings.
That sounds more interesting to me than fixing human bodies.
I just don't want to upset my parents.
I know, but it sounds like you're interested in architecture.
My dad knows some architects.
He could introduce you to some so you could find out more about that field.
Then you can make an informed decision.
I guess it wouldn't hurt to talk to them.
Well, think about it, and let me know.
(Music).
Yes, Robert will let Helen know.
Well, Helen, would you like to begin this conversation?
Uh, sure, of course.
You should also consider what kind of work environment you like and how much
money you want to make.
You also need to think about how easy it would be to take time off and how much
education you need.
Wow, wow, wow! OK. Thank you, Helen... Carolyn.
Helen mentioned a lot there in that conversation.
There are four main things.
One thing you should consider is the kind of work environment that you want.
And another thing is how much money you want to make.
What's the third thing that Helen suggests that Robert think about?
Well, she also recommends that he'd think about how easy it would be to take
time off.
Because if you have a job that keeps you very busy, it might be a little bit
difficult to spend time with your family, go on vacation or take time off for
other reasons.
That's right.
And another thing that Helen mentions is the kind of education that you need.
What she's talking about here is whether you just need a bachelor's degree from
university or if you need to continue getting your master's or Ph.D. or
something else.
That's the kind of education level that she is talking about.
Or it could be part of it, anyway.
Well, Robert will continue this conversation.
That's a lot to think about.
Well, I'm pretty good at math, and I really love to sketch pictures of
buildings.
Well, if you like to sketch things - "sketch" is a really great word - it means
you like to draw things.
And sketch is one of our Word Bank words today.
And so Gabe, are there any things that you like to sketch?
Oh, Carolyn, I do like to sketch.
I sketch people.
But usually they just look like little sticks on my paper because I'm not really
good at drawing or sketching.
But yes, Carolyn, many people are good at sketching.
You draw something, maybe it's not very detailed, but it's kind of an outline of
something that you want to create; you sketch something.
That's right.
And we see here that Bobert likes to sketch pictures of buildings.
He likes to sketch buildings.
Well, Robert, how do you continue?
All right.
That sounds more interesting to me than fixing human bodies.
I just want to interrupt Robert for a moment.
Oh, OK. You can interrupt yourself, I suppose.
Thanks. OK.
He talks about fixing human bodies.
Um, this is kind of a... an unofficial way of saying maybe doing surgery or...
or working in a hospital as a doctor because what doctors do is fix bodies.
Usually I use that word "fix" to talk about tools maybe fixing something that's
broken.
But here he's talking about fixing human bodies.
That's right.
It is a very interesting way to talk about the thing that a doctor does at work,
but it is kind of true.
Well, how do you continue, Robert?
All right.
I just don't want to upset my parents.
Well, I know, but it sounds like you're interested in architecture.
So Robert, you might want to think a little bit about architecture.
That's a great idea.
And Helen continues:
My dad knows some architects.
He could introduce you to some so you could find out more about that field.
Excellent, excellent, Helen!
You just said that your dad knows some architects.
And we talked about the word "architecture" before.
So architecture is the field or the career.
And an architect is the person who is in that field.
And of course, a field is an area of a job or career, the thing that you want to
do.
OK, sorry for interrupting, Helen.
Please continue.
That's all right. Yes, one more line there.
Then you could make an informed decision.
Informed? Decision?
Good.
There's a word from the Word Bank right there.
It is "informed." If you make an informed decision, Carolyn, does that mean that
I just kind of decide something at the last moment without thinking about it?
No. If you are informed about something, it means that you have done a lot of
research.
You really know the subject well.
So if you make an informed decision about your career, then you've done a lot of
research on what kind of career you would really like to have.
All right.
So that's an informed decision.
That word is kind of used as an adjective there.
But it could also be a verb.
You could inform someone about something.
Or maybe you are informed through the newspaper or through articles online.
Well, what kinds of decisions should be informed in life?
I think of maybe which university you should go to, you need to make an informed
decision.
That's right.
And you also need to be very informed about the things that you buy.
The food that you buy, you want make sure you buy healthy things.
So you should be an informed shopper as well.
Or maybe you want to buy stocks.
You should have an informed decision about where you buy stocks, what business
you get involved with.
Anyway, it is good to have informed decisions.
And I'm going to continue informing you with Robert's line here.
Robert's line is:
I guess it wouldn't hurt to talk to them.
Well, think about it, and let me now.
All right.
Well, this is a good conversation between Robert and Helen.
Robert says it wouldn't hurt to talk to them.
It's not his first idea.
He doesn't think about talking to them first, but it wouldn't hurt.
Maybe it's not a bad thing to talk to his parents.
That's right.
And Helen says: Oh, well, you know, think about it for a little while, and then
let me know what you decide.
Well, now I think it's time for us to spend some time with Michelle in the
Language Lab.
OK.
(Chinese).
And now back to our lesson.
Well, we've enjoyed a conversation between Robert and Helen about how to choose
a career.
Helen thinks that she's going to base her decision off of maybe a career quiz or
talking to other people,
whereas Robert really trusts in what his parents have to say for him.
Well, Carolyn, what do you think?
What is the best way to choose a career?
Well, I don't know if there's just one way that is the best way.
There are many different ways to think about choosing your career.
And one of the things that I found to be the most beneficial for me was I went
to a veterinarian's office,
and saw what a vet actually does on a day-to-day basis and decided that kind of
work really wasn't for me.
That work wasn't for you.
Maybe... maybe you wanted more involvement with animals?
Yes, I would have preferred to play with the animals and not have to do surgery
on the animals.
I like that.
Well, maybe a better place for you then is SeaWorld.
Friends, thank you for joining us today for this lesson.
And we'll see you next time here at Studio Classroom.
See you later.