捷进英语 Unit 13.docVIP

捷进英语 Unit 13 老猴子咬菜根学习交流 Education 教育 1 MR.BIGELOW: This is just what I needed. 这正是我所需要的。 SIMON: It is a lovely park, isnt it? 真是个可爱的公园，是不是？ MR.BIGELOW: So tell me, Simon, how did you wind up here— 那么，Simon，告诉我你是怎么成为—— a restaurant manager in Boston? 波士顿这家饭店的经理的？ SIMON: Ah! 噢 Well, thats a bit of a puzzle to me, as well. 这对我来讲也有点像个迷。 2 MR.BIGELOW: Was your training in restaurants? 你受过饭店管理方面的训练吗？ SIMON: Oh no! 噢，没有！ After primary and secondary schools I went to university. Manchester. 读完小学和中学后，我上了曼彻斯特大学。 Modern languages. 学现代语言。 3 MR.BIGELOW: Thats a lot of tests. 那要经过很多考试。 SIMON: Oh yes, I passed all kinds of exams. 噢，是的，我经过了各种考试。 MR.BIGELOW: I was never any good at taking tests. 我考试老是考不好。 I barely got through elementary school. 勉勉强强才读完小学。 4 MR.BIGELOW: High school was worse. 中学更糟。 And it was years before I went to college. 过了好几年才上大学。 And I didnt do very well there either, Im afraid. 而且说来惭愧，大学也念得不怎么好。 SIMON: Oh, I did well, but there was something missing. 哦，我学得还不错，但有些东西没学到。 5 SIMON: At the end of the day, I wanted experience that was... 学业完成后，我想要一点经验，那种…… MR.BIGELOW: Hands-on. 实际的经验。 SIMON: Exactly. 一点不错。 MR.BIGELOW: Find out the way it works in the real world. 找出现实世界的规律。 SIMON: Yes. 是的。 6 MR.BIGELOW: So you got a job! 所以你找了个工作！ SIMON: NO. 不。 I went back to business school for management studies. 我回到商学院学习管理。 MR.BIGELOW: More tests! 更多的考试！ One per cent百分之一 1 WENDY: He was talking to Anne. 他那时正在和Anne谈话。 At first I thought he was so mean. 开始我认为他卑鄙。 A real snob, you know? 是个真正的势利小人，你懂吗？ 2 SIMON: Hes not, though. 然而他不是的。 He said he barely got through school. 他说勉勉强强读完学校。 He told me he did really badly at university. 他告诉我他大学读得也糟糕。 3 WENDY: Well, he learned to run a company somewhere. 噢，他在某个地方学会了经营公司。 He makes a ton of money. 他赚了不少钱。 SIMON: Thats the thing. 怪就怪在这里。 He said he was bad at maths. 他说他不擅长数学。 4 WENDY: At what? 什么不擅长？ SIMON: Maths. 数学。 WENDY: You mean math? 你是说math？ SIMON: We say maths. 我们说的是数学。 WENDY: You must mean all the different maths. 你一定是指不同学科的