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Donny在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是方方要问的：人脉。Donny: 方方，听说你找到一个特好的实习？FF: 还不错啦! 现在竞争激烈，多亏我人脉广! 对了，美语里“人脉”怎么说啊？Donny: I think you can use the word connection. c-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n, connection.FF: 原来connection 就是“人脉”。那我说自己路子野，人脉广，就是 I have a lot of connections. 对么？Donny: Thats right. 你还可以说：Im well-connected. c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d, connected。FF: connected? 这词儿我知道，意思是“连在一起”，所以well-connected就是和很多人连在一起，也就是人脉广喽!Donny: Right! Connections are important. 有人说，找工作时，What really counts is not what you know, but who you know.?FF: Not what you know but who you know? 不是看你知道什么，而是看你认识谁？ 我觉得，也不能这么绝对! 关系固然重要，但自己还是要有真本事!Donny: Certainly! So it should be what you know plus who you know!?FF: 对，肚子里有学问，人脉又广，二者结合在一起，你就无敌了。不过，像我这种刚出校门的，社交能力还不行，需要磨炼!Donny: Dont worry. Youll have plenty of time to work on your networking skills.?FF: 哦，networking skills 就是社交技巧。Donny: Right. With strong networking skills, youll develop more connections. 到时候，我找工作可得靠你帮忙了!?FF: 哈哈，我期待这一天!Donny: 先别美! Tell me what youve learned today!FF: 第一，人脉在美语里就是 connection；第二，形容人脉广用 well-connected；第三，社交技巧， 是 networking skills! Tired and frustrated of working as a waitress, Mary decided to take a road trip. She loaded up her VW van and headed south. She didn’t know where she was going. She was just going to go until her money ran out.玛丽是一名女侍，因为工作上带来的疲累和挫败，她决定开车旅行。她把要带的东西装进她那台VW 货车上，然后往南开。她不知道自己要去哪里，目的只是想旅行到钱花光为止。On her way out of town, she stopped at a corner store to pick up some road maps, chocolate, and dried dog food for her dog. One day in a restaurant, a strange-looking man approached Mary. He seemed familiar, but she didn’t know from where.她出城的路上，在街头小店买了些公路图、巧克力和她的狗要吃的干狗食。有一天在一家餐厅里，有个陌生面孔向玛丽这边走过来；他看起来有点面熟，但就是想不起来在哪里见过。He invited her to sit at his table. “I have a message for you,” he said. He handed Mary an envelope. She took the envelope. Inside was a note. It read, “You already have everything you are searching for. Go home.”他邀请她坐到他那一桌，然后说∶“我有信息要给你。”他交给玛丽一个信封，于是玛丽打开信封，里面是一张纸条，上面写