老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（89)：職場母親

　　Working Mother 職場母親

　　dialogue 1

　　Jesska: We all admire your career success. You must be proud of yourself for achieving so much at work.

　　我們都很敬佩你。工作上取得這么多成就，你一定為自己感到很驕傲吧.

　　Abble:Yes I'm also proud of being the mother of two girls.

　　是的，我還為自己身為兩個女孩的母親而感到驕傲。

　　J: I didn't know you are a mother of two. How do you strikc a balance between work and family?

　　我不知道你有兩個女兒.你是怎樣平衡工作和家庭的?

　　A: Well, my husband shares a lot of the houswork and childcare responsibilities so I can focus more on my career

　　我的丈夫幫我分擔了很多家務，幫我照顧孩子，這樣我就可以有更多精力放在工作

　　J: That's good. Do you find enough timc to be with the kids?

　　挺好的。你有足夠的時間陪孩子嗎?

　　A: Not really, sometimes my kids complain about my being around so little. So no matter how

　　busy I am everyday I will set aside some time to be with them.

　　沒有，有時候我的孩子也會抱怨我陪她們的時間太少了.斫以不管我每天有多忙，我都會抽出時間來和她們待一會.

　　J: Do they understand your situation?

　　那她們理解你的難處嗎?

　　A: Yes. they all show much understanding of my work. lf I happcn to be too busy to hclp them with their homcwork one day or anothcr, they'II ask my husband instead.

　　理解，她們都對我的工作表示理解.如果哪天我很忙沒空幫她們輔導作業(yè)，她們會找我丈夫幫忙.

　　J: Ob, it's incredible that you can still help the kids witb their studics after a whole day's stressful work

　　勞累了一天，你竟然還能幫孩子們做作業(yè)，太不可思議了。

　　A: Yeah. I' m tirtd after work_ But when I see the kids' shining smile, all the prcssure and trouble at work goes away'

　　是啊，下班之后我挺累的，但是一看到孩子們燦爛的笑容，工作上的壓力和煩惱就都不見了.

　　dialogue 2

　　J: hey, how's your one year old?

　　你那一歲的孩子怎么樣了?

　　A: she's great, thanks!

　　挺好的,謝謝.

　　J: that's good. Since everything is fine, have you considered going out to work?

　　好,既然一切都挺順利,你想沒想過出來工作?

　　A: yeah, I've spent a whole month hunting a job, but many companies just turn me down.

　　想過啊,我找了一個月的工作了,但是很多公司都拒絕我了.

　　J: maybe they're worrying that a new mother may not concentrate totally on her work.

　　也許他們是擔心你剛當了媽媽,不能全身心投入到工作中.

　　A: yeah, I think so. To tell you the truth, I'm also worrying about this.

　　沒錯,說實話,我自己也挺擔心這一點的.

　　J: yeah, being a working mother is more challenging than being a stay-at-home mom. There's a lot more to deal with at the workplace.

　　是啊,做一個職場母親可比專心在家?guī)Ш⒆与y多了,工作中有更多的事情需要處理.

　　A: sometimes when I imagine leaving my baby with the nanny, I'm not feeling comfortable.

　　有時候我一想到要把孩子留給保姆,就覺得不舒服.

　　J: then if it really happens, you may find yourself upset and stressful at work.

　　那如果你真的出去工作的話,上班的時候你可能會覺得很不安,很有壓力.

　　A: you're right. I'm not so good at dealing with stress. So I'm not sure whether I can handle it or not.

　　你說的對.我不太擅長應對壓力,我也不知道能不能應對得了.

　　J: perhaps it's a little early for you to start working. You may wait till the kid grows up.

　　也許現(xiàn)在出去工作有一點早,你可以等孩子長大一些再考慮.

　　A: good idea. I'll consider going back to work when the kid enters kindergarten.

　　好主意,我得想想是不是等孩子上了幼兒園再出去上班.

　　J: by then, you'll be fully prepared to re-start your career

　　等孩子上了幼兒園,你就該準備好重新在職場打拼了.

　　A: thanks you for your advice.

　　謝謝你的建議.