地道美語(yǔ)聽力播客941：這點(diǎn)工資怎么活？

Dylan:Here!

迪倫:給你!

Yvonne:What's this?

尤奈:這是什么?

Dylan:It's information about a job-training program.

迪倫:這是工作培訓(xùn)計(jì)劃的相關(guān)信息。

It'll give you the skills you need to get steady work.

這會(huì)給你需要的的穩(wěn)定工作。

Yvonne:I don't need that. I get by with the wages I earn from this job.

尤奈:我不需要那樣的東西。有這份工作的工資我就能勉強(qiáng)度日。

Dylan:You're in a dead-end job straining to make ends meet every month.

迪倫:你所從事的是一份沒(méi)有前途的工作，而且緊張得每個(gè)月都入不敷出。

Yvonne:I've always landed on my feet.

尤奈:我總是能夠化險(xiǎn)為夷呢。

Dylan:But you don't have any job security.

迪倫:但你的工作一點(diǎn)不穩(wěn)定。

You could be out on your ear any minute.

你可能隨時(shí)會(huì)被解雇。

Don't you want a better quality of life?

難道你不想要更好的生活質(zhì)量嗎?

Yvonne:My life is fine the way it is.

尤奈:我的生活是現(xiàn)在就很不錯(cuò)。

I may not be able to hold on to this job for long, but there will always be other ones.

這份工作我可能無(wú)法堅(jiān)持很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,但總會(huì)有其它的。

Dylan:I wish I had your optimism.

迪倫:我希望自己要是像你那樣樂(lè)觀就好了。

To hear you speak, you'd think you were one of the privileged few.

聽你說(shuō),你肯定認(rèn)為自己是特立獨(dú)行的人。

Yvonne:It's all in your outlook on life.

尤奈:這取決于你對(duì)人生的看法。

I don't have mortgages to pay, cars to maintain, jets to fuel, and employees to support.

我不用付抵押貸款,維護(hù)汽車,加油飛機(jī),支持員工。

Dylan:You're right. You should be counting your blessings!

迪倫:你是對(duì)的。你的好運(yùn)估計(jì)快要到頭了!