地道美語聽力播客949：從事一生的工作就要有一生的意義

Lorna: It’s great to be alive, isn’t it?

洛娜:活著真好，對吧?

Deangelo: What are you so happy about?

迪安杰羅:你怎么這么高興?

Lorna: I’m just happy to come to work.

洛娜:能工作很開心。

Deangelo: What?!

迪安杰羅:啥?!

Lorna: I’ve come to realize that this is more than a job. It’s a vocation. I’m doing valuable work that I’m well suited for.

洛娜:我開始認(rèn)識到這不僅是一份工作。 這是一個假期。我在做一份有價值的工作，我很適合這份工作。

Deangelo: Are you on something?

迪安杰羅:你感悟到了什么?

Lorna: I’m high on life and my newfound sense of purpose. I realize that I’m doing this job because I have a calling and this is what I’m meant to do.

洛娜:我對生活充滿希望而且我發(fā)現(xiàn)了新的使命感。我意識到之所以我會做這份工作是因?yàn)槲业玫搅苏賳?而且這正是我應(yīng)該做的。

Deangelo: I’m serious. Are you coming down with something?

迪安杰羅:我是認(rèn)真的。你決定了嗎?

Lorna: Of course not. Yesterday, it occurred to me the legacy I’ll be leaving behind after my life’s work is done.

洛娜:當(dāng)然不是，昨天，昨天,我突然想到自己一生的工作完成后留下的遺產(chǎn)。

Deangelo: Life’s work?

迪安杰羅:一生的工作?

Lorna: Yes, I’ll be remembered in posterity as someone who made a difference.

洛娜:恩，是的,我會因我做出的改變，被后人銘記。

Deangelo: You do remember what you do for a living, right?

迪安杰羅:你真的記得你靠什么生活的，對吧?

Lorna: I provide salve to people who need it. I give succor to those in need.

洛娜:我為需要的人提供慰藉。

Deangelo: You serve drinks in a bar.

迪安杰羅:你在酒吧供應(yīng)酒品。

Lorna: I provide a shoulder to cry on, a calm voice in a crazy world.

洛娜:我提供了一個可以依靠的肩膀,一個瘋狂世界中的一種平靜聲音。

Deangelo: Talk about delusions of grandeur!

迪安杰羅:你真是太自以為是了!