實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Students and Jobs 學(xué)生和打工

Todd: You know, Greg, we were both talking about how we have part-time job, you know, I think there's a lot of benefit but looking back, sometimes I wonder if it's not so good if children work.

托德：格雷格，我們之前談過，我們兩個人都打過工，你知道，我認(rèn)為打工有很多益處，可是回想一下的話，有時我覺得讓孩子們打工可能不太好。

Greg: Why?

格雷格：為什么?

Todd: You know, I just think, basically, that kids get in this trap, they start working, they start getting a little money, they kind of get into buying things, consumerism, and they really don't focus on studying or being in clubs or just doing extra-curricular activities when they're young.

托德：你看，我在想，孩子們面臨誘惑，他們開始工作后就會掙到錢，然后他們就會拿這些錢去買東西、去消費，這樣一來他們可能就不會專心學(xué)習(xí)了，而是在小小年紀(jì)開始去俱樂部，或是做一些課外活動。

Greg: But sometimes if people work, they learn that they have to work in order to get something and then they transfer that to school and say, OK, I have to work at school in order to get good grades, or to get into the high school I want, or into the college I want.

格雷格：不過人們在工作以后會明白要想得到某件東西他們就必須要工作，他們會把在工作中學(xué)到的道理應(yīng)用在學(xué)業(yè)上，孩子們會明白要拿到好成績或是考進(jìn)理想中的高中或大學(xué)就必須要努力學(xué)習(xí)。

Todd: I think it's nice to look at it that way but I think in reality, most people that are wealthy, their children don't work and they get better grades and they do activities that help their school resume, and as a result they get into the best schools, and they get the best jobs.

托德：這樣看還不錯，不過我認(rèn)為在現(xiàn)實生活中，大部分有錢人的孩子都不工作，他們也能取得好成績，而且他們也會做一些為學(xué)校評價增分的活動，這樣一來他們就能進(jìn)入好學(xué)校，然后找到好工作。

Greg: Maybe the rich people are able to go to better schools cause their better schools in the rich area so their getting a better education, that might be one.

格雷格：有錢人能進(jìn)入好學(xué)?？赡苁且驗楦蝗藚^(qū)的學(xué)校比較好，所以他們能獲得更好的教育。

Todd: Yeah, that's true but I think maybe that if kids, if they start working and they work too much, then they lose their priorities, which should just be about an education.

托德：沒錯，不過我認(rèn)為孩子們?nèi)绻蛱喙?，那他們就會忽視掉學(xué)習(xí)才是他們的首要任務(wù)。

Greg: I agree if they work too much, but I think you learn a lot of things, which are very important, you know, there's a difference between book knowledge and world knowledge.

格雷格：我同意，如果孩子們做太多工作的確有這種可能，不過我認(rèn)為打工可以讓你學(xué)到很多重要的知識，書本知識和生活知識是不同的。

Todd: OK, that's true. Well, so how many hours would you suggest that a child works? Like for you what's the maximum hours that a kid in high school should work?

托德：沒錯。你會建議孩子們工作多長時間呢?你認(rèn)為高中生的打工時間最多不能超過幾個小時?

Greg: A high school student should probably work no more than 10 hours a day.

格雷格：高中生的打工時間最好一天不要超過10個小時。

Todd: OK, I agree. I agree. See when I was in high school, I was like working 25, 30 hours.

托德：我同意，我也這么認(rèn)為。我上高中的時候可能會工作25或30個小時。

Greg: That's, that's a lot.

格雷格：那太多了。

Todd: Right, and that's why I'm not a rich man today.

托德：對，這就是為什么我現(xiàn)在沒有成為有錢人的原因。