美語情景對話第1335期:Have you ever had a bad job? 你做過糟糕的工作嗎?

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Diego: Hello, this is Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：大家好，我是迭戈，來自墨西哥。

Silvia: Hi, I'm Silvia from Guatemala.

西爾維亞：嗨，我是西爾維亞，來自危地馬拉。

Diego: And I want to ask you a question. Can you tell me about your worst job ever?

迭戈：我想問你個問題。你能說說你做過最糟糕的工作嗎？

Silvia: Yeah, I had a really bad job. I was there for two months. Have you seen the movie The Devil Wears Prada?

西爾維亞：好，我做過一份非常糟糕的工作。我在那裏幹了兩個月。你看過《穿普拉達的惡魔》那部電影嗎？

Diego: Yes.

迭戈：看過。

Silvia: Well, that movie reminds me of my job.

西爾維亞：那部電影讓我想起了我的工作。

Diego: Really?

迭戈：是嗎？

Silvia: Imagine.

西爾維亞：想象一下。

Diego: Why?

迭戈：爲什麼？

Silvia: Because my boss was the devil. He was. Actually, it was a very exhausting job, and you had to be there by seven a.m. until five. I never left after five. I alwasy. I'm sorry, I never...

西爾維亞：因爲我的老闆是惡魔。他就是惡魔。實際上，那份工作令人疲憊不堪，每天要從早上7點工作到下午5點。我從來沒在5點之後下班過。我一直……抱歉，我說錯了，我從來沒……

Diego: before five.

迭戈：沒在5點以前下班過。

Silvia: before five. I always left around six, and still you had to go on Saturday half a day.

西爾維亞：我從沒在5點以前下班過。我一直是6點左右下班，而且週六還要上半天班。

Diego: Oh, and what was this job for?

迭戈：哦，那份工作要做什麼？

Silvia: Actually, it's a clothing chain in Guatemala. It's quite famous, so they have around 80 stores, and the job was in marketing, and the boss was just ...

西爾維亞：那是危地馬拉一家服裝連鎖公司。那家公司相當有名，有大概80家門店，我做的工作是市場營銷，老闆真是……

Diego: too demanding.

迭戈：要求太苛刻。

Silvia: And even a little bit, how do you say, like the way of treating people was not nice at all. Like he would even tell you, like, "Are you stupid or what?"

西爾維亞：而且，要怎麼說，老闆對待別人的方式一點也不友善。比如，他甚至會跟你說，“你是笨蛋嗎？”

Diego: Wow, that sounds horrible.

迭戈：哇哦，那聽起來太可怕了。

Silvia: It was horrible. So that's why the Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite movies. It just reminds me of my job.

西爾維亞：的確很可怕。所以《穿普拉達的惡魔》是我最喜歡的電影。因爲那使我想起了我曾做過的工作。

Diego: Oh!

迭戈：哦！

Silvia: I even had nightmares of my boss after quitting.

西爾維亞：我在離職後甚至做噩夢還會夢到老闆。

Diego: Wow!

迭戈：哇哦！

Silvia: Imagine. It was a really bad job.