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Many Seek New Jobs Before the Lunar New Year

八成上班族考慮轉職

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Many Seek New Jobs Before the Lunar New Year
農曆年前換工作
Wendy and Sam used to work in the same company. They are chatting.
溫蒂跟山姆以前在同一家公司上班,他們在聊天。
used to表過去曾發生的動作,但現在不再持續
Sam: Hi, sorry for being late. Traffic.
山姆:嗨,抱歉來晚了,塞車。
traffic(n.)交通
Wendy: No worries. Thanks for coming.
溫蒂:不會,謝謝你來。
Sam: So, what happened? You said you wanted to ask my advice on something.
山姆:所以,怎麼了嗎?你說有事情要問我的意見。
Wendy: Yes. Actually I am looking for a new job now. Here is my resume. Could you give me your feedback?
溫蒂:是啊,其實我正在找新工作,這個是我的履歷,你可以看一下給我意見嗎?
resume(n.)履歷feedback(n.)意見回饋
Sam: Sure. One of my friends asked me to check his resume the other day. Many people want to change their jobs before the lunar new year.
山姆:當然,我另個朋友前幾天也請我幫忙看履歷,許多人都想在農曆年前換工作。
ask(v.)要求resume(n.)履歷the other day前幾天
Wendy: That’s not surprising. I mean, take myself for example. I don’t think I’ll be getting any promotions at my company anytime in the near future, even though I’ve been working there for more than 3 years.
溫蒂:不意外啊,我是說,像我自己,我不覺得我會拿到任何升遷機會,但我已經在這間公司工作超過3年了。
surprising(adj.)令人驚訝的take... for example以⋯⋯為例promotion(n.)升職
Sam: That’s depressing. I read an article this morning. It said that 84.7% of office workers are thinking about changing jobs because of low salary, slimmer changes of getting a promotion plus a lack of career prospects.
山姆:那真是令人沮喪,我早上讀了一篇文章,上面提到有84.7%的上班族考慮轉職,原因包含低薪、沒有升遷機會以及缺乏事業前景。
depressing(adj.)令人沮喪的office workers上班族salary(n.)薪水slim(adj.)非常小的promotion(n.)升職lack of缺少career(n.)職業prospect(n.)前景
Wendy: I totally get where they’re coming from.
溫蒂:我完全可以理解。
totally(adv.)徹底know or see where sb is coming from理解某人
Sam: I guess you also want to challenge yourself in a different field, right?
山姆:我猜你也想要在不同領域挑戰自己吧?
challenge(v.)挑戰field(n.)領域、範圍
Wendy: Yes, I think there are way more possibilities if I am willing to try.
溫蒂:是啊,我覺得只要願意嘗試,就會有很多不同的可能性。
willing to自願

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seek(v.)
尋找
used to
表過去曾發生的動作,但現在不再持續
traffic(n.)
交通
resume(n.)
履歷
feedback(n.)
意見回饋
ask(v.)
要求
the other day
前幾天
surprising(adj.)
令人驚訝的
take... for example
以⋯⋯為例
promotion(n.)
升職
depressing(adj.)
令人沮喪的
office workers
上班族
salary(n.)
薪水
slim(adj.)
非常小的
lack of
缺少
career(n.)
職業
prospect(n.)
前景
totally(adv.)
徹底
know or see where sb is coming from
理解某人
challenge(v.)
挑戰
field(n.)
領域、範圍
willing to
自願
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