【大紀元9月3日訊】
Larry和李華在談一位最近剛找到工作的朋友。今天李華會學到兩個常用語：cushy和legit。
LL: Hey, Li Hua, did you hear about Kelsey? She just got a cushy new job.
LH: A 「cushy」 job? 我知道Kelsey最近找到了新工作，但甚麼是cushy job？那是不是她找到了很理想的工作？
LL: Oh, yeah. A 「cushy」 job a cushy job is one that isn’t hard to do and has lots of benefits. A cushy job is soft and has a lot of padding like a cushion.
LH: 我懂了，cushy就是從cushion軟墊子這個詞來的。所以cushy job就是很舒服的工作，就是錢多事少的好差事。Larry，快告訴我，Kelsey的工作到底是甚麼性質，為甚麼能夠這麼cushy？
LL: Well, she’ll be working as an interpreter for a local businessman who does a lot of work with Chinese companies. Her salary is very high, she’ll get to travel regularly to China, and her other benefits are good, too.
LH: 哇，幫美國商人做翻譯，不但薪水高，還有機會到中國出差。真好！Kelsey的中文很好，個性又活潑，我想這個工作對她來說應該不難。 真是一個cushy job!
LL: Doesn’t it make you want to find a new job, Li Hua? Being a teaching assistant isn’t the cushiest job.
LH: 就是啊，當助教一點也不舒服，每星期我得花很多時間備課，和學生面談，上課，批改作業，但是助教的薪水卻少的可憐。It isn’t a cushy job at all.
LL: But you know, the teaching assistant job gives you valuable experience, and maybe some day you will have a cushy job as a Chinese professor at a major university.
LH: 我也希望如此啊。希望我這個助教工作能為我將來能到名牌大學當教授打下基礎，那可就是個cushy job了。Larry，那你呢？你希不希望你的暑期工作也是個舒服的好工作呢？
LL: Well, it isn’t hard to do, but I am hardly being paid anything, so I don’t think you can call it a cushy job.
LH: 工作雖不難做，可是工資微薄。那沒甚麼意思。 那你想找個新工作嗎？ 你可以去問問Kelsey 她是怎麼找到的，沒準那公司還要人呢！
LL: Yeah, I am going to talk to Kelsey. Maybe she has some good advice for me.
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LL: Well, Li Hua, I talked more to Kelsey about her new job, and now I am a little concerned that it isn’t legit.
LH: 你說，Kelsey的工作怎麼樣？甚麼是legit？
LL: Legit. It’s short for legitimate. I am afraid Kelsey’s new job may not be legitimate.
LH: 噢，legit就是合法的意思，是legitimate這個詞的簡化。你是說，你擔心Kelsey找到的工作不合法？為甚麼呢？
LL: Kelsey told me she hasn’t actually started her job yet, and she had her interview in a coffee shop.
LH: 嗯，在咖啡廳裡面談，這也不奇怪啊，很多公司覺得在辦公室外面談比較放鬆一些嘛。
LL: But, I tried to look up the company name in the phone book and couldn’t find it. If a company is legit, it should have a listing in the phone book.
LH: 那倒也是。你在電話本裡找不到這公司的名字？一個合法的公司應該在電話本裡有它的名字呀。或許是你把公司的名字拼錯了？
LL: I am pretty sure that I got it right. The more I think about the job it seems too good to be true.
LH: Larry，我知道你是為Kelsey擔心，不過Kelsey很聰明，這個工作到底合不合法，我想她自己心裏應該很明白。
LL: I guess you’re right. Maybe it is my concerns that aren’t legit.
LH: 不過話說回來，Larry，你替好朋友擔心，這也是很正常的。
LL: Well, that’s true. I should stop worrying about Kelsey.
LH: 好啦，現在甚麼都別擔心了，我們一起去吃冰淇淋好不好？
LL: Now, that is a business we KNOW is legit!
今天李華學到兩個常用語。第一個是cushy。這是形容很軟，很舒服的意思，用來形容一個工作，就是輕鬆容易的工作。另一個常用語是legit。這是指合法的，正確的意思。
轉自《美國之音》(http://www.dajiyuan.com)
