I：Hey, Maris, are you a part-timer?
嘿,玛利亚,你是个“兼职人士”吗?
M：Part-timer? Is that a new buzzword?
兼职人士?是个时髦词吧?
I：Oh, it’s pretty popular among my classmates these days. So are you?
哦,这几天我同学一直说这个词.你做兼职吗?
M：Sure, I have a part-time job as a bartender.
嗯,我在酒吧做调酒师.
I：Cool! It must be amazing to work at a bar!
哇,好酷啊,在酒吧工作很有意思吧?
M：Yeah, but I’m not there for fun. I have to remain professional and if I get distracted, the manager would be pretty upset.
是的,但是我可不是去玩的.我必须保持专业,要是我分心的话,经理会不高兴的.
I：That’s true. I’m wondering did you learn anything from the job?
那倒也是.你从中学到东西了吗?
M：Of course. There’s always much to learn. I got to know more about the real world.
当然啦,要学的东西很多,而且我更了解现实生活了.
I：You mean you got working experience, right?
你是说工作经验吗?
M：Not just working experience. I would say the biggest lesson I learned is how to deal with people from all walks of life.
我觉得不但是工作经验,而是和各种人打交道的能力.
I：It must be very demanding.
那要求一定很高了?
M：Sometimes it is. But after working for a few weeks, it’s easy to figure out.
有时候挺高的.但是干上几星期,该知道怎么做了.
I：Really? It sounds interesting.
是吗?听起来很有意思.
M：Maybe you can come to the bar one day and I’ll show you around.
你可以抽空来酒吧一趟,看看我是怎么工作的.
I：Great. I’m looking forward to it.
太好了!我很想去看看.
