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第十二课:You're Tops ACT III Hi. I'm Malcolm Stewart. 嗨。我是 Malcolm Stewwart。 John Marchetta. 我是 John Marchetta。 Sit down sit down. 请坐 请坐。 Susan has told me a great deal about you. Susan告诉我许多关於你你的事 She says you're quite a man. 她说你是个了不起的人 She says 她也谈起 a lot of wonderful things about you too Mr. Stewart. 不少你的非凡作为 Sttewart先生。 That's always nice to hear Mr. Marchetta. 听到这事总是好的 Maarchetta先生。 Call me John. 叫我 John May I call you Malcolm? 我能称你 Malcolm 吗 Let's talk business. 我们来谈谈正经事。 That's music to my ears. 正合我意。 I understand 听说 you used to be in the construction business. 你过去在营造界工作。 Yup. Forty-three years. 是的 四十三年。 Here's a brief description 这是一份简单的记录 of forty-three years of on-the-job training. 关於我四十三年的工作揪 历。 That is some history! 这阅历了不得 You're a valuable asset Malcolm. 你是很有价值的资产 Very valuable. 很有价值。 Thank you. 谢谢你。 Yup. Forty-three years. 是的。四十三年 Half that time in my own construction company. 一半时间是在我自己的佑 造公司。 Big jobs--factories shopping malls. 大的工程 工厂 大行凸何镏行 That kind of thing. 等等。 Then you retired. 然後你退休了。 Yes. 是的。 After my wife died 我妻子去世後 and I felt I should spend more time 我觉得应该多花些时间 with my children and grandchildren. 与儿子 孙子们在一起 I lived in Florida 我住在 Florida and they lived in New York. 而他们住在纽约。 I understand. 我了解。 My dautghter Cami lives in New York. 我女儿 Cami住在纽约。 I like being near her. 我喜欢离她近一点。 When I came here 当我初到这 I planned to take a few months off. 我计划休息几个月。 Relax with the family and then look for some work. 与家人轻 一段时间 热会 找个工作。 Put my experience on the line ... 考验考验我的阅历…… but unfortunately 但是 很不幸 there isn't any work for a retired person my age. 没有我这种年纪的退休览先说 工作。 Sometimes there is 有时候有 and sometimes there isn't. 有时候没有。 Well I'm involved with an organization 嗯 我参加一个组织 and we're trying to resolve that problem. 试图解决这类问题。 What's that? 什麽组织 TOPS. TOPS. T-O-P-S--means Talented Older People's Society. T-O-P-S 全名是优秀老热 协会。 I'd like to be a member. 我想加入做为会员。 How much are the dues? 会费多少 There are no dues. 不要会费。 The organization serves major companies i |
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