美語情景對話 第556期:High Flying Job 飛行員

Todd: So Shuan, you're a student at the university, and you will be graduating soon. What are your future plans? What kind of jon do you want?

託德：肖恩，你現在是大學生，馬上就要畢業了。你未來的計劃是什麼？你想做什麼工作？

Shuan: Right now actually, I'm trying to get into Japan Airlines and an international pilot.

肖恩：其實我正在爲進入日本航空公司當一名國際飛行員努力。

Todd: Oh, you want to be a pilot.

託德：哦，你想成爲飛行員。

Shuan: Yeah, actually, I've already got a private pilot's license and, well...

肖恩：對，我已經拿到私人飛機駕駛執照了……

Todd: You can fly a plane?

託德：你可以駕駛飛機？

Shuan: I can but only a single engine plane.

肖恩：我只能駕駛單引擎飛機。

Todd: Still, that's pretty cool.

託德：那也很酷啊。

Shuan: It was pretty fun, yeah.

肖恩：對，非常有意思。

Todd: So, why do you like flying? What's the cool thing about flying?

託德：你爲什麼喜歡飛行？你覺得飛行最酷的地方是什麼？

Shuan: Well, basically my father was a pilot and I just got interested in that through him. I've always like planes and machines and I thought maybe the best job for me would be to become a pilot.

肖恩：因爲我父親以前是名飛行員，所以我在他的耳濡目染下也對飛行產生了興趣。我一直都非常喜歡飛機和機械類的東西，我認爲最適合我的工作可能就是飛行員了。

Todd: Oh, that's cool. That's really cool. So how do you become a pilot? Like what do you have to do? What's the process?

託德：真酷。這太酷了。你要如何成爲飛行員？你都要做什麼準備？流程是怎樣的？

Shuan: There's diffent ways of becoming a pilot. First, you can pay for it by yourself. You have to attend school. You have to take tests and eventually you gain your commercial license and then you can apply to an airline company that way. Another way is for you to go directly into an airline company from out of high school, or out of university, and they will train you and it's all paid for. They actually will give you a salary for the time that they are training you so you are actually going to make money in the time except that the airline will make you work harder.

肖恩：成爲飛行員有不同的方法。第一個方法是你自己支付學費學習。你要去學校學習，經過測試拿到商業執照後，你就可以達到航空公司的要求。還有一種方法是高中畢業或大學畢業後直接進入航空公司，他們會培訓你，而這筆費用是公司支付的。航空公司在培訓你的時候也會支付你薪水，所以你可以領到工資，不過航空公司會讓你更努力地工作。

Todd: Right, right. Still, that's a pretty good gig though.

託德：好，好的。那也不錯。

Shuan: It is a really good deal, yeah, and the third way is to get a private pilot's license first so you already know the basics of how to fly and then try to get, try to get in a company and then they'll train you the rest of the way and usually you get a higher salary that way, so.

肖恩：這是筆非常划算的交易，第三種方法是要先獲得私人飛機駕駛執照，瞭解飛行的基礎知識，然後進入一家航空公司，他們會培訓你其他的飛行技能，通常來說這種方法能獲得更高的工資。

Todd: So what way are you doing it? How are you trying to get into Japan Airlines?

託德：那你選擇的是哪種方法？你要怎麼進入日本航空公司？

Shuan: Well, since I've already got my private pilot's license I'm going to try and get in pretty much half way through it, so I won't need as much training. I'll probably get a better salary and hopefully, hopefully I'll actually be able to fly for JAL.

肖恩：我已經拿到私人飛機駕駛執照了，我正在應徵航空公司，實際上我已經成功一半了，因爲我不需要太多培訓。我可能會得到更高的薪水，而且我希望我能爲日本航空公司飛行。

Todd: Well, good luck. I hope it works out.

託德：嗯，祝你好運。希望你能成功。

Shuan: I do too.

肖恩：我也這麼希望。

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重點講解：
1. get interested in 感興趣的；有興趣的；關心的；
例句：They then got interested in health foods and all that jazz.
他們後來又對保健食品之類的東西感興趣了。
2. by oneself 獨自；單獨；
例句：I know you mean well, but I can manage by myself.
我明白您的好意，不過我自己能行。
3. apply to 適用；適合；
例句：What I am saying does not apply to you.
我說的話對你不適用。
4. be able to do sth. 能做到…的；
例句：I was able to refute his argument.
我能駁倒他的論點。
5. work out （如期）發生；進展（順利）；
例句：The deal just isn't working out the way we were promised.
結果待遇根本不是他們對我們許諾的那樣。