Talking About Your Job in English - Spoken English Lesson

用英语谈论您的工作-英语口语课

Hi, I’m Mike and welcome to Oxford Online English!

嗨，我是Mike，欢迎您来到 Oxford Online English！

In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about your job in English.

在本课中，您将学到怎样用英语谈论您的工作。

Where do you work?

您在哪里工作？

What do you have to do in your job?

您在工作中需要做什么？

What kind of company do you work for?

您在什么样的公司工作？

In this class, you can learn how to answer questions like this in clear, detailed English.

在本课中，您可以学到如何用清晰、详细的英语来回答此类问题。

Ready?

准备好了吗？

Let’s start!

开始吧！

Part one: introducing your job.

第一部分：介绍您的工作。

"I’m a ________": "I work in ________"; "I work for _________."

“我是一个________”：“我从事________工作”；“我为_________工作。”

How would you complete these sentences?

您将如何完成这些句子？

You could say something like:

您可以这样说：

"I’m a writer.

“我是一名作家。

I work in online education.

我从事在线教育。

I work for a publishing company."

我为一家出版公司工作。”

'I work in...' is used with a field, meaning a type of work.

“I work in...”与一个领域一起使用，意思是一种工作类型。

So, you can say things like:

因此，您可以说以下内容：

"I work in finance."

“我从事金融行业。”

"I work in digital marketing."

“我从事数字营销。”

You can also use 'work in' with a place or a department of a company.

您也可以将“work in”用于某个地点或某家公司的某个部门。

For example:

例如：

"I work in the HR department of a financial firm."

“我在一家金融公司的人事部门工作。”

"I work in a school, teaching modern languages."

“我在学校工作，教现代语言。”

Confused?

困惑？

You can see that if you use 'work in' to talk about the type of work you do, you don’t

您可以看到，如果您使用“work in”谈论您的工作类型，您不会

use an article like 'a' or 'the'.

使用“ a”或“ the”之类的冠词。

If you use an article 'a' or 'the' after 'work in', it means you’re talking about the place

如果您在“work in”之后使用冠词“ a”或“ the”，这意味着您在谈论您工作的地点

or department where you work.

或您工作的部门。

'I work for…' is used with a company.

“I work for…”是要和一个公司来搭配使用的。

So, you could say:

因此，您可以说：

"I’m a salesman.

“我是推销员。

I work for a mobile phone company."

我在一家手机公司工作。”

"I work for a law firm based in Frankfurt."

“我在法兰克福的一家律师事务所工作。”

Or even: "I run my own business, so I work for myself."

甚至可以是：“我经营自己的生意，所以我为自己工作。”

What can you say?

您能说什么？

Can you make sentences like this to say something about your job?

您能用这样的句子说些关于您的工作的事吗？

Pause the video and try to make a sentence.

暂停播放视屏，然后尝试造句。

Say it aloud!

大声说！

Next, let’s add more details to your answer.

接下来，让我们为您的回答添加更多详细信息。

Part two: describing your company.

第二部分：描述您的公司。

"I work for a _________ company which __________"

“我在一家__________的_________公司工作”

Look at this sentence.

看这句话。

We need one adjective, and the end of the sentence after 'which'.

我们需要一个形容词，以及“which”后面的句子结尾。

Any ideas?

有任何想法吗？

For the adjectives, think about these ideas: is your company big or small?

对于形容词，请考虑以下想法：贵公司规模是大还是小？

Local or multinational?

本地还是跨国？

For the part after 'which', ask yourself: what does your company do?

对于“which”之后的部分，要自问：贵公司做什么的？

Does it make things, sell things, organise things?

它做东西、卖东西、组织什么？

Does it provide products, services, or both?

它提供产品、服务，还是两者皆有？

So, you could say:

因此，您可以说：

"I work for an international electronics company which makes tablet computers."

“我为一家制造平板电脑的国际电子公司工作。”

"I work for a German company which does market research for other companies."

“我在一家为其他公司做市场研究的德国公司工作。”

What if you don’t work for a company?

如果您不为一家公司工作，该怎么说？

Here are some things you could say:

您可能会说：

"I’m a freelancer."

“我是自由职业者。”

Meaning: I work independently, for different people and companies.

意思是：我独立工作，服务对象是不同的独立个人和公司。

"I’m self-employed."

“我是自雇人士。”

Meaning: I work for myself, either freelance or I have my own business.

意思是：我为自己工作，或者是自由职业者，或者是我有自己的生意。

"I’m a business owner."

“我是企业主。”

If you don’t work, and people ask you what you do, what can you say?

如果您不工作，人们问您是做什么的，您可以怎样说？

Here are some useful phrases:

以下是一些有用的短语：

"I’m between jobs at the moment."

“我现在是在工作的空档期。”

Meaning: I’ve left one job, and haven’t found another yet.

意思是：我离职了，目前还没有找到另一份工作。

This sounds nicer than saying, “I’m unemployed.”

这听起来比说“我失业”要好。

"I’m taking some time out to…(travel, spend time with my kids, write a book, recover

“我正花点时间去……（旅行、花时间和我的小孩在一起、写一本书、病后复健

from an illness, etc.)"

等）”意思是：我现在没在工作，因为我想专注

Meaning: I’m not working at the moment because I want to focus on something else.

在别的事情上。

"I’m retired."

“我退休了。”

What about you?

您呢？

Do you work for a company?

您在公司工作吗？

What can you say about it?

您能怎样说？

If you don’t work for a company, how would you describe your work situation?

如果您不在一家公司工作，您怎么描述您的工作情况？

Part three: how to describe your job in more detail.

第三部分：如何描述关于您的工作详情。

So what do you actually do all day?

那您实际上整天做什么？

Let’s see how you can describe your job in more detail.

让我们来看看您如何描述你的工作详情。

Look at these sentences:

看这些句子：

"I have to _________"; "I’m responsible for _________"; "Most of my time is spent

“我必须 _________”; “我负责_________”；““我大部分时间都花在

_________".

_________”。

Let’s do some examples together.

让我们一起做一些例子。

We’ll start with a simple example.

我们将从一个简单的示例开始。

"I’m a nurse.

“我是一名护士。

I have to look after patients, give them medicine and make sure they’re comfortable.

我要照顾病人，给他们吃药并确定他们很舒服。

I’m responsible for about 20-30 patients.

我负责大约20-30名患者。

Most of my time is spent talking to patients and checking that everything is okay."

我大部分时间都花在与患者交谈上，并检查一切正常。”

Next, let’s do a more detailed example.

接下来，让我们做一个更详细的例子。

"I have to design websites to the client’s specifications.

“我必须设计符合客户要求规格的网站。

I’m responsible for the whole design process, so I have to take the client’s ideas and

我负责整个设计过程，所以我必须理解客户的想法

turn them into a finished product.

并把它们变成最终产品。

Most of my time is spent experimenting with different designs and ideas and seeing what

我大部分时间都花在尝试不同的设计和想法上，并看看

looks good, because attention to detail is important in this kind of work."

哪些是看起来不错的，因为对细节的关注在这种工作中很重要。”

Can you say something like this about your job and what you do?

您能像这样说些您的工作和说下您做什么吗？

Try to add details if you can.

如果可以，请尝试添加详细信息。

Part four: saying how you feel about your job.

第四部分：说您对自己工作的感受。

Now, you can hopefully say something about your job and where you work.

现在，您可以谈谈关于您的工作的事和工作地点。

But here’s another question: do you like your job?

但是，有另一个问题：您喜欢您的工作吗？

Why or why not?

为什么喜欢或者为什么不喜欢？

Hopefully, you enjoy your job!

希望您工作愉快！

How could you describe a job which you like?

您如何形容自己喜欢的工作？

Of course, you could use general adjectives like 'good' or 'interesting', but here are

当然，您可以使用一般形容词，例如“good”或“interesting”，但这里有

some specific adjectives you could use:

一些您可以使用的特定形容词：

Stimulating :something which is stimulating is exciting and gives you energy.

Stimulating：一些令人兴奋、并给您能量的事情。

Satisfying: means that your job gives you a sense of achievement.

Satisfying：意味着您的工作给您成就感。

Creative: you can use your imagination when you work.

Creative：您可以在您工作时发挥想象力。

Rewarding: this means your job gives you very positive feelings.

Rewarding：这意味着您的工作给您非常积极正面的感觉。

It’s often used to talk about jobs in which you help other people.

这通常用于谈论您帮助别人的那些工作。

For example, teachers or nurses might describe their jobs as rewarding.

例如，老师或护士可能会用Rewarding来描述他们的工作。

Challenging: challenging can be positive or negative, but if you use it to talk about

Challenging：挑战可以是积极的，也可以是消极的，但是如果您用它来谈论

your job, it would have a positive meaning.

您的工作，这将有积极的意思。

It means that your job is difficult, but in an interesting way which makes you think and

这意味着您的工作很困难，但是是一种让您思考并

learn.

学习的有趣方式。

What if you don’t like your job?

如果您不喜欢您的工作，该怎么说？

Again, you can use general words like 'boring' or 'difficult', which are fine but very basic.

同样，您可以使用“boring”或“difficult”之类的一般的词，很好，但很基础。

If you want to be more creative with your vocabulary, here are some things you could

如果您想用自己的词汇让说法更有创意，您可以

say:

说这些：

Exhausting: describes work which makes you feel very tired, either physically or mentally.

Exhausting：描述让您感到身心疲倦的工作。

Thankless:if your work is thankless, no one notices or appreciates what you do.

Thankless：如果您的工作是吃力不讨好的，没有人会注意到或赞赏您的工作。

Mind-numbing: extremely boring.

Mind-numbing：极度无聊。

Dead-end: describes a job which has no prospects for the future.

Dead-end：描述一个在将来没有前途的工作。

If you have a dead-end job, you will never get promoted and the job will always be the

如果您有一份dead-end的工作，那您永远都不会得到晋升，工作将永远是

same.

相同的。

Soul-destroying: describes a job which is extremely unpleasant and boring, and which

Soul-destroying：描述一项工作极其不愉快和无聊，并且

you really, really hate.

您真的、真的很讨厌它。

Part five: how to make a longer answer.

第五部分：如何做更长的回答。

At this point, you should be able to introduce your work, say where you work, give details

此时，您应该可以介绍您的工作、说出您的工作地点、提供关于您工作的详细信息

about what you do and say how you feel about your work.

并说出您觉得您的工作怎样。

Let’s make some longer sample answers together.

让我们一起做一些更长的回答例子。

First one:

第一个：

"I’m a pharmacist.

“我是一名药剂师。

I started my own small pharmacy, so I’m also a business owner.

我开了自己的小药房，所以我也是一个企业主。

I have to work as a pharmacist, of course, giving advice to patients and making sure

我当然要做药剂师的工作，给患者提供建议并确保

they have the right medicine.

他们有正确用药。

However, I’m also responsible for the pharmacy, so I have to manage my staff, do the accounts,

但是，我也是药房的负责人，所以我必须管理我的员工、做账，

and so on.

等等。

It’s stimulating work because I have to do many different things every day, so I never

这是一份饶有趣味的工作，因为我必须每天都做很多不同的事情，所以我从未

get bored."

感到厌倦。”

Clear?

明确？

Could you make an answer like this?

您能这样回答吗？

Let’s do one more:

让我们再做一个：

"I’m a writer.

“我是一名作家。

I work in online education.

我从事在线教育。

I work for a big publishing company, which produces different educational materials that

我在一家出版全世界都在使用的不同教材的

are used all around the world.

大型出版公司工作。

I have to write lesson plans and materials for teachers to use in the classroom.

我必须写供老师们在教室中使用的课程计划和教材。

I spend most of my time thinking about how I can make different things fit together into

我大部分时间都在考虑我如何可以把不同的东西集中放在

a lesson.

一堂课里。

It’s very challenging work and it can be exhausting, but it’s also very creative

这是非常具有挑战性的工作，而且能让人筋疲力尽，但这也很有创意

and satisfying, because I know people all around the world are using lessons which I

和满足感，因为我认识世界各地正在使用我写的课程

wrote."

的人。”

Okay, now it’s your turn!

好的，现在轮到您了！

Try to make a longer answer like this talking about your job.

像这样聊您的工作，尝试做出更长的回答。

Use the vocabulary and structure from this lesson to help you.

使用从本节课中学到的词汇和结构去帮助您完成回答。

If you want, you can post your answer in the video comments on YouTube.

如果您愿意，您可以将回答发布在YouTube的视频评论中。

We’ll give you some feedback on your answer.

我们会为您的回答提供一些反馈意见。

That’s the end of the lesson.

本节课到此结束。

I hope you learned some new ways to talk about your job and what you do.

希望您学到一些新的方式来谈论您的工作和您做什么。

Thanks very much for watching.

非常感谢您的收看。

See you next time!

下次见！