這一切都是值得的

⊙ By Anjali Mohapatra

翻譯：藍(lán)藍(lán)

這一切都是值得的

⊙ By Anjali Mohapatra

翻譯：藍(lán)藍(lán)

It’s Well worth It

適合泛讀

建議時(shí)間：3分鐘

在大城市里，出門前用手機(jī)應(yīng)用約輛車早就是稀松平常的事情了——但你和這些網(wǎng)約車司機(jī)聊過天嗎？說不定每個(gè)司機(jī)都有一個(gè)特別的故事呢……

It was a Friday morning. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked[預(yù)訂]an Uber. In five minutes, the car arrived at our door. I just saw the cab number and got in. I was so busy searching for an important paper that I didn’t pay any attention to the driver, “Please be quick. I’m in a hurry.”

The voice came, “Yes, ma’am.”

I was surprised when I heard a female voice! I stopped my work and looked at the driver. The driver was a young lady. For the first time, I saw a lady driving an Uber—here in India!

The car was running on the national highway. She was driving perfectly well. I had travelled in Uber cars for hundreds of times, but never did I see a woman driver. So I was quite eager to know more about my driver and why she had chosen this job, “If you don’t mind, can I ask you some questions?”

“Yes, ma’am. No problem.”

“I guess you are well-educated?”

“Yes, ma’am. I have completed my MBA course.”

“Wow! So why did you choose this job, I mean, instead of going for a better career?”

I could see her face in the rearview mirror[后視鏡]. She smiled and said, “Since I was a child, driving has always been my passion[愛好], ma’am. No job is too small. I just want a career where I can get real satisfaction and fulfillment. I did get offers[錄用通知]from big companies, but I prefer this one—I can live my dream now! It’s well worth it.”

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◆ MBA 工商管理碩士：全稱為Master of Business Administration，起源于美國，是一種培養(yǎng)應(yīng)用型高級(jí)管理人才的專業(yè)碩士學(xué)位，MBA課程為廣大公司輸送了大量的企業(yè)精英。與一般碩士研究生不同，該課程通常要求其學(xué)員具備一定的工作實(shí)踐經(jīng)驗(yàn)，主要面向企業(yè)管理人員及技術(shù)人員進(jìn)行招生。

參考譯文

那是一個(gè)周五早晨，我懶得開車，兒子就幫我在優(yōu)步上叫了一輛車。五分鐘后，小車到了門口，我掃了一眼車牌就上車了。我忙著埋頭找重要文件，也顧不上注意司機(jī)長啥樣，便隨口說道：“請(qǐng)快一點(diǎn)，我趕時(shí)間?！?/p>

耳邊傳來一個(gè)聲音：“好的，女士?！?/p>

我大吃一驚：這是女性的聲音！我放下手頭的工作，抬頭發(fā)現(xiàn)司機(jī)是個(gè)年輕的姑娘。這是我第一次遇到開優(yōu)步的女司機(jī)——在印度這里！

汽車在國道上飛馳，她有一手好車技。優(yōu)步的車我坐過幾百回了，但此前我還真沒遇到過女司機(jī)。因此我特別想了解一下這位司機(jī)，很想知道她為什么會(huì)選擇這份職業(yè)：“如果你不介意的話，我能問你幾個(gè)問題么？”

“好的，女士，沒問題。”

“我猜你受過高等教育？”

“是的，女士，我讀完工商管理碩士了?！?/p>

“哇，那你為什么會(huì)選這行呢——我的意思是，你怎么不找份更好的工作呢？”

我能從后視鏡里看到她的表情——只見她笑著回答道：“女士，我從小就喜歡開車。工作不分高低貴賤，我只想找這么一份工作，給自己帶來真正的滿足感和成就感。我確實(shí)收到了幾家大公司的錄用書，但我還是更喜歡當(dāng)司機(jī)——我現(xiàn)在夢(mèng)想成真了！這一切都是值得的?！?/p>