What To Think About Before Choosing Jobs

林峰

青年畢業生要找到令人滿意的工作真的很不容易。那么，究竟如何做才能找到好工作？作者認為正在求職的青年畢業生要了解自己的興趣愛好與掌握的技能，確定自己擅長的領域，調查不同的工作類型，并堅信自己的主張，就會達成自己的愿望。

Today， it is a big problem for young graduates to get satisfying jobs. ①It is said that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. Choosing the right one itself is not easy.

② “Finding a job” is not the same as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job but they are not suitable for it. Sometimes “Chance” may play a more important part than “decision”.

③Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs which you might enjoy doing after school or university. First， it is important to realize what kind of person you are， which special qualities make you outstanding among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference between an interest and a skill. If you like art and enjoy looking at pictures， that is an interest. But if you can draw a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog， that is a skill.

Then ask yourself a question， “ In the following three areas—skills with people， skills with information and skills with things， which are your best skills？”

After examining your skills， the next step is research. ④To find out as many different kinds of jobs as possible， go to the library and read books， magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends what they think of the work they do.

Finally， trust your own ideas and your own thinking！ It is your own life， just find the job you really enjoy doing.

Today， it is a big problem for young graduates to get satisfying jobs. ①It is said that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. Choosing the right one itself is not easy.

② “Finding a job” is not the same as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job but they are not suitable for it. Sometimes “Chance” may play a more important part than “decision”.

③Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs which you might enjoy doing after school or university. First， it is important to realize what kind of person you are， which special qualities make you outstanding among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference between an interest and a skill. If you like art and enjoy looking at pictures， that is an interest. But if you can draw a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog， that is a skill.

Then ask yourself a question， “ In the following three areas—skills with people， skills with information and skills with things， which are your best skills？”

After examining your skills， the next step is research. ④To find out as many different kinds of jobs as possible， go to the library and read books， magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends what they think of the work they do.

Finally， trust your own ideas and your own thinking！ It is your own life， just find the job you really enjoy doing.

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選工作之序曲

如今，青年畢業生要找到令人滿意的工作是個大難題。據說世界上有成千上萬種不同的工作，選擇合適的工作卻不容易。

“找工作”不等同于“挑工作”。很多年輕人最后干了一件他們并不適合的工作。有時“機會”會比“決定”起更重要的作用。

下面幾個步驟能夠幫助你思考在畢業后可能喜歡做什么工作。首先，重要的是要認識到自己是哪種人、哪些特殊素質使你在人群中很突出、你對什么感興趣。興趣和技巧不同，如果你喜歡藝術并享受欣賞圖畫，這是一種興趣;但是如果你能畫一匹馬，并且為了畫馬而畫馬，那么這是一項技巧。

然后問一下自己：“下面3個方面——與人有關的技能、與信息有關的技能和與事物有關的技能——你最擅長哪種？

在審視好你的技能之后，下一步就是做調查。為了了解盡可能多的不同類型的工作，要去圖書館看書、雜志和報紙以尋找信息。詢問一下你的朋友們他們對自己所做工作的看法。

最后，要相信你自己的主張與想法。你要為自己而活，就去找自己真正享受做的工作吧！

難點解讀

1.It is said that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world.

據說世界上有成千上萬種不同的工作。

句中It為形式主語，that從句為真正主語?！癐t is said that從句”為固定句型，意思是“據說……”，類似結構還有“It is believed/thought/reported that從句”等。例如：

It’s thought that he is one of the richest men in Europe.

人們認為他是歐洲最大的富翁之一。

2.“Finding a job” is not the same as “choosing a job”.

“找工作”不等同于“挑工作”。

這是一個簡單句，分別出現了動名詞短語作主語與賓語。the same as意為“和……一樣”。例如：

Giving your children as much money as possible is not the same as loving them.

給孩子盡可能多的錢并不等同于愛他們。

3. Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs which you might enjoy doing after school or university.

下面幾個步驟能夠幫助你思考在畢業后可能喜歡做什么工作。

這是一個復合句，不定式部分作steps的定語;which引導一個定語從句修飾jobs。think about思考，思索;enjoy doing喜歡做某事，享受做某事。例如：

I’ll think about it and let you know tomorrow.

我要把這事仔細想想， 明天再給你回話。

The little girl said she enjoyed listening to country music very much.

那個小女孩說她很喜歡聽鄉村音樂。

4. To find out as many different kinds of jobs as possible， go to the library and read books， magazines and newspapers for information.

為了了解盡可能多的不同類型的工作，要去圖書館看書、雜志和報紙以尋找信息。

逗號前面的不定式短語作目的狀語，后面是祈使句。例如：

To earn more money for my family， my mother has to work hard day and night.

為了多掙錢養家，媽媽夜以繼日地努力工作。