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2025.10.26 15:57
第十叁部 第十一课: cushy , legit
- Larry 和李华在谈一位最近刚找到工作的朋友。今天李华会学到两个常用语：cushy 和 legit。
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- Hey, Li Hua, did you hear about Kelsey? She just got a cushy new job.
- A "cushy" job? 我知道 Kelsey 最近找到了新工作，可是，什麼是 cushy job？是不是说她找到了很理想的工作啊？
- Oh, yeah. A "cushy" job a cushy job is one that isn't hard to do and has lots of benefits. A cushy job is soft and has a lot of padding like a cushion.
- 我懂了，cushy 就是从 cushion 软垫子这个词来的。所以 cushy job，就是很舒服的工作，就是钱多事少的好差事儿。Larry 啊，赶快告诉我，Kelsey 的工作到底是什麼性质，為什麼能够这麼 cushy？
- Well, she'll be working as an interpreter for a local businessman who does a lot of work with Chinese companies. Her salary is very high, she'll get to travel regularly to China, and her other benefits are good, too.
- 哇～，帮美国商人做翻译，不但薪水高，还有机会到中国出差啊。真好！Kelsey 的中文很好，个性又活泼，我想这个工作啊，对她来说应该不难。真是一个 cushy job!
- Doesn't it make you want to find a new job, Li Hua? Being a teaching assistant isn't the cushiest job.
- 就是啊，当助教啊，一点也不舒服，每星期我得花很多时间备课、和学生面谈、上课、批改作业，但是助教的薪水啊，却少的可怜。It isn't a cushy job at all.
- But you know, the teaching assistant job gives you valuable experience, and maybe some day you will have a cushy job as a Chinese professor at a major university.
- 我也希望如此囉。希望啊我这个助教工作能够為我将来到名牌大学当教授打下个基础，那可就是个 cushy job 了。Larry，那你呢？你希不希望你的暑期工作也是个舒服的好工作呢？
- Well, it isn't hard to do, but I am hardly being paid anything, so I don't think you can call it a cushy job.
- 喔～，工作虽不难，可是工资微薄啊。那没什麼意思哦。那你想找个新工作吗？你可以去问问 Kelsey 她是怎麼找到的啊，没準啊那公司还要人呢！
- Yeah, I am going to talk to Kelsey. Maybe she has some good advice for me.
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- Well, Li Hua, I talked more to Kelsey about her new job, and now I am a little concerned that it isn't legit.
- 啊～，你说，Kelsey 的工作怎麼样？什麼是 legit？
- Legit. It's short for legitimate. I am afraid Kelsey's new job may not be legitimate.
- 哦～，legit 就是合法的意思，是 legitimate 这个词的简化。你是说你担心 Kelsey 找到的工作不合法？為什麼呢？
- Kelsey told me she hasn't actually started her job yet, and she had her interview in a coffee shop.
- 嗯～，在咖啡厅里面谈，这也不奇怪啊，很多公司觉得在办公室外面谈比较放鬆一点嘛。
- But, I tried to look up the company name in the phone book and couldn't find it. If a company is legit, it should have a listing in the phone book.
- 那倒也是喔。你在电话本里找不到这公司的名字？一个合法的公司啊应该在电话本里有它的名字呀。或许是你把公司的名字拼错囉？
- I am pretty sure that I got it right. The more I think about the job it seems too good to be true.
- Larry，我知道你是為 Kelsey 担心，不过 Kelsey 很聪明，这个工作啊到底合不合法，我想啊她自己心里应该很明白。
- I guess you're right. Maybe it is my concerns that aren't legit.
- 不过啊，话说回来，Larry，你替好朋友担心，这也是很正常的啊。
- Well, that's true. I should stop worrying about Kelsey.
- 好啦好啦，现在啊什麼都别担心了，我们一起去吃冰淇淋好不好？
- Now, that is a business we KNOW is legit!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语。第一个是 cushy。这是形容很软、很舒服的意思，用来形容一个工作，就是很轻鬆、很容易的工作。另一个常用语是 legit。就是合法、正确的意思。
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