四级They can affect a person's ability to get a job and qualification for benefits.

它们会影响一个人获得工作的能力和获得福利的资格。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级I don't mean to imply that overall job growth doesn't have an impact on one's ability to land a job.

我的意思并不是说总体就业增长对一个人获得工作的能力没有影响。

2012年12月阅读原文

六级The school keeps the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job

学校留着钱，但孩子离开时背负着沉重的债务，没有学位，也没有能力找到更好的工作

2011年6月阅读原文

四级A part-time job is a good way to balance costs while ensuring there is enough time left over for both academic subjects and after-class activities.

兼职工作是平衡成本的好方法，同时确保有足够的时间用于学术科目和课外活动。

2016年12月听力原文

四级They are also well placed to bring something extra to the teaching side of an academic role that will help students get a job when they graduate, says Lee, perhaps experience in manufacturing practice or product development

Lee说，他们还可以为学术角色的教学端带来一些额外的东西，帮助学生毕业后找到工作，也许还有制造实践或产品开发方面的经验

2010年12月阅读原文

高考Engineering graduates were more likely to have started their job search already, and to have accepted a job.

工科毕业生更有可能已经开始找工作，并且已经接受了一份工作。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

高考If accepted for the job, you'll be informed soon.

如果接受这份工作，你很快就会得到通知。

2015年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

四级I cant seem to focus on anything, because 1 still haven't decided if I should accept the offer for that PhD program in London, or if I should take the job offer in New York.

我似乎不能专注于任何事情，因为我还没有决定是接受伦敦的博士课程，还是接受纽约的工作。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级Not only had she found the highest paying job of her career, but she'd also accepted a date with the most charming men she'd ever met.

她不仅找到了职业生涯中薪水最高的工作，还接受了与她所见过的最迷人的男人约会。

2011年6月听力原文

四级There are 20 officers in the Campus Security Division Their job is to handle crime, accidents lost and found items ,and traffic problems on campus.

校园保安部有20名警官，他们的工作是处理校园内的犯罪、事故、失物招领和交通问题。

2012年6月阅读原文

四级Responding promptly to accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job

对事故和其他紧急情况迅速作出反应很重要，但这是他们最小的工作

2012年6月阅读原文

四级Accordingly, managing your job search properly is just as important as identifying job opportunities and submitting your applications.

因此，正确管理求职与确定工作机会和提交申请同样重要。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete.

两年内，Leah摆脱了会计工作的安全，完成了转换。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while starting up the yoga studio to make it all work.

起初，Leah继续她的会计工作，同时创办了瑜伽工作室，以使一切顺利进行。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home.

为了追求有意义的生活，莉亚离开了高薪的会计工作、丈夫和家。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radical higher productivity and, as a result, radically higher standards of living.

一家研究机构的研究结果一贯表明，所有国家的工人都可以接受在职培训，以实现根本性的更高生产率，从而实现根本性的更高生活水平。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their enthusiasm and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will reward them for high performance.

如果主管不承认这些出色的表现，员工可能会失去热情，减少努力，或者在一家公司寻找一份新工作，以奖励他们的出色表现。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级There is no best parenting style or philosophy, researchers say, and across income groups, 92% of parents say they are doing a good job at raising their children.

研究人员说，没有最好的育儿方式或理念，在不同收入群体中，92%的父母说他们在抚养孩子方面做得很好。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Across the board, American colleges and universities are not doing a very good job of preparing their students for the workplace or their post-graduation lives.

总体而言，美国的学院和大学在让学生为工作或毕业后的生活做好准备方面做得不是很好。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leaving fewer job opportunities for those in search of work.

美国各地的企业纷纷裁员或倒闭，给求职者留下的就业机会越来越少。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级This was found across measures like self-esteem, life satisfaction, happiness and satisfaction with individual domains like job, neighborhood, or friends.

这是通过测量自尊、生活满意度、幸福感以及对工作、邻居或朋友等个人领域的满意度发现的。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at ￡71.

相反，索赔人获得有时间限制的“津贴”，条件是积极寻找工作；没有权利也没有保险，至少￡71

2014年考研阅读原文

六级"I can't imagine if there's any other acting job in the world where you don't know what show you're in, when you're hired," says voice actor Keythe Farley, who chairs the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee.

SAG-AFTRA谈判委员会主席、配音演员基特·法利（KeytheFarley）表示：“我无法想象，如果世界上还有其他演艺工作，你被录用时不知道自己在演什么剧。”。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.

一些政府已经采取了对研发的直接补贴，但这并不能很好地替代碳价格：它们只做了部分工作，留下了过度使用化石燃料的市场激励，从而在不考虑抵押品的情况下增加了大气温室气体存量（“，附带的) 成本。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmo

一些政府已经采取了对研发的直接补贴，但这并不能很好地替代碳价格：它们只做了部分工作，留下了过度使用化石燃料的市场激励，从而增加了atmo的存量

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研It is as though 20 years of ever-tougher reforms of the job search and benefit administration system never happened.

20年来，求职和福利管理体系的改革似乎从未发生过。

2014年考研阅读原文

六级The 28 existence of such ideals, without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession, rapidly leads adolescents to become 29 intolerant of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way.

这种理想的存在，没有改变工作或职业的现实，很快导致青少年对非理想世界产生不容忍，并以典型的青少年方式推动改革。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.

工作评价应采用科学的标准。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs

在高等教育上投入巨资的家长和学生担心毕业生的就业前景，因为技术进步和国内外市场的变化改变了职业，降低了工资，减少了就业机会

2014年6月阅读原文

四级The platforms that are most effective turn employees' ordinary job tasks into part of a rich adventure narrative.

最有效的平台将员工的普通工作任务转化为丰富的冒险故事的一部分。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级She has just graduated from college and got a job at an advertising agency when she began to sense that something strange was going on inside her body.

她刚从大学毕业，在一家广告公司找到了一份工作，这时她开始感觉到自己体内发生了一些奇怪的事情。

2013年12月听力原文

四级Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job.

工资一直是最大的威慑因素，因为有家庭的人往往觉得他们无法承受大学工作时工资的下降。

2010年12月阅读原文

高考First, I want to get a job as a computer programmer, and then after five years or so, I'd like to start my own business.

首先，我想找一份电脑程序员的工作，五年左右之后，我想自己创业。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

六级After three years of working in a petrol station and doing unpaid work I still hadn't managed to get an entry level job.

在加油站工作了三年，做了无报酬的工作，我仍然没有找到一份入门级的工作。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级You only really get proficient after many years in the job.

你只有在工作多年后才能真正精通。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研Soon after his father’s release from prison, Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices.

父亲出狱后不久，狄更斯在律师事务所找到了一份更好的差事。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研Schneider, a 27-year-old auto technician from the Chicago suburbs says he struggled to find a job after graduating from college.

来自芝加哥郊区的27岁汽车技师施耐德说，他大学毕业后很难找到工作。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Soon after his father's release from prison, Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices.

父亲出狱后不久，狄更斯在律师事务所找到了一份更好的差事。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The man can apply for the job again.

这个人可以再次申请这份工作。

2016年高考英语上海卷 听力 选项

考研The first step, as Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew MeAfee argue in The Second Machine Age, should be rethinking education and job training.

正如埃里克·布林约夫森（Erik Brynjolfsson）和安德鲁·米菲（Andrew MeAfee）在《第二个机器时代》（The Second Machine Age）中所说，第一步应该是重新思考教育和职业培训。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级So you know that Sam turned down the job offered by the travel agency?

你知道山姆拒绝了旅行社提供的工作吗？

2013年12月听力原文

高考This is compared to half of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago.

相比之下，两年前这个时候有一半的学生已经找到了工作。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

四级Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

几年前持有少量毒品的女性是否应该永久无法获得护士执照？这些法律也起到了反作用，因为它们使有犯罪记录的人更难找到住房或工作，这是减少倒退的两个关键因素。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Gregg Rosen lost his job as a sales  nearly three years ago and is still unemployed.

格雷格·罗森失去了销售部的工作；将近三年前，他仍然失业。

2016年6月听力原文

六级Gregg Rosen lost his job as a sales nearly three years ago and is still unemployed.

格雷格·罗森（Gregg Rosen）在近三年前失去了销售部的工作，现在仍然失业。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Not so long ago, people would have turned up their noses at that kind of dedication to the job.

不久前，人们会对这种对工作的奉献嗤之以鼻。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考Although the job takes a significant amount of time, most students agree that the experience is worth it.

尽管这项工作需要花费大量的时间，但大多数学生都认为这项经验是值得的。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 单项选择 原文

四级An X-rays technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment.

一名X光技师拒绝履行她的职责，直到该公司同意更换其过时的设备。

2011年6月听力原文

四级For the past several decades, it seems there's been a general consensus on how to get ahead in America: Get a college education, find a reliable job, and buy your own home.

在过去的几十年里，人们似乎对如何在美国取得成功达成了普遍共识：接受大学教育，找到可靠的工作，买自己的房子。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Even in June of 2007, when the economy was still moving ahead, job growth was only 132,000, while turnover was 4.7 million!

即使在2007年6月，当经济仍在向前发展时，就业增长只有13.2万，而营业额为470万！

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

高考Since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed.

自从第一次修理工作以来，一台坏了的空调、一台不能正常工作的洗衣机和一台不能烤面包的烤面包机都得到了修复。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级No longer does a good craftsman have to work in a job he dislikes all day and then try to create at night.

一个好的工匠不再需要整天从事他不喜欢的工作，然后在晚上尝试创作。

2016年12月听力原文

六级The fact is job openings have plunged in every major sector, while the number of workers forced into parttime employment in almost all industries has soared.

事实上，每个主要行业的职位空缺都大幅减少，而几乎所有行业被迫兼职的工人数量都大幅增加。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Job seekers should all be careful about their affiliations.

求职者都应该小心自己的关系。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The ROWE participants were allowed to freely determine when, where and how they worked – the only thing that mattered was that they got the job done.

ROWE参与者可以自由决定他们在何时、何地以及如何工作——唯一重要的是他们完成了工作。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研Too often we believe that, a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels.

我们常常相信，一份新工作、更大的房子或更好的汽车将是让我们最终满足的灵丹妙药，但现实是，这些东西对我们的幸福水平几乎没有持久的影响。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited "allowance", conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at ￡71.70 a week, one of the least generous in the EU.

相反，索赔人获得有时限的“津贴”，条件是积极寻找工作；没有权利也没有保险，至少￡每周71.70英镑，是欧盟最不慷慨的之一。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级The fact is job openings have plunged in every major sector, while the number of workers forced into part-time employment in almost all industries has soared.

事实上，每个主要行业的职位空缺都大幅减少，而几乎所有行业被迫从事兼职工作的工人数量都大幅增加。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public, I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to.

去年，我花了我所有的时间寻找一份工作，在这份工作中，我可以不与公众打交道，独自工作，但仍然有一个团队可以与我交谈。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级A transportation expert told the reporter that job growth likely plays a part as well, along with some people driving longer distances to and from work.

一位交通专家告诉记者，就业增长可能也起到了一定的作用，一些人上下班开车距离更长。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级As recent graduates can testify, the job market isn't kind to candidates who can't demonstrate genuine competence, along with a well-cultivated willingness to work hard.

正如应届毕业生可以证明的那样，就业市场对那些不能展示出真正能力以及良好的努力工作意愿的候选人并不友好。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级If you do lose your job, the union will fight to get it back for you along with back pay—your lost income.

如果你真的失去了工作，工会将为你争取回来，同时还你失去的收入。

2012年12月听力原文

四级The Dutch king has revealed that for more than two decades he has held down a part-time second job alongside his royal duties.

这位荷兰国王透露，二十多年来，他除了履行皇室职责外，还担任着兼职的第二份工作。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

考研Vocational schools should do a better job of fostering problem-solving skills and helping students work alongside robots.

职业学校应该更好地培养解决问题的能力，帮助学生与机器人一起工作。

2018年考研阅读原文

四级So someone leaving university who already has the skills needed to work in an industrial lab has far more potential in the job market than someone who has spent all their time on a narrow research project

因此，那些已经具备在工业实验室工作所需技能的大学毕业生在就业市场上的潜力要远远大于那些将全部时间花在一个狭窄的研究项目上的人

2010年12月阅读原文

高考Small talk can also help people get a job.

闲聊也能帮助人们找到工作。

2015年高考英语安徽卷 任务型读写 原文

六级A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers or the National Black Employees Association, the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' control.

求职申请可能会提到与威斯康星州非裔美国律师协会或全国黑人雇员协会等团体的关系，这些团体的名字显然会产生影响，也超出其成员的控制范围。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the "Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers" or the "National Black Employees Association," the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' con

求职申请可能会提到与“威斯康星州非裔美国律师协会”或“全国黑人雇员协会”等团体的联系，这些团体的名字显然会产生影响，而且也超出了其成员的权限

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Although going to college is supposed to be a full-time job, students spent.

虽然上大学应该是一份全职工作，但学生们花了很多时间。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Although going to college is supposed to be a full-time job, students spent, on average, only 12 to 14 hours a week studying and many were skating through their semesters without doing a significant amount of reading and writing.

尽管上大学应该是一份全职工作，但学生们平均每周只花12到14个小时学习，许多人在整个学期中都没有做大量的阅读和写作。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first.

解决方案显而易见，但可能并不容易应用：总是先处理最困难的工作。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

考研Those who jumped without a job haven’t always landed in top positions quickly.

那些没有工作就跳槽的人并不总是能很快地登上高层。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.

问任何一个刚失业的人他们想要什么，答案总是：一份工作。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Those who jumped without a job haven't always landed in top positions quickly.

那些没有工作就跳槽的人并不总是能很快地登上高层。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Amid all the job losses, there's no category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

在所有的失业中，没有哪一类工人能从经济动荡中受益：非人类。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级Employed young men are much less likely to live at home than young men without a job, and employment among young men has fallen significantly in recent decades.

与没有工作的年轻人相比，有工作的年轻人在家生活的可能性要小得多，近几十年来，年轻人的就业率大幅下降。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Thank you george, but I've decided to travel a bit before finding another job.

谢谢你，乔治，但我决定在找另一份工作之前先去旅行一下。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

四级For Smith, this was just another day on the job.

对史密斯来说，这只是工作中的又一天。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.

他们可以在一个地方找到工作，在另一个地方找到家庭。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Under these circumstances, it's natural to look for what may appear to be the most "practical" way out of the problem "Major in a subject designed to get you a job" seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as "soft" often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run.

在这种情况下，寻找最“实用”的方法来解决这个问题是很自然的，“主修一门为你找到工作而设计的学科”似乎是一些人显而易见的答案，尽管这忽略了一个事实，即许多人文学科事实上经常被称为“软”学科，从长远来看，能带来就业和成功。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Based on answers to questions regarding their job hunting strategies and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: maximizers, who consider every possible option, and satisficers, who look until they find an option that is good enough.

基于对他们的求职策略和职业决策的问题的回答，他把学生分成两组：最大化者，考虑每一种可能的选择，和满足者，直到他们找到一个足够好的选择。

2011年6月听力原文

高考But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment.

但尽可能做好任何普通工作本身就是一种令人钦佩的承诺。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级Waiters, keen observers of humanity that they are, are catching on to this; in one poll, a full 30% said they didn't believe the job they did had any impact on the tips they received.

侍者们，他们是人类的敏锐观察者，正在意识到这一点；在一项民意调查中，整整30%的人表示，他们不相信自己的工作对收到的小费有任何影响。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级And graduating doesn't even provide any guarantee of a decent job : six in ten graduates today are in non-graduate jobs.

毕业甚至不能保证有一份体面的工作：如今，十分之六的毕业生从事非毕业工作。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级What do you actually do and how do you prepare for your job?If sheer numbers provide any proof, Americans’ universities are the envy of the world.

你到底在做什么？你是如何准备工作的？如果纯粹的数字能提供任何证据的话，美国的大学是全世界羡慕的对象。

2015年12月听力原文

六级I think we need to stress that while there will be some job changes, there won't be anyone getting dismissed.

我想我们需要强调的是，虽然会有一些工作变动，但不会有人被解雇。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考Wonderful news...to me, anyway! I've been offered a job for three years as an assistant to Prof. Hayes from Birmingham University.

好消息…对我来说，无论如何！伯明翰大学的海斯教授为我提供了一份三年的助理工作。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 听力 原文

四级Why did the woman find the job appealing?

为什么这位女士觉得这份工作很吸引人？

2010年12月听力原文

考研since students and parents expect a college degree to lead a job, it is in the best interest of a school to turn out graduates who are as qualified as possible—or at least appear to be.

由于学生和家长都希望大学学位能领导一份工作，因此培养出尽可能合格或至少看起来合格的毕业生是学校的最佳利益所在。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the best job of following Apple's lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, there were several attacks at Apple.

亚马逊公司的杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）最近发布了一款平板电脑，该公司在将硬件、软件、内容和服务整合到一个易于使用的捆绑包中方面做得最好，在这一点上，苹果遭到了几次攻击。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级Nothing, it's just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today.

没什么，只是她昨天提交了一份工作申请，公司今天邀请她参加面试。

2014年6月听力原文

四级Yes, I wonder when I'll be informed about my application for the job.

是的，我想知道什么时候我会被通知我申请这份工作。

2013年6月听力原文

四级And it's true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening, regardless of whether it's a new one or not.

诚然，目前有更多的人申请每个可用的职位空缺，不管它是否是新的。

2012年12月阅读原文

考研The first step, as Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argue in The Second MachineAge, should be rethinking education and job training.

正如Erik Brynjolfsson和Andrew McAfee在《第二部机器》中所说，第一步应该是重新思考教育和职业培训。

2018年考研阅读原文

考研Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

只有当失业者带着简历来到就业中心，注册在线求职并开始寻找工作时，他们才有资格享受福利，然后他们应该每周而不是每两周报告一次。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研One survey found that bureaucratic delays led the average H-2A worker to arrive on the job 22 days late.

一项调查发现，官僚的拖延导致H-2A员工平均迟到22天。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV, register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.

只有当失业者带着简历来到就业中心，注册在线求职并开始寻找工作时，他们才有资格享受福利，然后他们应该每周而不是每两周报告一次。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Students majoring in liberal arts usually have difficulty securing a job.

文科专业的学生通常很难找到工作。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Building a neon sign is an art practiced by professionals trained on the job to mold glass tubes into decorative shapes and letters.

建造霓虹灯标志是一门艺术，由受过专业培训的专业人员进行实践，他们将玻璃管塑造成装饰性的X形和字母。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Your job is literally killing you, as The Washington Post put it.

正如《华盛顿邮报》所说，你的工作简直要了你的命。

2016年12月阅读原文