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Unit 1 English to Chinese 1 I live in a world of skinned knees, double-knotted shoelaces, riddles that I’ve heard a dozen times, stale birthday cakes, hurt feelings, wandering stories and one lost shoe (“and if you don’t find it my mother’ll kill me”). 我天天要面对的是：磕破了的膝盖、系成死扣的鞋带、已经听了十多遍的脑筋急转弯、发霉的生日蛋糕、受到伤害的情感、不知所以的故事、丢了的单只鞋子（“你要找不到它，妈妈会杀了我的。” ） 。 2 I don’t have the singular power over language of a lawyer, the physical force of a construction worker, the command over fellow workers of a surgeon, the wheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman. 我没有律师非凡的语言能力，没有建筑工人强大的体力，没有外科医生卓越的指挥能力，也没有商人的方法与手段。 3 A few years ago, when I was interviewing for an elementary-school teaching position, every principal told me with confidence that, as a male, I had an advantage over female applicants because of the lack of male teachers. 几年前，当我面试一个小学教师职位的时候，每位校长都充满信心地对我说，作为男性我比女性求职者更有优势，因为他们缺少男教师。 4 Becoming a dean of students or a principal has never been one of my goals, but they seemed to expect me, as a male, to want to climb higher on the career stepladder. 成为教务长或校长从来不是我的职业目标，但他们似乎希望我作为男性愿意在这个职业的阶梯上继续攀登。 5 Possibly, men would have more to say to me, and I to them, if my job had more of the trappings and benefits of more traditional male jobs. 如果我的工作在福利待遇方面更像传统的男性工作的话，或许我和男士们之间的话会更多一些。 Chinese to English 1 尽管我在那家公司有机会升职，我仍然选择了离开，去从事我热爱的工作。(although + could have done; promotion) Although I could have got promotion in that company, I chose to leave and pursue the job I love. 2. 你最先要遵从的不是你的老板，而是这个行业的规则。(comply with) It is not your boss but the rules of the industry (that) you should first comply with. 3. 一份好的简历是找到工作的第一步，因此今天我们提出讨论的是如何写份好简历。(what-clause; bring up) A good résumé is the first step to getting a job. So what we bring up for discussion today is how to write a good résumé. 4. 人们工作往往是为了谋生，而不是出于爱好。 (more often than not; for the sake of) People work, more often than not, for the sake of making a living rather than out of passion. 5. 据面试官反馈，大部分接受面试的毕业生都说不