老外最想聊的100个英语口语话题（89)：职场母亲

　　Working Mother 职场母亲

　　dialogue 1

　　Jesska: We all admire your career success. You must be proud of yourself for achieving so much at work.

　　我们都很敬佩你。工作上取得这么多成就，你一定为自己感到很骄傲吧.

　　Abble:Yes I'm also proud of being the mother of two girls.

　　是的，我还为自己身为两个女孩的母亲而感到骄傲。

　　J: I didn't know you are a mother of two. How do you strikc a balance between work and family?

　　我不知道你有两个女儿.你是怎样平衡工作和家庭的?

　　A: Well, my husband shares a lot of the houswork and childcare responsibilities so I can focus more on my career

　　我的丈夫帮我分担了很多家务，帮我照顾孩子，这样我就可以有更多精力放在工作

　　J: That's good. Do you find enough timc to be with the kids?

　　挺好的。你有足够的时间陪孩子吗?

　　A: Not really, sometimes my kids complain about my being around so little. So no matter how

　　busy I am everyday I will set aside some time to be with them.

　　没有，有时候我的孩子也会抱怨我陪她们的时间太少了.斫以不管我每天有多忙，我都会抽出时间来和她们待一会.

　　J: Do they understand your situation?

　　那她们理解你的难处吗?

　　A: Yes. they all show much understanding of my work. lf I happcn to be too busy to hclp them with their homcwork one day or anothcr, they'II ask my husband instead.

　　理解，她们都对我的工作表示理解.如果哪天我很忙没空帮她们辅导作业，她们会找我丈夫帮忙.

　　J: Ob, it's incredible that you can still help the kids witb their studics after a whole day's stressful work

　　劳累了一天，你竟然还能帮孩子们做作业，太不可思议了。

　　A: Yeah. I' m tirtd after work_ But when I see the kids' shining smile, all the prcssure and trouble at work goes away'

　　是啊，下班之后我挺累的，但是一看到孩子们灿烂的笑容，工作上的压力和烦恼就都不见了.

　　dialogue 2

　　J: hey, how's your one year old?

　　你那一岁的孩子怎么样了?

　　A: she's great, thanks!

　　挺好的,谢谢.

　　J: that's good. Since everything is fine, have you considered going out to work?

　　好,既然一切都挺顺利,你想没想过出来工作?

　　A: yeah, I've spent a whole month hunting a job, but many companies just turn me down.

　　想过啊,我找了一个月的工作了,但是很多公司都拒绝我了.

　　J: maybe they're worrying that a new mother may not concentrate totally on her work.

　　也许他们是担心你刚当了妈妈,不能全身心投入到工作中.

　　A: yeah, I think so. To tell you the truth, I'm also worrying about this.

　　没错,说实话,我自己也挺担心这一点的.

　　J: yeah, being a working mother is more challenging than being a stay-at-home mom. There's a lot more to deal with at the workplace.

　　是啊,做一个职场母亲可比专心在家带孩子难多了,工作中有更多的事情需要处理.

　　A: sometimes when I imagine leaving my baby with the nanny, I'm not feeling comfortable.

　　有时候我一想到要把孩子留给保姆,就觉得不舒服.

　　J: then if it really happens, you may find yourself upset and stressful at work.

　　那如果你真的出去工作的话,上班的时候你可能会觉得很不安,很有压力.

　　A: you're right. I'm not so good at dealing with stress. So I'm not sure whether I can handle it or not.

　　你说的对.我不太擅长应对压力,我也不知道能不能应对得了.

　　J: perhaps it's a little early for you to start working. You may wait till the kid grows up.

　　也许现在出去工作有一点早,你可以等孩子长大一些再考虑.

　　A: good idea. I'll consider going back to work when the kid enters kindergarten.

　　好主意,我得想想是不是等孩子上了幼儿园再出去上班.

　　J: by then, you'll be fully prepared to re-start your career

　　等孩子上了幼儿园,你就该准备好重新在职场打拼了.

　　A: thanks you for your advice.

　　谢谢你的建议.