地道美语听力播客941：这点工资怎么活？

Dylan:Here!

迪伦:给你!

Yvonne:What's this?

尤奈:这是什么?

Dylan:It's information about a job-training program.

迪伦:这是工作培训计划的相关信息。

It'll give you the skills you need to get steady work.

这会给你需要的的稳定工作。

Yvonne:I don't need that. I get by with the wages I earn from this job.

尤奈:我不需要那样的东西。有这份工作的工资我就能勉强度日。

Dylan:You're in a dead-end job straining to make ends meet every month.

迪伦:你所从事的是一份没有前途的工作，而且紧张得每个月都入不敷出。

Yvonne:I've always landed on my feet.

尤奈:我总是能够化险为夷呢。

Dylan:But you don't have any job security.

迪伦:但你的工作一点不稳定。

You could be out on your ear any minute.

你可能随时会被解雇。

Don't you want a better quality of life?

难道你不想要更好的生活质量吗?

Yvonne:My life is fine the way it is.

尤奈:我的生活是现在就很不错。

I may not be able to hold on to this job for long, but there will always be other ones.

这份工作我可能无法坚持很长时间,但总会有其它的。

Dylan:I wish I had your optimism.

迪伦:我希望自己要是像你那样乐观就好了。

To hear you speak, you'd think you were one of the privileged few.

听你说,你肯定认为自己是特立独行的人。

Yvonne:It's all in your outlook on life.

尤奈:这取决于你对人生的看法。

I don't have mortgages to pay, cars to maintain, jets to fuel, and employees to support.

我不用付抵押贷款,维护汽车,加油飞机,支持员工。

Dylan:You're right. You should be counting your blessings!

迪伦:你是对的。你的好运估计快要到头了!