旅游英语口语就该这么说:第221期 职业工作 职业

 　　What are you going to take up as a career? 你打算从事什么职业？

　　Architecture.Actually,I've already started.I began my studies at Tongji University last autumn. 建筑。事实上我已经从事建筑业了，去年秋天我开始在同济大学学习建筑。

　　What are you going to do when you finish? 你毕业后打算干什么呢？

　　There's a great deal of scope¹ for architects in China and a lot of useful work to be done-building bridges, roads, high buildings for people. 搞建筑在中国大有可为，有许多工作可做，为人们建造桥梁、道路和高楼。

　　Well, I was good at maths and art at school and I thought I had a certain feeling for design. 我在校时擅长数学和美术。我想我对设计有点儿天赋，

　　I suppose my personal qualities made me choose architecture, and not law, for instance². 正是我的个人素质使我选择了建筑，而不选择诸如法律之类的。

1 scope   

n.（处理、研究事物的）范围，余地，机会

参考例句：

• There is limited scope for creativity in my job.我的工作中发挥创造力的空间有限。
• There is little scope for initiative in this job.这工作几乎没有发挥主动性的余地。

2 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！