三十一. The Jobs of Tomorrow

What kind of work do you want to do when you are older? Many jobs might interest you. Two of them that have been around the longest are farming and building. People who work with computers have newer kinds of jobs.

The jobs of tomorrow will be decided by what people need and want. When we decide which job to take, we need to get the necessary information about chances of jobs. The chances result from the relations between the total population, labor force, and the need for goods(商品) and services.?

【漢語(yǔ)翻譯】

未來的工作

長(zhǎng)大后你想做什么工作呢？許多工作可能會(huì)讓你感興趣。其中有兩種工作歷史最久，它們是農(nóng)業(yè)(farming)和建筑。電腦(computer)工作者則擁有更新類型的工作。

未來(tomorrow)的工作將由人們的需求決定。我們決定做何種工作時(shí)，我們需要得到有關(guān)工作機(jī)會(huì)的必要信息（information）。這些機(jī)會(huì)來自總(total)人口(population)、勞動(dòng)力(labor force)和商品服務(wù)需求之間的關(guān)系(relation)。

提供(supply)健康護(hù)理的人可能找工作從來沒什么問題。人們對(duì)有些人，如(such as)卡車司機(jī)(truck driver)，也總是有需求。大部分有車一族會(huì)需要轎車服務(wù)(service)，因此技工應(yīng)該也很容易找工作。

要獲得好工作，最好的建議是想好你喜歡做什么。為此獲得所需要(require)的教育和培訓(xùn)(training)，然后就可以去找一份好工作了。?  

三十二. To Stop Two Boys from Fighting

I am sixteen years old. I have a younger brother. My brother's name is Jim. Jim is a handsome boy and sometimes very humorous. He makes me laugh a lot, and I love him and am proud of him.

One afternoon I was walking from my house to the store to buy some ink when I saw a small boy running along the street towards me. He was running at high speed. When he came near me, I was surprised to see it was Jim.

“Hi, Jim,”I shouted to him,“why are you running like that?”

Jim didn't stop. He looked a bit nervous, and shouted to me,“I'm trying to stop two boys from fighting.”

I was surprised again I laughed and said,“That's an important job for a little boy, isn’t it? You don't do things like that very often Who are the two boys?”

“They're Tom and me,”answered Jim as he continued running down the street very quickly.

【漢語(yǔ)翻譯】 

制止兩個(gè)男孩打架

我十六歲，我有個(gè)弟弟（younger brother)，名叫吉姆。吉姆是個(gè)英俊的（handsome)男孩，有時(shí)還特別幽默(humorous)，逗得我笑(laugh)個(gè)不停。我很愛弟弟，為他感到驕傲(be proud of him)。

有一天下午(afternoon)，我從家里出去到商店(store)買墨水(ink)．這時(shí)見一個(gè)男孩沿著(along)馬路朝(toward)我跑(run)來，男孩以很快的速度(at high speed)跑著，跑近時(shí)，我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)竟是吉姆。

“嗨，吉姆，”我朝他喊道，“你干嘛跑那么快？”

吉姆沒有停下腳步，他看上去有點(diǎn)緊張(a bit nervous)，他對(duì)著我喊道，“我在設(shè)法阻止兩個(gè)男孩打架(stop … from fighting)。”

我還是很奇怪，我笑著說，“小男孩能這么干可真是了不起，這事你可干得不多。這兩個(gè)男孩是誰呀？”

“湯姆和我，”吉姆邊回答邊飛快地沿街跑去。?