每一個(gè)職場(chǎng)新鮮人或許都曾有這樣的困惑：每家公司都想招熟手，但是沒(méi)有新，哪成舊？其實(shí)對(duì)此也不要太過(guò)悲觀，我們來(lái)聽(tīng)聽(tīng)Louisa是怎么說(shuō)服Henry的。

Louisa: Hey babe， I’m home!

Henry: Hey， how was work?

Louisa: Same old， same old. You?

Henry: Work? What work?

Louisa: You know what I mean! How goes the job hunt?

Henry: 1)Meh. Not so hot to be honest.

Louisa: Really? Well， I guess it’s only day one. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Henry: I don’t know babe—it really just seems like there’s not much out there for someone like me.

Louisa: What do you mean?

Henry: It seems like people care less and less about education

路易莎：嗨，寶貝，我回來(lái)了！

亨利：嗨，工作得怎么樣啊？

路易莎：老樣子。你呢？

亨利：工作？什么工作？

路易莎：你知道我在說(shuō)什么。工作找得怎么樣啦？

亨利：還行。老實(shí)說(shuō)不太好。

路易莎：真的嗎？我想這才第一天嘛。羅馬又不是一天建成的。

亨利：寶貝，我不知道——只是感覺(jué)好像真沒(méi)有那么多地方需要我這樣的人。

路易莎：你指的是什么呢？

亨利：如今，人們似乎越來(lái)越不看

nowadays and more and more about experience.

Louisa: Oh c’mon—you’re not telling me that they’re hiring high school kids or something?

Henry: Haha， okay， no， not that extreme. You still need an education， of course. But it seems like companies are looking at my degree and then saying， “Okay， great. And?”

Louisa: Ah， I see.

Henry: They want letters of reference and 2)firsthand experience. I’ve got nothing like that.

Louisa: But you did some TA work in university. ①That should count for something.

Henry: It’s still not practical stuff.

Louisa: ②There’s got to be a way for you to get your foot in the door.

Henry: Not without any experience.

Louisa: You know what? A lot of places almost consider a lack of experience a good thing.

Henry: Oh come off it. There’s no way.

Louisa: Seriously though! ③You can’t teach an old dog new tricks， so sometimes a fresh mind is just the ticket. Companies want new ideas， fresh innovation， right?

Henry: Of course.

Louisa: Well that’s how you should market yourself. Focus less on what you’ve already done and more on what you can bring to the company in

terms of new ideas.

Henry: But how can I do

that without even getting

tapped for an interview?

Louisa: Put it in your

cover letter! ④It’ll be like

pushing at an open door.

Henry: Haha， maybe not

quite that simple， ⑤but it

can’t hurt to try.

Louisa: I’m telling you，

this is gonna be the golden ticket for you.

Henry: Alright， ⑥I’m gonna give it a shot. Thanks babe!

Louisa: That’s what wives are for—⑦a good kick in the pants from time to time!

Henry: ⑧I’ll say!

重學(xué)歷，越來(lái)越重視經(jīng)驗(yàn)了。

路易莎：哦，拜托——?jiǎng)e告訴我他們要招的是高中生或者其他什么人吧。

亨利：哈哈，好吧，不是那樣，沒(méi)有那么極端。你當(dāng)然還是需要一張文憑。不過(guò)招聘公司似乎看到我的學(xué)位后就會(huì)說(shuō)：“好，很好。然后呢？”

路易莎：啊，我明白了。

亨利：他們想要看到推薦信和無(wú)需培訓(xùn)的有經(jīng)驗(yàn)人才。這些我都沒(méi)有。

路易莎：但你的確在大學(xué)里做過(guò)助教的工作啊。那應(yīng)該是有些意義的。

亨利：那仍不能算作實(shí)際能力啊。

路易莎：總有讓你邁出第一步的方法。亨利：不會(huì)沒(méi)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)都可以吧。

路易莎：你知道嗎？許多公司幾乎都認(rèn)為缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)是件好事。

亨利：噢別胡扯了。不可能。

路易莎：我說(shuō)真的！老狗學(xué)不會(huì)新把戲，因此有時(shí)候（職場(chǎng)）新鮮人倒是獲勝者。企業(yè)都想要新奇的點(diǎn)子、創(chuàng)新的改革，對(duì)吧？

亨利：當(dāng)然。

路易莎：好吧，那就是你該如何推銷(xiāo)自己的方法。少?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)一些你已經(jīng)做過(guò)的事情，但是要多說(shuō)說(shuō)你可以在新創(chuàng)意方面為公司帶來(lái)什么。

亨利：但是我連面試機(jī)會(huì)都沒(méi)有，怎么

去推銷(xiāo)自己呢？路易莎：把這些寫(xiě)進(jìn)你的簡(jiǎn)歷！這樣就可以輕而易舉地得到面試機(jī)會(huì)啦。

亨利：哈哈，可能不會(huì)那么容易吧，不過(guò)試試也無(wú)妨。

路易莎：我要告訴你，這將會(huì)是你（走入職場(chǎng)）的金鑰匙哦。

亨利：好吧，我會(huì)做個(gè)嘗試。謝謝你，寶貝。

路易莎：這是為人妻者該做的——時(shí)常幫你振作一下精神！

亨利：可不是嘛！

Smart Sentences

① That should count for something. 那應(yīng)該是有些意義的。

count for something: be important or valuable in consideration for sth.（有價(jià)值，有份量）。例如：

When you apply for a new job， grades in school don’t count for something.

一個(gè)人在應(yīng)聘新工作的時(shí)候，在校時(shí)的成績(jī)并無(wú)價(jià)值。

② There’s got to be a way for you to get your foot in the door. 總有讓你邁出第一步的方法。

get one’s foot in the door: take the first step in working toward a goal（邁出的第一步）。例如：

An internship in an investment bank may get your foot in the door in the banking industry.

在投資銀行的實(shí)習(xí)機(jī)會(huì)也許是你在銀行業(yè)邁出第一步的機(jī)會(huì)。

③ You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. 老狗學(xué)不會(huì)新把戲。

teach an old dog new tricks: make sb. change the way they do sth. when they have been doing it the same way for a long time， usu. used in the negative（使年老、守舊的人接受新事物，通常以否定形式出現(xiàn)）。例如：

Since you can’t teach an old dog new tricks， we should not target our group buying at elderly.

既然老年人不容易接受新事物，我們就不應(yīng)該將他們作為團(tuán)購(gòu)的目標(biāo)。

④ It’ll be like pushing at an open door. 這樣就可以輕而易舉得到面試機(jī)會(huì)啦。

push at an open door: achieve sth. easily（輕而易舉地做到某事）。例如：

With his performance record and some help from his old boss， John’s application for the position is like pushing at an open door.

以他之前的表現(xiàn)和老上司的幫忙，約翰想申請(qǐng)這個(gè)職位太容易了。

⑤ But it can’t hurt to try. 不過(guò)試試也無(wú)妨。

it can’t/doesn’t hurt to do sth.: even if the plan is not successful， nothing bad will happen OR it will be helpful（一試無(wú)妨；或做某事有好處）。例如：

It won’t hurt to learn some basics about the position you are applying for.

了解一些你應(yīng)聘職位的基本內(nèi)容是有好處的。

⑥ I’m gonna give it a shot. 我會(huì)做個(gè)嘗試。

give it a shot: attempt to do sth.（嘗試做某事），例如：

A lot of teams are fighting for the Easter project， but we’ll give it a shot anyway.

雖然許多小組都在爭(zhēng)那個(gè)復(fù)活節(jié)項(xiàng)目，但無(wú)論如何我們組都想爭(zhēng)取一下。

⑦ A good kick in the pants from time to time!時(shí)常幫你振作一下精神！

a kick in the pants: a stimulant to produce greater effort， enthusiasm（興奮，振奮精神）。例如：

Adam has been depressed for a whole week since the defeat at speech competition. Let’s give him a kick in the pants and help him to cheer up.

自從輸了演講比賽后，亞當(dāng)已經(jīng)消沉了整整一個(gè)星期了。我們來(lái)幫他振作起來(lái)吧。

⑧ I’ll say! 可不是嘛！

I’ll say: indicates you understand the situation and agree with what’s been said（用以表示理解對(duì)方的話）。例如：

—I really don’t think Mr. Jones will give up the Russian market; he is too smart to do that.

我真的覺(jué)得瓊斯先生不會(huì)放棄俄羅斯市場(chǎng)，他這么精明，不會(huì)這么做的。

—I’ll say.

可不是嘛。