Simon Gatsby is waiting for a jobinterview. He is wearing his suit2. He isvery nervous3. There is another man inthe waiting room. The other man is alsowearing a suit. He looks very relaxed. Heis playing games on his smartphone.Simon will finish university4 soon. Hemust find a job. He saw an advertisement5in the paper. It said，“We arelooking for a recent6 graduate7.Exciting position8 for the right person.”There was no more information. Simonsent his CV to the address9 in theadvertisement. He then got a lettersaying he was on the shortlist10， and hecould have an interview.

西蒙·蓋茨比正在等待工作面試。他穿著西裝，很緊張。等候室里還有一個(gè)人，這個(gè)人也穿著西裝。他看起來很放松。他正在用智能手機(jī)玩游戲。西蒙很快就要大學(xué)畢業(yè)了，他必須找份工作。他在報(bào)紙上看到一則廣告，上面寫著：我們正在尋找一名應(yīng)屆畢業(yè)生。好崗覓良才。沒有更多的信息了。西蒙把他的簡歷寄到了廣告上的地址。他后來收到一封信，說他在候選名單上，可以參加面試。

“It’s very strange，” thoughtSimon. “I don’t know anything aboutthis job. I don’t know what thiscompany wants. I don’t know whatthey would want me to do. How can Igive the right answers to theirquestions？”A woman comes into thewaiting room. “Mr. Mellow，”she says.The other man in the waiting roomstands up. He follows the woman intoanother room.

“That guy’s name is Mellow，”thinks Simon. “He looks very confi -dent11. If we both want the same job， Iam sure he will get it.”Simon waits.After about 10 minutes， the other mancomes back to the waiting room. Hesmiles at Simon and walks out. Thewoman comes back into the room andsays，“Mr. Gatsby？”Simon follows herto an office.

The woman opens the door andsays， “Mr. Malbeau， this is Mr.Gatsby.”She walks away， and Simon goes into the office. There is only oneperson in the room. A very large man issitting behind a desk.“Sit down，” hesays to Simon. He points12 to a chair infront of the desk. Simon feels verynervous. “Thank you for giving me thisinterview...”

The man starts talking before Simonhas finished. “Now. Do you want thisjob？”“I don’t know what it is，”saysSimon.“Why do you want to know whatthe job is？”asks Mr. Malbeau.“Youwill finish university very soon. Youneed a job. I will give you a job. What isthe problem？”Simon is very puzzled13.“But what do you want me to do？ Whatare the working hours？ What aboutmedical insurance14？ Vacation time？”Mr. Malbeau looks angry15. “Medicalinsurance？ Vacations？ Do you think I’mcrazy？ I want someone who will work forme seven days a week. You will doeverything I tell you to do. I wantsomeone who will be available16 24hours a day.”

“這太奇怪了。”西蒙想，“我對(duì)這份工作一無所知。我不知道這家公司想要什么。我不知道他們想讓我做什么。我怎樣才能正確回答他們的問題呢？”一位女士走進(jìn)等候室?！懊仿逑壬?。”她說。等候室里的另一個(gè)人站了起來，并跟著那位女士走進(jìn)另一個(gè)房間。

“那家伙的名字叫梅洛?！蔽髅上耄八雌饋砗茏孕?。如果我們?cè)跔幦⊥环莨ぷ鳎铱隙ㄋ麜?huì)得到的?！蔽髅梢恢痹诘?。大約10 分鐘后，那個(gè)人回到了等候室。他對(duì)西蒙笑了笑，然后走了出去。那位女士回到房間說：“蓋茨比先生？”西蒙跟著她來到一間辦公室。

那位女士打開門然后說：“馬爾博先生，這位是蓋茨比先生?！闭f完她走了，西蒙走進(jìn)了辦公室。房間里只有一個(gè)人。一個(gè)非常高大的男人坐在桌子后面?！罢?qǐng)坐?！彼钢雷忧暗囊话岩巫訉?duì)西蒙說。西蒙感到很緊張，“謝謝你給我這次面試機(jī)會(huì)……”

西蒙還沒說完，男人就開始詢問了。“現(xiàn)在，你想要這份工作嗎？”“我不知道這是什么工作。”西蒙說?！澳銥槭裁聪胫肋@份工作是什么呢？”馬爾博先生問，“你很快就要大學(xué)畢業(yè)了。你需要一份工作。我會(huì)給你一份工作。有什么問題嗎？”西蒙很困惑，“可是你要我做什么呢？工作時(shí)間是怎樣的？醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)呢？休假時(shí)間呢？”馬爾博先生看起來很生氣，“醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)？假期？你覺得我瘋了嗎？我想要一個(gè)每周為我工作七天的人。我讓你做什么你就做什么。我想要一個(gè)24 小時(shí)都能隨叫隨到的人?！?/p>

Simon thinks about it. If he wantsme to be available to work all the time，he will pay a lot of money. I could pay17back my student loans18. “How muchwill you pay me？”he asks. Mr. Malbeautells Simon the salary19. It is very， verylow. It is less than Simon would get forworking in a fast food restaurant for onlytwenty hours a week. And Mr. Malbeauwants him to work seven days a week！“So， do you want the job or not？”asksMr. Malbeau.

Simon stands up. “No. Thank you，Mr. Malbeau. You want a slave20. I don’twant to be a slave. Good bye.”Simonwalks out of the office. He walks throughthe waiting room， and out onto the street.The man named Mellow is standing inthe street.

He sees Simon， and walks towards21him. “Did you take the job？”he asksSimon. “No！ Of course not. Did you？”Mellow laughs. “No way. There must bebetter jobs we can find. I waited to talkto you. I thought you looked like a niceguy. I wanted to tell you to say‘no’.The man must be mad22.”“Maybe hethinks new graduates will take any job，”said Simon.“It’s very difficult to find ajob， but it would be better to work in arestaurant or a gas23 station.”

Mellow is laughing. “I am sure Mr.Malbeau has interviewed many people. Iam sure they all said ‘no’. Let’s buy anewspaper and get a cup of coffee. We canlook for real jobs and help each other.”Simon feels happy. He doesn’t get a jobbut he has met a very friendly guy calledMellow. Simon thinks he has made afriend. It wasa successful24 job interview.

西蒙想了想，如果他想讓我一直工作，他會(huì)付很多錢，我可以償還我的學(xué)生貸款?！澳阍敢飧段叶嗌馘X？”他問道。馬爾博先生告訴西蒙薪水?dāng)?shù)目，非常非常低。這比西蒙每周只在快餐店工作20 小時(shí)掙的還少。馬爾博先生想讓他一周工作七天“！ 那么，你到底想不想要這份工作？”馬爾博先生問。

西蒙站起身來，“不想。謝謝你，馬爾博先生。你想要一個(gè)奴隸，我不想當(dāng)奴隸。再見?！蔽髅勺叱隽宿k公室。他穿過等候室，來到街上。那個(gè)叫梅洛的人站在街邊。

他看到了西蒙，朝他走去?！澳憬邮苣欠莨ぷ髁藛?？”他問西蒙?！皼]有！當(dāng)然沒有。你呢？”梅洛大笑，“沒門。我們一定能找到更好的工作。我等著跟你聊一聊。我覺得你看起來是個(gè)好人。我想告訴你說‘不’。那人一定是瘋了。”“也許他認(rèn)為應(yīng)屆畢業(yè)生什么工作都會(huì)做?！蔽髅烧f，“工作很難找，但在餐館或加油站工作會(huì)更好?！?/p>

梅洛在笑，“我相信馬爾博先生面試過很多人。我肯定他們都說了‘不’。我們買份報(bào)紙，然后去喝杯咖啡吧。我們可以找份真正的工作，互相幫助?！蔽髅筛械胶芨吲d。他沒有找到工作，但他遇到了一個(gè)非常友好的人，名叫梅洛。西蒙認(rèn)為自己交了一個(gè)朋友，那這次面試就算成功了。

（英語原文選自：er-central.com）