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Learning Chinese through Stories


May 3, 2019

Story explanation ( Part B) of 3.1.3 《休息和工作,你要哪一个》

词语;拼音;词性;意思

辞职;cí zhí;Verb;to resign

形容;xíng róng;Verb;to describe

私企;sī qǐ;Noun;private enterprise

财务;cái wù;Noun;financials

老板;lǎo bǎn;Noun;boss

规定;guī dìng;Noun;regulation;rule

部门;bù mén;Noun;department; branch

免谈;miǎn tán;Adj;non-negotiable

合理;hé lǐ;Adj;rational

名校;míng xiào;Noun phrase;famous school

霸王条款;bà wáng tiáo kuǎn;Noun phrase;Unfair terms/clause ( of contract)

小半年;xiǎo bàn nián;Noun phrase;close to half a year

迫切;pò qiè;Adj;urgent; pressing

单休;dān xiū;Noun phrase;one-day weekend

挽着手;wǎn zhe shou;Verb phrase;arm-in-arm

做账;zuò zhàng;Verb phrase;do the account

以及;yǐ jí;Conjunction;as well as

领导;lǐng dǎo;Noun;boss

交代;jiāo dài;Verb;To assign

繁杂;fán zá;Adj;complicated

琐事;suǒ shì;Noun;trifle

娱乐;yú lè;Noun;entertainment

循环;xún huán;Verb;to cycle, to repeate

表现;biǎo xiàn;Verb;to display

意味;yì wèi;Verb;to imply

勇气;yǒng qì;Verb;courage

心仪;xīn yí;Verb;to admire in the heart

裸辞;luǒ cí;Verb;to quit one's job (without having another one)

失业;shī yè;Verb;to lose one's job

焦虑;jiāo lǜ;Adj;Anxious

不安;bù ān;Adj;Uneasy

 

“每天被闹钟振醒的时候、在路上挤公交的时候,脑子里会闪现出100遍辞职的念头。”29岁的吴梦颖这样形容自己上班时的心情。

" měi tiān bèi nàozhōng zhèn xǐng de shíhou , zài lùshang jǐ gōngjiāode shíhou , nǎozi lǐ huì shǎn xiànchū yībǎi biàn cízhí de niàntou . " èrshíjiǔ Wú Mèngyǐng zhèyàng xíngróng zìjǐ shàngbān shí de xīnqíng

4年前,她进入北京的一家私企财务工作。第一次面试时,就被老板告知,公司规定每周工作6天,所有部门周六都要在岗。如果不能接受,免谈

Sì nián qián , tā jìnrù Běijīng de yījiāsīqǐzuò cáiwù gōngzuò . Dì yī cì miànshì shí , jiù bèi lǎobǎn gàozhī, gōngsī guīdìng měizhōu gōngzuò liù tiān , suǒyǒu bùmén Zhōuliù dōu yào zài gǎng . Rúguǒ bù néng jiēshòu , miǎn tán .

虽然不合理,但当时不是名校毕业又没有足够财务经验的吴梦颖,还是接受了这个“霸王条款”。对于已经找了小半年工作的她来说,有份能养活自己的工作要比过周末来得更迫切

Suīrán bù hélǐ , dàn dāngshí bù shì míngxiào bìyè yòu méiyǒu zúgòu cáiwù jīngyàn de Wú Mèngyǐng , hái shì jiēshòu le zhège " bàwáng tiáokuǎn " . Duìyú yǐjīng zhǎo le xiǎo bàn nián gōngzuò de tā láishuō , yǒu fèn néng yǎnghuo zìjǐ de gōngzuò yào bǐguò zhōumò láiděigèng pòqiè .

从那时起,她就过上了“单休”的生活。每个周六,当别的女孩挽着男朋友逛街时,她要对着电脑做账以及完成领导交代的各项繁杂工作。

Cōngnàshí qǐ , tā jiù guò shàng le " Shàn Xiū” de shēnghuó . Měige Zhōuliù , dāng biéde nǚhái wǎn zháo nánpéngyou guàngjiē shí , tā yào duìzhe diànnǎo zuò zhàng , yǐjí wánchéng lǐngdǎo jiāodài de gèxiàng fánzá gōngzuò .

单休就等于没有周末,周日的时间大多数用来处理一些生活琐事。紧接着就是新一周的循环,几乎很难有休闲娱乐的时间。”

" Dān Xiū jiù děngyú méiyǒu zhōumò , Zhōurì de shíjiān dàduōshù yònglái chǔlǐ yī xiē shēnghuó suǒshì . jǐn jiēzhe jiùshì xīn yīzhōude xúnhuán , jīhū hěn nán yǒu xiūxián yúlè de shíjiān . "

虽然每天都会闪现辞职的念头,但吴梦颖还没有一次真正提出过,甚至没有把对加班的不满表现出来,因为那可能意味着她会失去这份工作,她没有勇气对加班说不。

Suīrán měi tiān dōuhuì shǎn xiàn cízhí de niàntou , dàn Wú Mèngyǐng hái méiyǒu yī cì zhēnzhèng tíchū guò , shènzhì méiyǒu bǎ duì jiābān de bùmǎn biǎoxiàn chū lái , yīnwèi nà kěnéng yìwèizhe tā huì shīqù zhè fèn gōngzuò , tā méiyǒuyǒngqì duì jiābān shuō bù .

“找一个同样收入又心仪的工作并不容易,裸辞可能就意味失业,那种焦虑不安比起加班更让人受不了。现在,双休日和工作我只能选一样。”

" zhǎo yī ge tóngyàng shōurù yòu xīn yí de gōngzuò bìngbùróngyì , luǒ cí kě néng jiù yìwèizhe shīyè , nà zhǒng jiāolǜ hé bùān bǐqǐ jiābān gèng ràng rén shòubuliǎo . Xiànzài , shuāng xiū Rì hé gōngzuò Wǒ zhǐ néng xuǎn yīyàng . "

 

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