What sYourJob Daddy CONTENTS Introduction Astimegoesby thesamequestionhastwodifferentanswers What sYourJob Daddy Notsolongago thechildrenthoughttheirfather sjobwasmakingsomethingorfixsomething However whatdotheirfathersdoasworkingnowadaysseemstobenotunderstoodbychildrenatall Dataprocessor publicrelationsandsystemsanalystseemtobenonsenseexplanationstoachild Whatthechildcouldseeinhisfather workplaceisreadingpaper deliveringpaper carryingpaper andotherjobsallthathecannotimagine QuestionsandAnswers 1 What stheprevious thepresentjobofthefathers Directions Thefollowingquestionsareallrelatedtocollegestudentsasafreshman Readthesequestionsandsaysomethingaboutyourownexperiences 2 Whatresultthedifferenceofthepreviousjobandthepresentjob 3 Giveashortdescriptionofthepresentjob IntensiveReading Notsolongago whenaparentsaidhewasofftowork thechildknewverywellwhatwasabouttohappen Hisparentwasgoingtomakesomethingorfixsomething Theparentcouldtakehischildtohisplaceofbusinessandlethimwatchwhileherepairedacarorbuiltatable Nowadays afewfathersstillfixenginesandbuildtables butmostdonot Mostfatherssitinglassbuildingsdoingthingsthatcannotbeunderstoodbychildrenatall Theanswerstothequestion Whatkindofworkdoyoudo Daddy arelikelytobeuttermysteriestoachild Para 1 2 Para 3 4 Isellspace Idomarketresearch Iamadataprocessor Iaminpublicrelations Iamasystemsanalyst Suchexplanationsmustseemnonsensetoachild Howcanhepossiblyimagineanyoneanalyzingasystemorresearchingamarket Inthecommoneverydayjob nothingismadeanymore Thingsarenowmadebymachines Verylittleisrepaired Themachinesmakethingsinsuchafashionthatthethingswillquicklyfallapart Repairswillbetooexpensive Thusthebuyerisencouragedtothrowthethingawayandbuyanewone Ineffect themachinesaremakingjunk Para 5 6 Thehandfulofpeopleremotelyassociatedwiththesemachinescan ofcourse telltheirchildren Daddymakesjunk Mostoftheworkforce however isremotefromjunkproduction Whatdothesepeopledo Considerthetypicaltwelve storyglassbuildinginthetypicalAmericancity Nothingisbeingmadeinthisbuildingandnothingisbeingrepaired includingthebuildingitself Constructedasapieceofjunk thebuildingwillbediscardedwhenitwearsout andanotherpieceofjunkwillbesetinitsplace Para 7 8 Still thebuildingisfilledwithpeoplewhothinkofthemselvesasworking Atanygivenmomentduringthedayperhapsone thirdofthemwillbetalkingintotelephones Mostoftheseconversationswillbeaboutpaper forpaperiswhatoccupiesnearlyeveryoneinthisbuilding Somejobsinthebuildingrequirementofillpaperwithwords Therearepersonswhotypeneatlyonpaperandpersonswhoreadpaperandmakenotesinthemargins Somepersonsmakecopiesofpaperandotherpersonsdeliverpaper Para 9 10 Somepersonsmailpaper Somepersonstelephoneotherpersonsandaskthatpaperbesenttothem Otherstelephonetomakesureaboutwherepaperreaches Somepersonstalkaboutpaper Inthegrandestoffices menapproveofsomepaperanddisapproveofotherpaper Theelevatorsarefilledthroughoutthedaywithyoungmencarryingpaperfromfloortofloorandwithvitalmencarryingpapertobediscussedwithothervitalmen Para 11 12 Whatisachildtomakeofallthis Hisfathermaybesoimportantthatheluncheswithothermenaboutpaper Supposehebringshissontoworktogivetheboysomeideaofwhatworkisallabout Whatdoestheboyseehappening Hisfathercallsforpaper Hereadspaper Perhapshescowlsatpaper Perhapshemakesanangryredmarkonpaper Hetelephonesanothermanandsaystheyhadbetterlunchoverpaper Para 13 14 Atlunchtheytalkaboutpaper Backattheoffice thefatherordersthepaperretypedandreproduced andthensenttoanothermanforcomparisonwithpaperthatwasreproducedlastyear Imaginehispoorsonafterwardsthinkingoverthemysteriesofworkwithafriend whoaskshim what syourfather Whatcantheboyreply utter adj 完全的 十足的 他完全是一派胡言 Whatutterrubbishhetalked e g Heisanutterfool 他真是个大笨蛋 publicrelations 公共关系 公关工作 e g She sapublicrelationsofficerinabigcompany 她是一家大公司的公关人员 资助本地剧院有利于我们公司的公共关系 Givingmoneytothelocaltheatrewillbegoodforourcompany spublicrelations analyst n C 分析者 化验员analyze vt 分析 老师试图分析他们失败的原因 e g Theyanalyzedthesituationcarefullybeforemakingadecision 他们做决定之前 对形势进行了认真分析 Theteachertriedtoanalyzethecauseoftheirfailure handful C 少数的 C 一把 1 只有少数人通过了这次考试 e g Onlyahandfulofpeoplespokeatthemeeting 只有少数人在会上发言 e g ahandfulofsmallchange一把零钱 Onlyahandfulofstudentspassedtheexam 2 她手里拿了一把坚果 Sheisholdingahandfulofnuts production n U 生产 U 产量 1 生产关系 e g AutomobileproductionisalargeindustryinJapan 汽车生产是日本的一大产业 e g Thereisasharpfallintheyearlyproductionofthefarm 该农场年产量大幅下跌 therelationsofproduction 2 统计数字显示 本月钢产量上升 Statisticsshowthatsteelproductionisupthismonth Thinkof as 把 当作 认为 把我看作好朋友好了 e g WeallthinkofMr Blackasourhead 我们都认为布莱克先生是我们的头儿 Thinkofmeasafriend occupy vt 使某人忙碌 占有 位置 空间或时间 1 这项任务让他忙碌了一整夜 e g Thenewcomerswereoccupiedinwritingletterhome 新来的人忙着给家里写信 Myfreetimeisfullyoccupiedbywritingpoems 我的空闲时间全部用来写诗了 Theassignmentoccupiedhimallnightlong 2 花园的大部分空间都是树 Thetreesoccupymostoftheroominthegarden makeofsth 理解 解释 没人能读懂他的书 e g Idon tknowwhattomakeofhiswords 我不知道如何解释他的话 Nobodycanmakeofhisbook Pleasenoticethefigurativeuseof angry inthissentence Itisatransferredepithet 修饰转移 A mar