导语
期股活时行乐YOLO风潮正影响着美国年轻辞劳碌工作开始专注搞副业者放弃安稳美差开始梦想放手搏疫情中年开始意识工作重时候开始步入转变生活形态新篇章YOLO什意思?究竟象征着什样趋势?
挖空练
Welcome to the YOLO _________
活次:欢迎险济
By Kevin Roose
_________ strange is happening _________ the exhausted millennial workers _________ America After a year _________ hunched _________ their MacBooks enduring backtoback Zooms they are flipping the carefully arranged chessboards of their lives and deciding _________ risk it all
疲惫堪美国千禧代职场士中种奇怪现象正发生年里弯腰摆弄着苹果笔记忍受接Zoom视频会议现掀翻精心安排生棋盘决定赌切险
Some are abandoning cushy and stable jobs to start a new business turn a side hustle _________ a fulltime gig or _________ work on that screenplay _________ some of _________ are just _________ jobs others are stepping _________ the career treadmill altogether
放弃舒适稳定工作开始新事业开始全身心搞副业者终开始创作剧换工作完全放弃枯燥味工生涯
If this movement has a rallying cry it's YOLO — you only live _________ an acronym deployed _________ cheerful risktakers It has come to characterize the attitude that has captured a _________type _________bored office worker in recent _________
果说运动什口号话YOLO(活次)首字母缩略词常兴奋险士月已成某类聊办公室职员典型态度
Not everyone can afford _________throw caution to the wind But for a _________number of people _________financial cushions and indemand skills the dread and anxiety of the _________year are giving way to a new __________________professional fearlessness The pandemic changed their priorities and they _________they didn't have to live _________this
谨慎置脑越越坐拥财务缓力者掌握着稀缺技说种新惧失业精神正代年恐惧焦虑疫情改变重事优先级意识没必样生活
It feels like we've been so _________into careers for the past decade and this is our opportunity _________switch it up said Nate Moseley 29 a _________at a major clothing retailer The idea of _________right back to the preCovid setup sounds so unappealing _________this past year he said If not now when will I _________do this
29岁特·莫斯利家型服装零售商采购员说:感觉十年里职业束缚住改变机会说:年回新冠前生活听起吸引力果现做什时候改变?
答案:
Welcome to the YOLO Economy
活次:欢迎险济
By Kevin Roose
Something strange is happening to the exhausted millennial workers of America After a year spent hunched over their MacBooks enduring backtoback Zooms they are flipping the carefully arranged chessboards of their lives and deciding to risk it all
疲惫堪美国千禧代职场士中种奇怪现象正发生年里弯腰摆弄着苹果笔记忍受接Zoom视频会议现掀翻精心安排生棋盘决定赌切险
Some are abandoning cushy and stable jobs to start a new business turn a side hustle into a fulltime gig or finally work on that screenplay While some of them are just changing jobs others are stepping off the career treadmill altogether
放弃舒适稳定工作开始新事业开始全身心搞副业者终开始创作剧换工作完全放弃枯燥味工生涯
If this movement has a rallying cry it's YOLO — you only live once an acronym deployed by cheerful risktakers It has come to characterize the attitude that has captured a certain type of bored office worker in recent months
果说运动什口号话YOLO(活次)首字母缩略词常兴奋险士月已成某类聊办公室职员典型态度
Not everyone can afford to throw caution to the wind But for a growing number of people with financial cushions and indemand skills the dread and anxiety of the past year are giving way to a new kind of professional fearlessness The pandemic changed their priorities and they realized they didn't have to live like this
谨慎置脑越越坐拥财务缓力者掌握着稀缺技说种新惧失业精神正代年恐惧焦虑疫情改变重事优先级意识没必样生活
It feels like we've been so locked into careers for the past decade and this is our opportunity to switch it up said Nate Moseley 29 a buyer at a major clothing retailer The idea of going right back to the preCovid setup sounds so unappealing after this past year he said If not now when will I ever do this
29岁特·莫斯利家型服装零售商采购员说:感觉十年里职业束缚住改变机会说:年回新冠前生活听起吸引力果现做什时候改变?
拓展
英国著名教育家Thomas Huxley著名演讲Life is a chessboard节选:
The player on the other side is hidden from us We know that his play is always fair just and patient But also we know to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance
生词句
1YOLO
活次(You Only Live Once 缩写)
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YOLO economy 险济
2millennial
英 [mɪˈleniəl]
adj 千禧年(Millennial Generation指20世纪末1980年代1990年代初期出生样群称Generation Y)
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Generation Z
Z世代(90年代期尤2000年出生批美国)
3hunch
英 [hʌntʃ] 美 [hʌntʃ]
v 弓背弯腰
4endure
英 [ɪnˈdʒʊə] 美 [ɪnˈdʊr]
vt 忍受忍耐
5backtoback
英 [ˌbæktəˈbæk] 美 [ˌbæktəˈbæk]
adj 接(coming one after another)
6risk it all
赌切
7a cushy job
没什挑战遇差工作
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cushy
UK ˈkʊʃi US ˈkʊʃi
adj 轻松容易轻松容易赚钱
cushycushion(垫)
8side hustle
副业
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hustle
UK ˈhʌsəl US ˈhʌsəl
n 精力充沛活动(energetic activity)
bustle n 走走忙忙碌碌状态
hustle and bustle 城市生活中熙熙攘攘热闹拥挤状态
9gig
英 [ɡɪɡ] 美 [ɡɪɡ]
n 零活
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fulltime gig 副业业全身心投入副业
gig economy 零工济
10step off the career treadmill
告枯燥味职场生涯
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mill n 磨坊
tread n 踏板 v 行走步行
treadmill n 漫长枯燥工作者生活方式跑步机
11rallying cry
运动口号
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rally v 集合召集
cry n 呼喊呼口号
12deploy
英 [dɪˈplɔɪ] 美 [dɪˈplɔɪ]
v 利
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deploy vs use
use表示单纯指动作行
deploy表示指目策略调者利某东西
常见搭配
fully deploy resources 充分利资源
deploy one's skills 发挥利技
deploy a strategy 利某策略
13characterize
英 [ˈkærəktəraɪz] 美 [ˈkerəktəraɪz]
vt …通常表现…呈现…特征
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A characterizes B
AB典型特征(A is a characteristic of B)
characteristic n 特征特点
Poor concentration decreased creativity and worse temper characterize work fatigue
Work fatigue is characterized by poor concentration decreased creativity and worse temper
工作疲劳通常表现注意力降创造性减弱脾气变差
Chinese education is still characterized by an emphasis on exam results
中国教育制度旧强调考试结果特征
14capture
英 [ˈkæptʃə] 美 [ˈkæptʃər]
vt 占俘获(心智)
15afford to do something
够承受做某事做某件事情资
16throw caution to the wind
谨慎行顾切豁出
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caution n 谨慎心
17financial cushion
金融者财务缓力
18indemand
adj 需求中紧缺
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indemand skills 社会紧缺技
19give way to
代取代(be replaced by)
20priority
英 [praɪˈɒrəti] 美 [praɪˈɔːrəti]
拓展
n 优先级首考虑重事情
21switch up
变更做出改变
22setup
美 [ˈsetʌp]
n 设定
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