托德:諾姆,你有三個(gè)孩子,對(duì)吧?
Norm: Yes, I do. I'm very lucky.
諾姆:對(duì),是的。我非常幸運(yùn)。
Todd: What do your Children do? What kind of jobs do they have?
托德:你的孩子們都是做什么工作的?是做哪種工作的?
Norm: Well, my oldest one, he works for Frito lay, which is a company owned by Pepsi Cola. He's a regional manager, which means he has the whole province of Ontario, and he is responsible for distribution for, he handles big budgets, we're talking about millions of dollars here, and he is a problem solver. When an area does not make profit, or if they have problems then they send him there to fix the problems. He's very good at that. He has very good human communication skills and he sees problems and he sees solutions that please everyone, so he's very successful. I have, my daughter, who does many things. She works in the circus industry. She teaches at L'arc de cirque in Quebec, and she's also has her own busker act with a friend and she also teaches trampoline at the circus school, and she also competes. She's an international athlete. She came in 7th at the world competitions in Hamburg last fall, and synchronized trampoline. And my youngest son, he's in computers. He enjoys it very much. He works for a big consulting company. They have contracts, government contracts, and he sets up the data base and trains the government people so that they can use the computers to, for example, monitor medical files of the people and the province.
諾姆:嗯,我最大的孩子在菲多利公司上班,這是百事可樂旗下的一家公司。他是區(qū)域經(jīng)理,就是說他負(fù)責(zé)公司在整個(gè)安大略省的運(yùn)作,他要負(fù)責(zé)分銷、處理大筆預(yù)算問題,這里指的是數(shù)百萬的預(yù)算,當(dāng)然他也是那個(gè)解決問題的人。當(dāng)一個(gè)地區(qū)不營利時(shí),或者某個(gè)地區(qū)出現(xiàn)了問題,這時(shí)他們就會(huì)派他去解決問題。他很擅長處理問題。他有優(yōu)秀的人際溝通能力,他能看到問題,又能解決問題,而且會(huì)讓所有人都滿意,所以他是一個(gè)非常成功的人。我女兒做許多事情。她在雜技產(chǎn)業(yè)工作。她在魁北克的L'arc de cirque雜技團(tuán)教學(xué),她還要和一個(gè)朋友一起表演節(jié)目,她還在雜技學(xué)校中教授蹦床技術(shù),她也會(huì)參加比賽。她是一名國際級(jí)運(yùn)動(dòng)員。她參加了去年秋天在漢堡舉行的國際比賽,在雙人同步蹦床比賽中獲得了第七名的成績。我最小的兒子從事與計(jì)算機(jī)有關(guān)的工作。他非常喜歡這份工作。他在一家大型咨詢公司工作。他們有政府合同,他建立數(shù)據(jù)庫,培訓(xùn)政府人員,讓他們能用計(jì)算機(jī)監(jiān)控民眾和該省的醫(yī)療文件。
Todd: Wow, you must be really proud. You have three amazing kids.
托德:哇,你一定非常自豪。你有三個(gè)非常棒的孩子。
Norm: Thank you. Thank you. They worked very hard. Yes, and they're, they like also to experience different things so there all in that kind of field where they can change job when they find that the job is not as interesting anymore, so they ask for transfers and, that's the way they like it.
諾姆:謝謝。謝謝你。他們工作非常努力,他們都喜歡經(jīng)歷不同的事物,所以他們?cè)诎l(fā)現(xiàn)所從事的工作不再有樂趣,他們會(huì)在相關(guān)領(lǐng)域更換工作,所以他們會(huì)辭職,他們喜歡那種方式。
Todd: Well, you're one cool guy Norman. I'm not surprised that you have three successful children.
托德:嗯,諾姆,你是一個(gè)很酷的人。所以我并不驚訝你有三個(gè)這么成功的孩子。