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Jeannine:What are you going to do now that you've graduated from high school?
珍妮:你已经高中毕业了，有什么打算呢?
Orlando:I'm going to trade school.
奥兰多:我要去上专业技术学校。
My father was a stone and brick mason and my brother is a mechanic, but I think I'm going to try something different.
我父亲是个石砖匠，我哥哥是技工,但我想我要尝试一下截然不同的东西。
Jeannine:Like what?
珍妮:比如什么?
Orlando:Maybe I'll study to become an electrician or plumber.
奥兰多:也许我会学习成为一名电工或水管工。
Those are skills that are always in demand.
这些技能总有用武之地。
Jeannine:Don't they have long apprenticeships?
珍妮:他们没有长期学徒吗?
Orlando:Yes, but it's better than training to be a machinist or technician.
奥兰多:的确有,但接受训练成为一名机械师或技术员更好。
It's easier to open your own shop as an electrician or plumber.
而作为电工或水管工很容易就能开自己的店。
Jeannine:With your skills, you can always get a job as a carpenter.
珍妮:有这些技能傍身,你就不愁木匠活了。
Orlando:I think carpentry is a dying art.
奥兰多:我认为木工技艺是一种濒临失传的艺术。
Most people don't get furniture or other things custom-made anymore.
大多数人已经不再希望得到定制的家具或其他东西。
Jeannine:You know, you could always take a completely different path, learning a completely different skilled trade.
珍妮:你知道,你总是可以采取一种截然不同的方式,学习一门完全不同的技艺。
Orlando:Like what?
奥兰多:比如?
Jeannine:You could become a medical or dental technician or even get a cosmetology degree.
珍妮:你可以成为一名医疗或牙科技师甚至获得美容学位。
Orlando:Are you serious?!
奥兰多:你是认真的吗? !
Would you want these hands cutting your hair?
你想让这些手剪你的头发?
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