Unit 1. Finding the Ideal Job Reading One: Finding the Ideal Job FINDING THE IDEAL JOB What Color Is Your Parachute? 2008 : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles, Ten Speed Press, $18.95. 1. You are out of work. You hate your job. You aren't satisfied with your career. You are looking for your first job. Where do you start? 2. If you are like 1) most 2) Americans, you'll probably send your résumé 3) to a lot of companies. You might search for job postings 4) on the Internet or look for ads in the newspaper. But experts 5) say you won't have much luck. People find jobs only five to ten percent of the time when they use these ways. So what can you do? 3. One thing you can do 6) is to read Richard Bolles's What Color Is Your Parachute? 7) Bolles is an expert in job hunting. 8) He has helped 9) thousands of people find jobs and careers. This book is different from other job-hunting manuals. 10) Bolles doesn't help you find just another job. Instead, 11) he helps you find your ideal job: 12) a job that fits 13) you, a job that makes you happy. What kind of job is ideal for you? If you don't know the answer, Bolles says, you can't find your ideal job. You need to have a clear picture 1) like : ~ 과같은 2) most : 대부분의 3) résumé : 이력서(C.V. : curriculum vitae) 4) job postings : 사원모집광고들 5) experts : 전문가들 (people who know a lot about something) 6) One thing you can do : 당신이할수있는한가지 설명 [ 명사 + 주어 + 동사] 구조에는명사와주어사이에목적격관계대명사가생략되어있는경우가많다. 7) parachute : 낙하산 (something you wear when you jump out of a plane. When you jump, it opens up and it stops you from hitting the ground very hard.) 8) job hunting : 구직 9) help : ~ 를돕다 설명 단순히다음에목적어를취해 ~ 를도와주다 의의미로쓰이지만 [help + 목적어 + 동사원형 /to 부정사 ] 로쓰여 목적어가 ~ 하는것을도와주다 로쓰이기도한다. 목적보어로서동사원형과 to 부정사두가지모두가능함에유의. 10) manuals : 지침서들 11) Instead, : 대신에 ; instead of A : A 대신에 12) : : 콜론은부연설명을하거나앞에기술한것을좀더보충하여자세히설명할경우사용된다. 반면세미콜론(;) 은몇가지를나열할경우흔히사용된다. 13) fit : ~ 에알맞다 설명 흔히들목적어는 을/ 를 로끝나야하는것으로알고들있지만사실그렇지않은경우도많이있다. 그러므로어느동사가타동사로쓰이는지자동사로쓰이는지반드시알아야한다. 여기서 fit 은타동사로사용이되어목적어를바로취하였다. - 1 -
in your mind 14) this picture. of the job you want. The book has many exercises to help you draw 4. Bolles says that you must think about three things: (1) YOUR SKILLS. What do you like to do? What do you do well? Are you good at talking to groups? Growing vegetables? Teaching? Drawing on the computer? 15) Bolles asks 16) you to think about all your skills, not only work skills. 17) For example, a mother of four children is probably good at managing people (children!). This woman may be a good manager. (2) JOB SETTING. 18) Where do you like to work? Do you like to work outside? At home? In an office? Alone or with others? What kinds of people do you like to work with? (3) JOB REWARDS. 19) How much money do you need? How much money do you want? What else do you want from a job? What makes you feel good about a job? 5. After Bolles helps you decide on your ideal job, he gives you specific advice on how to find that job. Bolles's exercises teach you how to find companies and how to introduce yourself. The chapter on job interviews is full of useful information and suggestions. For example, most people go to interviews asking themselves the question, How do I get 20) the company to hire me? Bolles thinks this is the wrong question. Instead, he wants 21) you to ask yourself, Do I want to work here or not? 6. Some people think that Bolles writes far too much 22) and repeats himself. True, his book could probably have 100 pages instead of 456. But his writing style makes the book very easy to read, and a reader doesn't have to read the parts that seem less important. 23) Other readers say that there is not enough space to write the answers to the exercises. But these are very small problems. What Color Is Your Parachute? is the best job-hunting manual you can buy. 24) 7. What Color Is Your Parachute? was first written in 1970. Over nine million copies have 14) mind : 정신 설명 mind는기본적으로 brain( 뇌) 과관련되어있다. 반면에마음은 heart 와더밀접하다고말할수있다. 15) Growing vegetables?, Teaching?, Drawing on the computer? 모두앞문장의 at 의목적어이다. 전치사는명사상당어구를목적어로취한다. 16) ask : ask 와같은준사역동사들은목적보어로 to 부정사 를취한다. 그러므로 [ask + 목적어 + to 부정사 ] 는 목적어로하여금 ~ 하도록요청하다 의의미를지니게된다. 17) work skills : 직업기술 18) setting : 환경 19) rewards : 보상 20) get + 목적어 (the company) + 목적보어 (to hire) 21) want + 목적어 (you) + 목적보어 (to ask) 22) far too much : 너무많이 23) the parts that seem less important : 덜중요한것처럼보이는부분들 24) the best job-hunting manual you can buy: 당신이구입할수있는최고의구직지침서 - 2 -
been sold since then. The information is updated 25) every year. So, if you are looking for a job or if you have a job but want a new one, remember: Don't just send out copies of your résumé. Don't just answer ads. 26) And don't wait for 27) friends to give you job. Instead, buy this book and do a job hunt the right way. 28) Barbara Kleppinger 25) updated : changed to show new information 26) answer ads : 광고를보고연락하다 27) wait for + 목적어 (friends) + 목적보어 (to give) 28) the right way : 적절한방법; 부사적 바르게 - 3 -
Reading Two: The Ideal Job THE IDEAL JOB by ALEX FROST 1. Believe it or not, some people get paid 29) -and well-for doing the things that make them really happy. Here are a few people who have the jobs of their dreams. 2. I get paid to make videos! -Ryan When I was 14, my uncle gave me his old video camera and I started making videos. I didn't do so well at school, but I loved getting to 30) know people and making videos about them. I taught myself to edit the videos on this simple computer program that my dad had. 31) One day a friend of my mom's asked me to make a video of her family. She wanted to send it to her mother who lived in China. 32) It was totally fun, and she paid me $150. Soon her friends asked me to make videos for them, and suddenly I had a business. That was 10 years ago. After awhile, 33) I realized I had to learn more about video. So now I am studying video part-time and running my business. It's great! 3. I have the greatest job in the world. -Amanda I am a matchmaker 34) with 41 years of experience. Because of me, 60 couples are now happily married or engaged. I have a very good eye 35) for people. And I don't mean I match people on how they look. I mean, I can meet a person just once for 10 minutes, and I know for sure what kind of person he or she is. 36) I get a feeling. And this feeling tells me, Oh, he might be a great husband for Stephanie, or Ah, now here is the woman for Timothy. I can't imagine a job that's more fun. I meet wonderful people. I work for myself. Nobody tells me what to do. 37) I don't spend much time with a computer in an office - the whole city is my office! I make enough money to live a simple 38) life. And I get so much joy from seeing what happens to my matches. A month ago, a couple stopped by 39) on their way home from the hospital with their new baby girl. I'm so happy to think that I helped make that family! 40) 29) get paid : 급여를받다 30) get to 부정사 : ~ 하게되다 31) this simple computer program that my dad had : 우리아버지가가지고있던이단순한컴퓨터프로그램 32) send it to her mother who lived in China : 중국에살고있던그녀의어머니에게그것을보내다 설명 send 는수여동사로서 [send + 간접목적어 + 직접목적어 ] 의형태로흔히쓰이지만간접목적어가수식을받을때는이렇게뒤로올수도있다. 33) After awhile = After a while 34) matchmaker : 결혼중매인 35) a very good eye : 매우좋은안목 36) I know for sure what kind of person he or she is. : 나는확실히그사람이어떤종류의사람인지를압니다. 설명 의문형용사 what으로이끌어지는구문이 know 의목적어구실은한다. 37) what to do = what I should do 설명 what to do 가 tell 의직접목적어로사용되었다. 38) simple : 소박한 39) stop by : 잠시들르다 - 4 -
4. I have a job with an incredible view. - Donna Teaching skydiving 41) is so exciting. 42) I get to be outside, and I love seeing students on their first jump. They are all nervous and excited. When they get to the ground, 43) they can't wait to 44) call 45) everyone they know and tell them they just jumped out of an airplane. Later, when they learn to turn and fly forward, they realize that they're not just flying stones. They realize that they're like birds - they can fly! It wasn't easy to get this job. I had to have about 1,000 jumps and about two years of training. And the salary was only $15,000 46) for the first year. But I don't do it for the money. In fact, I don't need to get paid at all. I love it that much! 40) I'm so happy to think that I helped make that family! : 내가그런가족( 엄마 + 아빠 + 아기) 을꾸리는데도움을주었다고 ( 는것을) 생각해보니너무나행복합니다! 41) skydiving : 스카이다이빙 (The sport of jumping out if airplanes with a parachute) Source: Based on information in Dave Curtin, From Sky Diving Instructors to Fashion Consultants, Some Folks Just Love Their Jobs, Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, 11 March 1996. 42) Teaching skydiving is so exciting. : 스카이다이빙을가르치는것은매우흥미롭습니다. 설명 똑같이 ~ing 로끝나지만하나는품사가동명사이고, 나머지다른하나는현재분사이다. 43) get to the ground : 땅에도달하다 착지하다 44) can't wait to 부정사 : 몹시 ~ 하고싶어하다 45) call A : A 에게전화걸다 설명 여기서 call 의목적어는 ~ 에게 라고옮겨지지만직접목적어가바로와야하는타동사임에유의. 46) 약 1700만원 - 5 -