A：What do you do?
      你是做什么的？

B：I work in sales for money, but my real passion is writing.
      我靠做销售谋生，但我真正的爱好是写作。

A：What do you write?
      你都写些什么。

B：I am writing a book based on my childhood. It’s about a friendship between a boy and his grandfather..
      我正在根据我的童年生活写一本书，是关于一个男孩和他祖父之间的友谊的。

A：That sounds interesting. How about your sales job? Do you enjoy it?
      听起来有点意思。你的销售工作怎么样？你喜欢吗？

B：Not really, but it pays the bills. What about you? Where do you work?
      不喜欢，但我得靠它吃饭。你呢？你在哪里工作。

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A：I work for a large advertising agency.
      我在一家大型广告代理公司工作。

B：What do you do exactly?
      具体做什么工作呢。

A：I work in the finance department.
      我在金融部工作。

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B：Have you been there long?
      你在那里工作了很长时间吗？

A：This is just my first year. I’m hoping to get a promotion next year.
      这只是我第一年在那里工作。我希望明年能够升职。

B：Good luck with that.
      祝你好运。

A：Thanks! Keep me posted about your book!
      谢谢! 随时告诉我你书的进展。

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A：So, what’s your educational background?
      那么，你的教育背景是什么？

B：I graduate from high school with a 4.0, graduated from university with a degree in English, and am currently in the middle of obtaining a master’s degree in Linguistics.
      我以4.0 的成绩从高中毕业， 大学获得了英语学士学位，近来正在读语言学硕士学位。

A：What university did you go to ?
      你在那所大学？

B：I went to UCB, the university of California, Berkeley.
      UCB,加州伯克利大学。

A：Are you from California originally?
      你是加州本地人么？

B：No, I’m from Colorado. I received a full scholarship to UCB, so I went.
      不，我来自科罗拉州，我活得了UCB 全额奖学金，所以我去那里了。

A：That’s great. How did you like your classes there?
      那太好了，你觉得那些课上得怎么样？

B：I like my professors a lot. They seemed to have a lot of passion for teaching. They weren’t the stuffy professors that I thought they’d be.。
      我很喜欢我的教授。 他们似乎有很多教学热情。他们不是我想象的那种乏味的教授

A：How about the other students? Did you get along well with them?
      其他同学怎么样？和他们相处的好吗？

B：The students were from all over the country. I found that most of my friends were people who were from the mid-west?
      这里的学生来自全国各地，我发现我的大多数朋友来自中西部。

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A：That’s interesting. Why do you think that is?
      真有意思，为什么你这样认为？

B：I’m not sure. I lived in Iowa during middle school, so I guess we had that in common. Mid-westerners and people from the west coast have a different view of the world.
      我搞不清，我初中住在衣阿华州，所以我猜我们有共同之处。中西部和来自西海岸的人有不同的世界观。

A：What do you mean?
      你指什么？

B：It’s hard to explain. I guess people from the west coast come off as a bit snobby sometimes, especially if you aren’t come from the west coast。
      很难解释清，我猜西海岸的人有点势利，尤其是对纳妾不是来自西海岸的人。

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A：I see. Well, thanks for coming in for the interview. My secretary will get back to you within a week.
      我懂了，奥，谢谢你接受这次面试，我的秘书会在一周内给你回电话的。

1. 强烈的情欲；热恋
    Passion is strong sexual feelings towards someone.

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    e.g. ...my passion for a dark-haired, slender boy named James.
           我对一个名叫詹姆斯的黑头发高挑个儿男孩的热恋
    e.g. ...the expression of love and passion.
           爱和情欲的表达

2. 热情；激情；强烈的感情
    Passion is a very strong feeling about something or a strong belief in something.

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    e.g. He spoke with great passion.
           他发表了热情洋溢的讲话。
    e.g. ...the passion and commitment of the Republican candidate.
           共和党候选人的激情和奉献精神

3. 强烈爱好；酷爱
    If you have a passion for something, you have a very strong interest in it and like it very much.

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    e.g. She had a passion for gardening...
           她酷爱园艺。
    e.g. His other great passion was Italy.
           他酷爱的另一个国家是意大利。