1、Freud said, love and work. Work and love.弗洛伊德说过 爱情和工作Thats all there is.就是生活的全部Well, Im retired,and my wife is dead.不过 我退休了 我的太太也去世了As you can imagine, thats given me some time on my hands.你能想得出来 我现在有时间搞自己的事情了My wifes been gone for three and a half years.我的太太去世三年半了I miss her in every way. And retire
2、ment?我每日都在思念她 那么我对退休后的感觉呢That is an ongoing, relentless effort in creativity.就是需要不停的发挥创造力At first, I admit I enjoyed the novelty of it.一开始 我承认我享受过刚退休的新鲜感Sort of felt like I was playing hooky.有点像我在翘班的感觉I used all the miles Id saved and traveled the globe.我按照以前积攒下来的里程数 进行了环球旅行The problem was, no matte
3、r where I went, as soon as I got home,但问题在于 无论去到哪里 我一到家The nowhere-To-Be thing hit me like a ton of bricks.那种无所事事 无处可去的感觉重重的打击了我I realized the key to this whole deal was to keep moving.我意识到保持新鲜感的关键 就在于不停的行动Get up, get out of the house, and go somewhere.起身 走出家门 去个地方Anywhere.哪儿都行Come rain or shine, Im
4、 at my Starbucks by 7:15.晴雨无阻 我会在7点15到达星巴克Excuse me, mind if we join you?不好意思 介意我们拼桌吗- No. - Hey. How are you?-不介意 -嘿 你好吗Cant explain it, but it makes me feel part of something.无法解释地 这给了我一种归属感These guys today, theyre not numbers guys.今天要见的这些人 不是那种喜欢听数字的Dont talk figures with them.不要和他们谈数据How do I sp
5、end the rest of my days?我该怎样度过这一天剩下的时间呢You name it. Golf, books, movies, pinochle.随你 高尔夫球 都市 看电影 打扑克Tried yoga, learned to cook,做瑜伽 学厨艺Bought some plants, took classes in mandarin.种点花草 上普通话班Xiang xin wo, wo shen me dou shiguo le.相信我 我什么都试过了Translation.Believe me, Ive tried everything.翻译成英文就是 相信我 我什么
6、都试过了And then, of course, there are the funerals.当然 也参加过一些葬礼So many more than I could imagine.参加过的葬礼比我想象的还要多The only traveling I do these days这些天我唯一一次旅行Is out to San Diego to visit my son and his family.就是去圣地亚哥看我儿子一家Theyre great. I love them to pieces.他们很好 我超爱他们But to be honest, I think I probably re
7、lied on them不过说实话 我觉得我可能有点太依赖他们了Way more than I should.过于依赖Dont get me wrong, Im not an unhappy person.别误会 我不是一个悲观的人Quite the contrary.恰恰相反I just know theres a hole in my life, and I need to fill it.我只是意识到我的生活出现了空洞 我需要填满它Soon.尽快填好Which brings me to today when I was leaving the market如此生活到了今天 当我离开菜市场
8、的时候And caught your flyer out of the corner of my eye.你的传单出现在我的眼边Hmm.嗯Seniors, be an intern.老人 当实习生Ben, I thought that was you.本 我就觉得是你Hi.嗨Hey.嘿Whatd you find?你发现了什么I think an internet place is looking for senior interns.我觉得是个网络公司在招老年实习生- Am I reading this right? - Let me see.-我没看错吧 -让我看看Applicants m
9、ust be over 65 years of age.申请者必须超过65岁have organizational skills, a genuine interest in e-Commerce,具有组织协调能力 对电子商务有发自内心的爱Whatever that is.不管那是啥.and a Roll-Up-Your-Sleeves attitude.还要有踏实肯干的态度About The Fit. Com, isnt that the outfit that was.正好合身公司 这是不是那个yeah, yeah, yeah.对对对They bought one of those old
10、 factories in Red Hook.他们在红钩区买了个老工厂My daughter says they sell clothes on the internet.我女儿说他们是在网上卖衣服的How that works, I have no idea.我一点都不知道那怎么搞Well, you have to upload the application.你得上传你的申请That could be challenging. Listen to this.这有点难 听好Cover letters are so old-Fashioned.求职信实在太过时了Show us who you
11、are with a cover-Letter video.附一段视频来介绍自己Upload your video to youtube or vimeo using把视频上传到YouTube或者Vimeo. Mov, . Avi,or a. Mpg file.做成Mov Avi格式 或者Mpg文件We look forward to meeting you.我们期待与您的会面Well, I guess thats meeting me.好吧 我猜他们把看视频就当跟我见面了I swear I dont even know what language that was.我发誓我完全不知道他们在说
12、啥What are you doing tonight, Ben?你今晚要做什么 本- A frozen lasagna? - Well.-做烤冷面吗 -这个嘛I could make a little salad, turn it into a dinner for two,我本来想弄点沙拉 当成两人份的晚餐Like we did that time and never did again.就像我们做过一次之后再也没做过的那样You know that was over five months ago?你知道那是五个月前的事了吗Oh, yeah. No, no, we got to do t
13、hat again, for sure,哦 真没注意 我们一定得再弄一次But okay if we take a rain check?不过推后一点好吗Youre awful cute, you know that?你知不知道你简直太可爱了- No, I didnt.- Well, its true, you are.-我不知道 -真的 你就是很可爱So Ill see you.好了 回见Dont take too long, doll.小可爱 不要拖太久Youre not getting any younger.再等你也不会变年轻的- I know, I know, I know. - A
14、ll right.-我知道 我知道 -好的So here I am, applying to be one of your interns所以我在这里 申请成为你们的实习生Because the more I think about this idea,因为我越琢磨这件事The more tremendous I think it is.我越觉得这件事事关重大I love the idea of having a place I can go every day.我喜欢有个地方让我每天都能去I want the connection, the excitement.我想要那种连接关系 兴奋感I
15、 want to be challenged,我想迎接挑战And I guess I might even want to be needed.甚至我想得到被需要的感觉The tech stuff might take a bit to figure out.技术上的问题可能我会需要一些时间来学习I had to call my 9-Year-Old grandson我还不得不打电话问了我9岁的孙子Just to find out what a usb connector was.就为了问USB接口是什么东西But Ill get there. Eager to learn.但我会学会的 我渴
16、望去学习Also, I want you to know Ive been a company man all my life.而且 我希望你们明白我一直是个忠于单位的人Im loyal, Im trustworthy, and Im good in a crisis.我很忠诚 值得信赖 并且在危机之时能挺身而出And I love that youre right here in Brooklyn.而且我喜欢你们就在布鲁克林这里Ive lived here all my life, and lately I feel我一辈子都在这生活 最近我觉得I may not be hip enough
17、 to live in Brooklyn,作为住在布鲁克林的人 我还不够嬉皮So this could help with that, too.所以这也能帮我变得嬉皮起来I read once, musicians dont retire.我曾经读到过 音乐家是不会退休的They stop when theres no more music in them.他们只是在没有音乐灵感的时候停下来Well, I still have music in me, absolutely positive about that.不过 我还有着灵感 我非常非常确定 This is a world premie
18、re i1 这是个全球首映 This is a world premiere i1 这是个全球首映 This is a world premierei1 这是个全球首映 As I look around me i1 我环顾四周 So many, many want to down me i1 这么多想打倒我的人 But aint no.never drown me i1 但我兄弟不会淹死我 In front of a dirty double-Mirror they found me i1 在个肮脏的双镜前 他们找到我 And I love myself i1 我爱自己 The world i
19、s a ghetto with guns and picket signs i1 这世界充满枪支和稽查队的贫民窟 I love myself i1 我爱自己 But they can do what they want whenever they want i1 但他们随时都能随心所欲 I dont mind i1 我不在乎 I love myself i1 我爱自己 He said I got to get up i1 他说我必须振作起来 Life is more than suicide i1 除了自杀你还能做很多 I love myself i1 我爱我自己 One day at a t
20、ime i1 每天问一次 Good news,I found a size eight in navy.好消息 我找到了一件深蓝色的8号No, you are right. That package should have arrived by now.ri1不 你是对的 包裹应该现在就到了Let me track that for you.让我帮你查查Yep, these pants are awesome if you have hips.如果你有翘臀的话穿这款裤子一定棒极了Super slimming.非常显瘦Okay, let me just review this with you.
21、好了 让我给您复述下您的情况You have six bridesmaids. You ordered six您有六个女伴娘 您定了六套Of the silk chiffon Antoinette dresses in pink.安托瓦内特雪纺裙 粉色The wedding is in three days,婚礼将在三天后举行And the dresses just arrived all in charcoal gray.但是刚送到的裙子都是炭灰色的Which we dont even sell, so that is a bit of a mystery.这有点奇怪 我们根本不卖那种裙子O
22、kay, heres what were gonna do about this.好了 我们打算这样帮您解决问题I am gonna call the vendor and have this fixed today.我会今天致电卖家让他给您都弄妥当I will personally see the dresses before they are fedexed.我会在这些裙子发货之前亲自检查And I promise you they will be at your front door我保证裙子会在周五早上九点前By 9:00 a.m. Friday, okay?送到您的家门口 可以吗Yo
23、u know what, let me give you my cell, just in case.这样吧 我把我的手机号给你 以防万一718-555-0199.718 555 0199Oh, thank you so much for your patience.多谢您的耐心And I am gonna refund you back all your money.我会把您的钱全部退回去Its the.这是Yes. N.是的 不Okay, hey, you check this one off your list, okay?好了 您可以把这件事从待办事项中划掉了This is done.
24、这事解决了And, Rachel, have a great wedding.还有 瑞秋 祝您有个幸福的婚礼Oh, my god, how did that happen?哦天 怎么会发生这种事Jules?朱尔斯I know, I know, Im late for something.我知道 我知道 我晚了Yeah, everything.是 所有事你都晚了You see why I take customer-Service calls?你知道为什么我接了客服电话吗I mean, its so good. You learn so much.我的意思是 这感觉很好 能学到很多Okay, w
25、hats up? What am I doing?好了 什么事 我要做什么Okay, Cameron was waiting for you but had another meeting.卡梅伦之前在等你 不过他还有个会要开He said hell be back at 2:00.他说他两点再来- Everyone needs you to sign off on tomorrows homepage.- Right.-明天的主页方案你得签字同意 -好的And your 11:00 is in the big conference room.你11点要去大会议室开会So is your 11
26、:10. Finance needs you,11点10分也是 你还要去财政部I guess you e-Mailed a bunch of people我知道你在凌晨四点At 4:00 a.m. About something?给很多人发了邮件 是关于什么的Oh, good, I forgot about that.哦 我天 我差点忘了那事I want to figure out a way for friends to shop together online.我想找一个办法 能让好朋友们一起在网上购物Make it less of an alone thing.让网上购物不再是独自做的事
27、- E-Mail me that idea, will you? - Yeah, I like that.-把这个点子发邮件给我 好吗 -好的 我会的Um, is now a good time to call your mom back?呃 现在是给你妈妈回电话的好时机吗Dude, Im on a bike.我骑着车子呢Happy birthday!生日快乐Come on.来吧Oh.哦Oh, what a mess. This is the middle of the office.这怎么一团糟 这可是在办公室里Dont. Dont. Dont put that.不要 不要把那个放上去i1
28、因为你知道我就像那重低音贝司 N Because you know Im all about that bass i1 超重低音 拒绝高音 N Bout that bass, no treble i1 我就像那重低音贝司 N Im all about that bass - Hello. - Hi.-你好 -嗨Im Ben Whittaker.我是本惠特克I received an e-mail about an interview我收到了一封叫我来面试的邮件For the senior intern program.来面试老年实习生Hey, Ben. Hows it going?你好啊 本
29、你过得怎么样Its going good, real good. Thank you.很好 真的谢谢你Excellent. Take a seat around the corner,那太棒了 在这个拐角坐下吧And someone from talent acquisition will come get you.然后人才收购部门的人会来接待你Thank you.谢谢你Talent acquisition?人才收购i1 我就像那重低音贝司 N Im all about that bass i1 我就像那重低音贝司 超重低音 拒绝瘦身 N Bout that bass, no treble i
30、1 我就像那重低音贝司 超重低音N Im all about that bass, bout that bass Okay, you guys have to remember,你们要记住The homepage has to read in a glance.人们看主页就是一瞥的工夫- Right. - Also, you have to get back like this-是的 -而且如果你想体会35岁以上If you want to see what looks like if youre, like, over 35.看到主页的感觉的话 你得离这么远Okay, so I cant r
31、ead anything,这样我什么都看不清But if I could, what do you want me to see?如果我能看清 你想让我看到什么Five girls, one shirt or check out the fit?五个女孩 一件衬衣 还是试穿效果Well, both, but what I really want you to see都想 我真的很想让人们看到Is the shirt worn by five different body types.五个不同体态的人穿上这件衬衫的效果Okay, then you got to make me see that.
32、好的 那你就得让我看到这样的效果Try making the photo grid bigger.试试把照片放大点I love that five. Can we make it more graphic?我喜欢这个5 能做的再直观点吗Yeah, thats cool.好的 这不错Maybe hero the girl in the red shirt.或许可以突出穿红色衬衫的女孩- Jules.- That is a great red.-朱尔斯 -那红色真的很漂亮It is going to fly out of here.都要从屏幕中冲出来了I needed you to sign of
33、f on this, like, two hours ago.我需要你签字同意这个 两个小时前就该签好了I know, I know, but can you try?我知道 我知道 你能不能按我说的试一下Yep.好的Mia? Tell me that thing again.米娅 把那件事再跟我说一遍吧Oh, 40% of our visitors dont go past the homepage.嗯 百分之四十的顾客会看到主页就关了Which isnt so bad.那已经不算太糟了Yeah, but we should fix that.是的 但我们能够改善它Okay, here yo
34、u go.好了 你看I love it.我很喜欢这个Great, and its up.好的 就这样了Okay. Thanks, everybody.好了 谢谢大伙- Thanks. - Thank you.-谢谢 -谢谢Lets go over pitch for Friday.我们再来说说周五要发的那批货Okay, so.好的the Antoinette dress.那些雪纺裙子Major screw-Up by the vendor.被卖家给搞砸了Theres gonna be a couple ofNinterviews today, Ben.今天会有好几场面试 本We want to
35、 make sure that we both find the right fit.我们希望 我们双方都能认同职位的合适度Business as usual is not really our motto,每天都做一样的工作可不是我们宗旨So we hope you have some fun here.我们希望你在这里过得开心This is the first time were hiring senior interns,这是我们第一次聘用老年实习生So some of our intern questions所以我们面试的问题May not exactly fit your profi
36、le,可能有些不符合你的简历But were gonna go for it anyway, okay?不过我们还是会问的 好吗Fire away.来吧Okay, good.好的Whered you go to school?你在哪上的学I went to northwestern.我上的西北大学Hey, my brother went to northwestern.我弟弟也在西北大学Probably not at the same time.不过我们时间不同Probably not. He graduated in 2009.对 他2009年毕业的Class of 65.我是65届的Wow
37、, what was your major?哇哦 你的专业是什么Do you remember?你还记得吗And after northwestern you went on to.?从西北大学毕业后 你去哪了I went to work for Dex One.我去Dex One公司工作了- Okay, and they made.?- honebooks.-好的 他们是做什么的 -电话簿I was in charge of overseeing我是管审查The printing of the physical phonebook.纸质电话本的印刷的I did that for over 2
38、0 years, and before that,我做了二十年 那之前I was their V.P. of sales and advertising.我是他们的销售和广告部的副总裁So, do they still make phonebooks?那么 他们现在还做电话簿吗I mean, doesnt everyone just Google numbers?我是说 现在大家不都是在网上查电话的吗I believe they do, but before Google that was how you got a number.我觉得他们还在做 有谷歌之前大家都是用电话本查电话的Oh, n
39、o, no. Yeah, I. I get it.哦哦 对 我知道了So 40 years at the phonebook company?所以您在电话薄公司工作了四十年That is amazing, seriously.讲真 这真是令人惊叹Okay, Benjamin.好了 本杰明Now, Im gonna ask you one of our more telling questions我会问您一个简述题For all of our interns, so I want you to, like,是我们给每一个实习生准备的 我希望您This is the one to really t
40、hink about, okay?认真考虑这个问题 好吗And.And take your time.不着急 慢慢想Where do you see yourself in 10 years?十年后您觉得您会怎样When Im 80?我80的时候吗Yeah, sure.当然Yeah, whatever.别管这茬了Um.呃wait. Did not realize you were 70.等等 我真没意识到您已经70了Thats, uh. That question just doesnt work for you, does it?所以那个问题 不适合你对吧Should we just scr
41、atch that one and just move on?我能不能划掉那个问题 然后继续- Its your call, Justin. - Okay, that ones gone.-听你的 贾斯汀 -好 那就不管那个问题了You look great, by the way. So great.顺便一提 您看起来真的很年轻 非常好And youre clearly more than qualified for this job.并且您远远超过了这项符合工作的标准Youre actually, like,way overqualified,您真的是 远远超过了合格线And we wer
42、e so impressed.我们对你非常欣赏You had great interviews, great video.您面试的很好 您的视频也很棒You nailed it, Ben. Congrats.恭喜你 你通过了Youre an intern.你现在是个实习生了- Hey. - Hi.-嘿 -嗨I need you for two minutes, uninterrupted.我需要你专心致志地给我两分钟- Okay. - Remember a few weeks ago,-好的 -记不记得几周前We talked about the senior intern program?我
43、说过的那个老年实习生项目- No. - Really? We had a.-不记得了 -真的吗 我们当时We had a whole, big conversation about it.当时针对这个项目谈了很久We did? Okay, remind me.是吗 那帮我回忆一下Seniors in high school or college?是高中或者大学里的高年级学生吗No, no, no, no.不是 完全不是Seniors in life. Older people.老年人 真真正正的老年人Hold on, what?等一下 你说啥I told you I felt like we
44、needed to do an outreach program.跟你讲过我们需要做一些不同寻常的项目You definitely seemed to be liking the idea,你当时看起来很喜欢这个想法So I set it in motion. Its gonna be great.所以我行动了起来 这会很棒的Hold, please.请等一下Youre hiring senior citizen interns?你在招老年实习生吗Theres been a ton of research on this,我们做了非常多的工作And the results are actual
45、ly incredible.结果出乎意料的好I mean, imagine having an intern with a lifetime of experience,我是说 想想那些有着一生丰富工作经验的人As opposed to somebody who spent与那些把生命最后几年The last four years of their life playing beer pong.花在成天玩啤酒乒乓球上的人恰恰相反Do they eventually want jobs here?他们是真想打工吗No, darling, theyre all retired.亲爱的 他们不是 他
