what is the most boring job you've ever had?how did you do at it?
你曾做过的最无聊的工作是什么?你是怎么对待的?
i don't really think i've ever had a boring job,but if i have to choose one,it would probably be the winter job i had at a post office when i was in high school.
我并不觉得过去有哪些工作很无聊,不过,如果我必须选择一个的话,那可能就是我高中寒假时在邮局的那份工作。
the job involved sorting new year's postcards for delivery for eight hours a day every day for about a month.
工作内容是投递贺年卡前的分类工作,在大约一个月的时间里,每天都要工作八小时。
i don't know how it is done now,but back then it was all done manually.
我不知道现在邮局是怎样分类的,但是那时候全部都是靠手工来完成。
i got the knack immediately,so i had to make it more interesting and challenging for myself—i timed myself sorting the postcards and every time i tried to finish faster and faster.
我很快就学会了分类的技巧,所以我必须让这个工作变得更有趣,更有挑战性才行。我计算我分卡片的时间,每次我都试着比上一次更快完成。
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