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 completelydifferent 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?

Jeannine: What are you going to do now that you’ve graduated from high school?

Orlando: I’m going to trade school. My father was a stone and brick mason and my brother is a mechanic, but I think I’m going to try something different.

Jeannine: Like what?

Orlando: Maybe I’ll study to become an electrician or plumber. Those are skills that are always in demand.

Jeannine: Don’t they have long apprenticeships?

Orlando: Yes, but it’s better than training to be a machinist or technician. It’s easier to open your own shop as an electrician or plumber.

Jeannine: With your skills, you can always get a job as a carpenter.

Orlando: I think carpentry is a dying art. Most people don’t get furniture or other things custom-made anymore.

Jeannine: You know, you could always take a completely different path, learning a completely different skilled trade.

Orlando: Like what?

Jeannine: You could become a medical or dental technician or even get a cosmetology degree.

Orlando: Are you serious?! Would you want these hands cutting your hair?