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大学毕业生在找工作时，有时会面临没有工作经历可写可说的尴尬时分，其实，我们不是缺少工作经验，我们只是缺少发现。让我们来听听Geoff和Rachel的对话，你就会明白个中道理。
Geoff: This is so frustrating.
Rachel: Sorry, what?
Geoff: Hmm?
Rachel: What’s frustrating?
Geoff: Did I say that out loud?
Rachel: You sure did.
Geoff: Haha, sorry. I was kind of talking to myself I guess.
Rachel: Well fill me in. ①What’s got your goat?
Geoff: Just this résumé I’m trying to 1)whip up. I’m completely 2)stumped.
Rachel: Why?
Geoff: I’m supposed to be adding my work experience, right?
Rachel: That tends to be the way résumés work.
Geoff: But I haven’t got any.
Rachel: Any what?
Geoff: Any work experience.
Rachel: Wait, what? You haven’t got any work experience at ALL?
Geoff: This is my first year out of university.
Rachel: And you didn’t do anything in uni? Not even something part time?
Geoff: Oh ②get off your high horse! It’s not like you had a job.
Rachel: Sure I did. I had an internship.
Geoff: Well so did I, but what’s that got to do with the price of pig’s feet?
Rachel: Uhhh, Geoff, that counts as work experience.
Geoff: Really? But it’s not like I got paid or anything.
Rachel: So? They’re not asking you how much you made, they’re asking about experience.
Geoff: I just didn’t think it would count.
Rachel: Of course it counts. A year’s worth of what amounts to slave labour in the field?
Geoff: Well, when you put it that way…
Rachel: And hold up—I remember you volunteering one summer for the housing project.
Geoff: Sure. I volunteer with them every year.
Rachel: You can use that, too.
Geoff: Volunteer work?
Rachel: You just said it: “work”. It still boils down to experience in your field.
Geoff: Wow. ③I never even thought to look outside the box like that.
Rachel: Well you’ve got to when you’re writing your first résumé. Plus, like I said, your prospective employer doesn’t care if you made money. They only care if you can do the job.
Geoff: Man Rachel, you really saved me on this one. Thanks.
Rachel: ④That’s what I’m here for!
杰弗：真让人感到泄气！
瑞秋：不好意思，（你说）什么？
杰弗：嗯？
瑞秋：什么让人泄气？
杰弗：我把那句话大声说出来了吗？
瑞秋：你的确说了。
杰弗：哈哈，对不起啊。我想我有点儿自言自语的意思。
瑞秋：告诉我吧，到底什么事情惹到你了？
杰弗：就是我正在准备的简历咯，我彻底被难倒了。
瑞秋：为什么呢？
杰弗：我应该要加上我的工作经历的，对吧？
瑞秋：简历好像都要这么写。
杰弗：但是我都没有。
瑞秋：什么？
杰弗：任何工作经历。
瑞秋：等等，什么？你一点儿工作经历都没有吗？
杰弗：这是我大学毕业的第一年哦。
瑞秋：那你在大学期间从没有做过任何工作吗？甚至都没做过兼职吗？
杰弗：噢，别自以为了不起了！又不像你（曾经在大学里）工作过。
瑞秋：我当然工作过。我实习过一次。
杰弗：那我也做过，但那又有什么关系？
瑞秋：呃，杰弗，那可以算作工作经历的。
杰弗：真的吗？但是我并没有拿薪水或其他报酬啊。
瑞秋：那又怎样呢？他们又没有问你赚过多少钱，他们只是在问你的经验。
杰弗：我只是觉得那不算。
瑞秋：当然算的啦。那种工作一年的工作量相当于在地里辛苦的苦力啦。
杰弗：好吧，你这么算的话……
瑞秋：打住……我记得你有一年夏天志愿参加了住宅建造计划。
杰弗：是的。我每年都志愿参加的。
瑞秋：你也可以用这个作经验。
杰弗：志愿工作？
瑞秋：你刚才也说它是“工作”啦。在你的领域里，它也可以被归结为工作经历。
杰弗：哇。我从来连想都没想过要跳出固定思维来这样看问题。
瑞秋：当你在撰写自己的第一份简历时你就得这样做了。另外，像我说过的，你将来的雇主才不在乎你是否曾经赚到过钱。他们只在意你是否能胜任这份工作。
杰弗：天啦，瑞秋，在这件事上你真的帮了我大忙。谢谢。
瑞秋：这是我的荣幸。
Smart Sentences
① What’s got your goat? 到底什么事情惹到你了？
get sb.’s goat: cause annoyance to sb.（使某人发怒、焦急）。例如：
It seems that the phone call really got your goat. What was it about?
看来那个电话把你惹急了，是什么事？
② Get off your high horse! 别自以为了不起了！
get off one’s high horse: discard disdainful attitude, or give up the feeling of being superior（放下架子，放弃傲慢态度）。例如：
Not until John gets off his high horse will he make friends among his coworkers.
如果约翰不放下架子，他就不会在同事当中交到朋友。
③ I never even thought to look outside the box like that. 我从来连想都没想过要跳出
固定思维来这样看问题。
outside the box: act in a different, innovative, or original manner（不墨守成规，跳出原有框框思考问题）。例如：
His ability to think outside the box was noticeable in his first month in the department.
他到这个部门后的头一个月，他善于打破框框的思维能力引人注目。
④ That’s what I’m here for! 这是我的荣幸。
That’s what I’m here for: same as “I’m here to help,” used to express willingness to help（等同于“I’m here to help”，用于表示乐意帮忙的意愿）。例如：
—I’m glad you can babysit over the weekend.
你能在周末帮我看小孩，我太高兴了。
—That’s what I’m here for.
我的荣幸。
Geoff: This is so frustrating.
Rachel: Sorry, what?
Geoff: Hmm?
Rachel: What’s frustrating?
Geoff: Did I say that out loud?
Rachel: You sure did.
Geoff: Haha, sorry. I was kind of talking to myself I guess.
Rachel: Well fill me in. ①What’s got your goat?
Geoff: Just this résumé I’m trying to 1)whip up. I’m completely 2)stumped.
Rachel: Why?
Geoff: I’m supposed to be adding my work experience, right?
Rachel: That tends to be the way résumés work.
Geoff: But I haven’t got any.
Rachel: Any what?
Geoff: Any work experience.
Rachel: Wait, what? You haven’t got any work experience at ALL?
Geoff: This is my first year out of university.
Rachel: And you didn’t do anything in uni? Not even something part time?
Geoff: Oh ②get off your high horse! It’s not like you had a job.
Rachel: Sure I did. I had an internship.
Geoff: Well so did I, but what’s that got to do with the price of pig’s feet?
Rachel: Uhhh, Geoff, that counts as work experience.
Geoff: Really? But it’s not like I got paid or anything.
Rachel: So? They’re not asking you how much you made, they’re asking about experience.
Geoff: I just didn’t think it would count.
Rachel: Of course it counts. A year’s worth of what amounts to slave labour in the field?
Geoff: Well, when you put it that way…
Rachel: And hold up—I remember you volunteering one summer for the housing project.
Geoff: Sure. I volunteer with them every year.
Rachel: You can use that, too.
Geoff: Volunteer work?
Rachel: You just said it: “work”. It still boils down to experience in your field.
Geoff: Wow. ③I never even thought to look outside the box like that.
Rachel: Well you’ve got to when you’re writing your first résumé. Plus, like I said, your prospective employer doesn’t care if you made money. They only care if you can do the job.
Geoff: Man Rachel, you really saved me on this one. Thanks.
Rachel: ④That’s what I’m here for!
杰弗：真让人感到泄气！
瑞秋：不好意思，（你说）什么？
杰弗：嗯？
瑞秋：什么让人泄气？
杰弗：我把那句话大声说出来了吗？
瑞秋：你的确说了。
杰弗：哈哈，对不起啊。我想我有点儿自言自语的意思。
瑞秋：告诉我吧，到底什么事情惹到你了？
杰弗：就是我正在准备的简历咯，我彻底被难倒了。
瑞秋：为什么呢？
杰弗：我应该要加上我的工作经历的，对吧？
瑞秋：简历好像都要这么写。
杰弗：但是我都没有。
瑞秋：什么？
杰弗：任何工作经历。
瑞秋：等等，什么？你一点儿工作经历都没有吗？
杰弗：这是我大学毕业的第一年哦。
瑞秋：那你在大学期间从没有做过任何工作吗？甚至都没做过兼职吗？
杰弗：噢，别自以为了不起了！又不像你（曾经在大学里）工作过。
瑞秋：我当然工作过。我实习过一次。
杰弗：那我也做过，但那又有什么关系？
瑞秋：呃，杰弗，那可以算作工作经历的。
杰弗：真的吗？但是我并没有拿薪水或其他报酬啊。
瑞秋：那又怎样呢？他们又没有问你赚过多少钱，他们只是在问你的经验。
杰弗：我只是觉得那不算。
瑞秋：当然算的啦。那种工作一年的工作量相当于在地里辛苦的苦力啦。
杰弗：好吧，你这么算的话……
瑞秋：打住……我记得你有一年夏天志愿参加了住宅建造计划。
杰弗：是的。我每年都志愿参加的。
瑞秋：你也可以用这个作经验。
杰弗：志愿工作？
瑞秋：你刚才也说它是“工作”啦。在你的领域里，它也可以被归结为工作经历。
杰弗：哇。我从来连想都没想过要跳出固定思维来这样看问题。
瑞秋：当你在撰写自己的第一份简历时你就得这样做了。另外，像我说过的，你将来的雇主才不在乎你是否曾经赚到过钱。他们只在意你是否能胜任这份工作。
杰弗：天啦，瑞秋，在这件事上你真的帮了我大忙。谢谢。
瑞秋：这是我的荣幸。
Smart Sentences
① What’s got your goat? 到底什么事情惹到你了？
get sb.’s goat: cause annoyance to sb.（使某人发怒、焦急）。例如：
It seems that the phone call really got your goat. What was it about?
看来那个电话把你惹急了，是什么事？
② Get off your high horse! 别自以为了不起了！
get off one’s high horse: discard disdainful attitude, or give up the feeling of being superior（放下架子，放弃傲慢态度）。例如：
Not until John gets off his high horse will he make friends among his coworkers.
如果约翰不放下架子，他就不会在同事当中交到朋友。
③ I never even thought to look outside the box like that. 我从来连想都没想过要跳出
固定思维来这样看问题。
outside the box: act in a different, innovative, or original manner（不墨守成规，跳出原有框框思考问题）。例如：
His ability to think outside the box was noticeable in his first month in the department.
他到这个部门后的头一个月，他善于打破框框的思维能力引人注目。
④ That’s what I’m here for! 这是我的荣幸。
That’s what I’m here for: same as “I’m here to help,” used to express willingness to help（等同于“I’m here to help”，用于表示乐意帮忙的意愿）。例如：
—I’m glad you can babysit over the weekend.
你能在周末帮我看小孩，我太高兴了。
—That’s what I’m here for.
我的荣幸。