Getting a job 找工作

• look for work 找工作
• look for/apply for/go for a job 找工作；申请一个职位；努力争取工作
• get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (BrE) fill in an application (form) 得到/拿到/完成/填写申请（表）
• send/email your (BrE) CV/ (NAmE) résumé/application/application form/covering letter 寄/通过电邮发送简历/申请/申请表/附函
• be called for/have/attend an interview 被要求参加/有/参加面试
• offer sb a job/work/employment/promotion 给某人提供一份工作；雇用某人；提拔某人
• find/get/land a job 找到工作
• employ/ (especially NAmE) hire/recruit/ (especially BrE) take on staff/workers/trainees 雇用员工/工人/实习生
• recruit/appoint a manager 招聘/任命经理

Doing a job 做工作

• arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory 上/下班；到办公室/工厂上班；从办公室/工厂下班
• start/finish work/your shift 开始/结束工作/轮班工作时间
• do/put in/work overtime 加班
• have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications 拥有/获得/缺乏/需要经验/资格
• do/get/have/receive training 做/得到/接受培训
• learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills 学习/偶然学会/提高/发展技能
• cope with/manage/share/spread the workload 应付/勉力完成/分担/分摊工作量
• improve your/achieve a better work-life balance 达到更好的工作与生活的平衡
• have (no) job satisfaction/job security 有/没有工作满足感/职业保障

Building a career 建立职业生涯

• have a job/work/a career/a vocation 有工作/事业/职业
• find/follow/pursue/ (especially NAmE) live (out) your vocation 找到/从事/致力于/实践适合自己的职业
• enter/go into/join a profession 加入一个行业
• choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career 选择/从事/开始/致力于一种职业
• change jobs/profession/career 换工作/行业/职业
• be/ (both especially BrE) work/go freelance 做自由职业
• do/take on temp work/freelance work 做/开始从事临时工作/特约工作
• do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work 做/从事/参与义务性工作

Leaving your job 离职

• leave/ (especially NAmE) quit/resign from your job 离职；辞职
• give up work/your job/your career 放弃工作/事业
• hand in your notice/resignation 递交辞呈
• plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc. 计划/预计六月/明年等退休
• take early retirement 提前退休

Childhood/youth 童年/青年时期

• be born and raised/bred in Oxford; be born into a wealthy/middle-class family 在牛津出生并长大；在富裕/中产家庭出生
• have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood 有幸福/不幸/艰苦的童年
• grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm 成长于音乐之家/孤儿院/农场
• be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters) 是独生子
• reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty 进入/经历青春期
• be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties 十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁
• undergo/experience physical/psychological changes 经历生理/心理变化
• give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure 屈服于/顶住同辈的压力
• assert your independence/individuality 维护独立/个性

Adulthood 成年

• leave school/university/home 中学/大学毕业；离家
• go out to work (at sixteen) （16 岁）投身工作
• get/find a job/partner 找到工作/伴侣
• be/get engaged/married 订婚；结婚
• have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job 有妻子/丈夫/按揭贷款/稳定的工作
• settle down and have kids/children/a family 安定下来并生儿育女
• begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry) 开始（政治/科学/音乐）职业生涯
• prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career 最终成为/代表/标志/达到某人人生/某人职业生涯的转折点
• reach/be well into/settle into middle age 进入/安度中年
• have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis 经历中年危机
• take/consider early retirement 提前退休；考虑提前退休
• approach/announce/enjoy your retirement 临近/宣布/享受退休

Old age 老年

• have/see/spend time with your grandchildren 有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光
• take up/pursue/develop a hobby 开始/追求/培养一种爱好
• get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension 得到/提取/领取退休金；靠退休金生活
• approach/save for/die from old age 临近晚年；存钱养老；老死
• live to a ripe old age 高寿
• reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic) 活到 102/23 岁高龄（常作反语）
• be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic) 变得衰老（常作反语）
• die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness 在睡梦中/患病不久（平静地）离开人世