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The strangest school year in modern history has finally come to a close.
史上最奇怪的学年终于结束了
My daughter Jane graduated from preschool this week,
我的女儿简这周学前班毕业了
which he's very proud about, even though let's be honest she got a degree in colouring. But
她对此感到很自豪 虽然 说实话 她只拿到了一个“涂色学位”
It is a milestone and it's never too soon to start planning for the future.
不过这是一个里程碑 要提前为未来做好规划
So I sat down with Jane to reflect on where she has been and to help her figure out where she's going.
所以 我和简要坐下来 帮她定下位 并且让她清楚自己接下来要做什么
Well, Jane. First of all, congratulations on graduating preschool!
好的 简 首先 祝贺你学前班毕业了！
Thank you.
谢谢
You're proud of yourself.
你为自己感到骄傲
Yeah.
嗯
Yeah. You did a good job in preschool. Have you thought about going on to kindergarten continuing your education?
嗯 你在学前班表现很棒 你有没有想过去幼儿园继续学习呢？
Hmm. Iam kind of like scared and excited.
嗯 我有点儿害怕 有点儿兴奋
You're scared and excited. Yeah, but you are gonna go to school. You're gonna continue, huh.
你害怕又兴奋 嗯 你要去学校了 你要继续学习 哈
Yeah.
对
Yeah. Are you gonna get a job this summer?
嗯 夏天你要找个什么工作吗？
Possibly.
或许吧
Possibly. What kind of job do you think you'd be good at?
或许哈 你觉得自己擅长做什么工作？
Art.
美术类
You could maybe be an artist?
你要当画家吗？
Yeah. Where would you get a job like that?
(嗯) 去哪里找画家的工作呢？
…save money get an art studio.
攒钱开个美术工作室
Oh, you get an art studio.
哦 你要开个美术工作室
How much does an art studio cost?
开个美术工作室要花多少钱？
What would you guess? What would you guess?
大概多少 大概多少呢
I guess probably like nine dollars?
我想大概要9美元吧
That's exactly. Right, nine dollars. Yeah.
嗯 说的很对 9美元 没毛病
What do you want to do for work and you grow up? What are your strengths?
你长大后想做什么工作？你的强项是什么？
Strengths? Spelling.
强项？拼写
Spelling, okay. That's good.
拼写 好的 很好
Oh, running.
噢 跑步
Running? Yeah. Maybe you could be a running spelling artist.
跑步 嗯 或许你可以当一名跑步拼写画家
I could possibly do that.
很有可能的
Yeah. Okay. What are your weaknesses? What are some things that you're not good at?
嗯 好吧 你的弱项是什么？你不擅长什么？
I am not good at picking flowers 'sause I can't...thorns.
我不擅长摘花 因为我不能……它扎人
Okay. So you're not good at picking flowers.
好的 所以说你不擅长摘花
No.
对
So you're not gonna be a florist?
所以你不能当种花人
Florist? Yeah. No, it's florist.
Florist？(嗯) 不 是florist (发音不同)
Oh. It's florists. Well, I'm from New York. You're from California. So I say florist. You say florist. But I'm right.
哦 是florist 好吧 我来自纽约 你来自加州 所以我发的音是florist 你发的音是florist 不过我发的是对的
No, you're not.
不 你不对
What else do I say you don't like the way I say it?
你还不喜欢我的什么发音
Orange.
橘子
Orange.
橘子
No. It's kind of funny.
不 听着很搞笑
It is funny hear. Are you familiar with microsoft excel? Do you know how to use it?
听着搞笑哈 你知道微软优越试算表吗 你会用吗
What is that?
那是啥
Okay. I'll guess that's a no then. Are you ticklish?
好吧 你的答案应该是“不知道” 你怕痒吗
Yes.
怕
Yes. Okay. So let's say you're not able to find a job as a spelling running artist.
怕哈 好的 结果是 你无法找到一份“拼写跑步画家”的工作
Here's some other jobs. Let me know if any of these interest you, okay?
这里有一些其他的选择 看看有没有你感兴趣的 好吗
Ok.
好的
Zookeeper.
动物园管理员
No. I don't think so.
不 不喜欢
Ice cream flavor tester.
冰淇淋口味测试员
Yeah. That would be good.
嗯 这个很好哈
Pigeon hunter.
鸽子猎人
Pigeon hunter?
鸽子猎人
Yeah. You would shoot pigeons.
嗯 就是你要开枪打鸽子
I would not do that.
我不会这么做的
You wouldn't. Okay.
不做哈 好的
Late-night talk show host.
深夜脱口秀主持人
Wait. What's that even mean?
等下 这个是啥意思
Talk show host. Yeah.
脱口秀主持人 嗯
So you talk late-night?
所以要在深夜聊天？
Yeah, two people...on TV.
对 两个人 在电视上
No.
不
No. What about president...would you like to be president of the United States?
不做啊 那总统呢……你想当美国总统吗
Yeah.
想
You would. Are you qualified?
你想当哈 那你资质够吗
What does that mean?
什么意思
It means do you like chicken mcnuggets?
就是说你喜欢吃麦乐鸡吗
Chicken mcnuggets? Of course I do.
麦乐鸡？当然喜欢
Okay. Yeah. Then you're qualified.
嗯 好的 那你资质够了
Now when you get older and your mom and I get older, will you change my diapers if I have to wear diapers?
等你长大的时候 你妈妈和我也老了 如果那时候我要穿尿布 你会帮我换尿布吗
No.
不
You make Billy do it?
你让比利(简的弟弟)做哈
Yeah.
嗯
What about mom's diapers?
那妈妈的尿布呢
No. No. No. No.
不 不 不 不
Not mom either, huh?
妈妈的也不给换啊
No.
不
So Jane, it seems like you're not sure about what you want to do when you grow up yet, right?
所以简 看来你还不确定自己长大后要做什么 对吧？
Yeah.
嗯
Let's make a vision board. Do you know how to...
那我们来做一个梦想板 你知道怎样……
A vision board?
梦想板？
Yeah. We're gonna make a dry-erase vision board.
是的 我们要做一块白板
What i'd like you to do is draw your future.
我想让把自己的未来画出来
Draw your future. What does that even mean?
画我的未来？ 什么意思？
...means draw yourself as an adult.
……意思就是把你自己画成一个成年人
Well, i've tried my best.
好吧 我尽力
Ok.
好的
Is that a smile or a nose you got there?
你画的是微笑还是鼻子
That's a smile. Very good.
微笑 很不错
There's more, huh?
下面还有哈
All right, let me have a look.
好的 我来看一下
Wow, very good. What's her job?
哇哦 很棒 她的职业是什么
Is she wiping her mommy and daddy?
她在擦妈妈和爸爸吗
She's not. Alright. Come over here and give me a hug. Congratulations.
不是哈 好的 过来抱抱爸爸 祝贺
Young graduate. I hope you make it through the first grade.
年轻的毕业生 希望你能顺利通过一年级
Did you see you were ticklish?
想不想知道自己怕不怕痒？
Yeah.
不
Why I haven't tickled an interviewee since Javier Bardem
为什么自从哈维尔·巴登之后我就没有给嘉宾挠过痒痒？
