J: Hello everyone! I’m Jody. Welcome to American Cafe
Y: 各位好，我是杨晨。欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。
J: Our guest today is Liz. She’s a friend of mine and also a neighbor in the house where I live.
Y: Jody, 你又采访了你的朋友？我看你快把你的朋友和邻居得罪光了。
J: Oh, no no. They’re used to it. And I think they really enjoy it. Anyway, Liz and I we were talking the other day and I found out that she changed her job.
Y: 那她原来是做什么的？
J: Graphic Design. Graphic. G-R-A-H-I-C Design. D-E-S-I-G-N
Y: Graphic Design 就是图像设计。那下面我们就请Liz 介绍一下什么是 graphic design。
Liz: Hmmm Graphic Design. I guess dealing with visual matter for a specific purpose.
J: Graphic Design pretty much deals with visual matter for a specific purpose.
Y:这听起来挺不错的嘛。她为什么要换工作呢？
J: Well, according to Liz she is not a technology-oriented person. And if you’re a graphic designer you really need to like technology and especially computers.
Y: 那她后来换了什么工作？
J: Her current job is a pastry chef! Pastry is spelled p-a-s-t-r-y. Chef, c-h-e-f. Pastry Chef! Everybody loves a pastry chef!
Y: Pastry chef是做糕点的师傅。这很奇怪，作糕点的师傅和图像设计好像没有什么关系啊。
J: Well, not really. There is a connection between graphic design and making pastries.
Y: 你又跟我开玩笑！
J: Well, Liz says that her love of being creative and working with her hands are found in both graphic design and pastry making. Again, here’s Liz.
Liz: I’m not a very technology-oriented person. So, um, I don’t know, I just…I love to cook and I thought the creative side of side of pastry would be good, um, mixed with the graphic design past. The love of being creative and just working with your hands … so, I just decided to do pastry.
Y: 创造力和动手的能力…yeah, 这么说起来图像设计和做糕点是有点关系。 Liz刚才说到 “technology-oriented.” 人们常常用它来形容一个人有技术头脑，对技术感兴趣。
J: For example, “I am a very nature-oriented person.” Or another example, “He is not very mechanically-oriented.” You try it, Yang Chen.
Y: I’m not a very work-oriented person.
J: Okay. I would have to agree with that. That’s funny. Um, let’s hear more about why Liz chose to become a pastry chef.
Liz: First of all people have sweet tooth so they need to satisfy that.
Y: 说一个人有a big sweet tooth就是说这个人特别喜欢吃甜的东西。
J: Exactly! I have a big sweet tooth! Again here’s Liz.
Liz: I think a cake can bring people together. ‘Cause a cake is kind of a form of a card you can write things on it.
Y: 她说的没错。蛋糕就象是一张卡片一样，人们可以在上面画图画，可以写字，比如生日快乐，或者放一朵花；你可以把它装饰得非常漂亮。说起来甜点，那Liz做这一行赚钱吗？
J: Oh absolutely there’s always a celebration or significant event where you need a cake.
Liz: A wedding, birthday, um … graduation, um… Oh boy, I’m drawing a blank.
Y: “I’m drawing a blank” 这是什么意思呢？
J: To draw a blank means that ah, well, you know … it’s kind of like when your mind is … What were we talking about?
Y: 我现在明白了。就像你这样，完全忘了刚才说什么，脑袋一片空白。
J: That is drawing a blank. Thanks for joining us on American Cafe. See you next time!
Y: 谢谢收听美语咖啡屋，我们下次节目再见！