4Forth：The 3 Pillars of a Good Job

1 reckoning 认知 idea / belief / thought / opinion

2 define ourselves less by what we do for a living

写作句式

define sth less by … more by …

不要通过……定义，而要通过……定义

e.g. We should define food less by price, more by flavour.

3 consider the role of work in their lives 考虑工作在他们生活中的作用 / 角色

4 in terms of 以……角度来考虑，从……方面来讲

What a good job can do for their employees:

5 a sense of accomplishment, pride in being associated with the organization

6 feeling responsible / trusted / valued as a member of the organization

7 supports them in their ability to manage daily life and care for loved ones

注意写作思维的转变：

sth is useful → sth supports us in our ability to do sth and do sth 有用！

8 eternal factors 外部因素

internal factors 内部因素

9 continually craving more money, power, and consumer goods = greedy

描述一个人贪婪

10 self-employment 创业，自己为自己打工

11 define ourselves by the people we are versus / instead of the work we do

其中，versus 表示对立（instead of）

12 That shift feels especially urgent

sth is urgent → sth feels urgent

13 common traits 共同特点 普遍特征 feature / characteristic

14 pass over 排挤 剥夺机会

15 misalignment with your own values 不一致

alignment 一致

16 have access to sth 有机会接触到某物

17 have a place in our society 有一席之地 地位 / 作用 status

Jogging has a place in my daily routine.

18 seeking a sense of purpose at work shouldn’t provide an excuse for offering low-quality jobs

我反对考试作弊。

对理想成绩的追求不应该成为考试作弊的借口。

写作句式

Doing sth shouldn’t provide an excuse for doing sth

表达反对观点

19 imploding 崩溃 (内在瓦解) / exploding 爆炸

20 in droves 成群结队

drive – drove – driven v 驾驶，驱使

drove n 人群 兽群

21 Whether the pandemic is over might be up for debate. Whether we still need these essential workers to function as an economy—as the past two years have made abundantly clear—is not.

好句，背！