Donny: 方方，听说你找到一个特好的实习？

ff: 还不错啦! 现在竞争激烈，多亏我人脉广! 对了，美语里“人脉”怎么说啊？

Donny: I think you can use the word "connection". c-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n, connection.

ff: 原来connection 就是“人脉”。那我说自己路子野，人脉广，就是 I have a lot of connections. 对么？

Donny: That's right. 你还可以说：I'm well-connected. c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d, connected。

ff: connected? 这词儿我知道，意思是“连在一起”，所以well-connected就是和很多人连在一起，也就是人脉广喽!

Donny: Right! Connections are important. 有人说，找工作时，What really counts is not what you know, but who you know.

ff: "Not what you know but who you know?" 不是看你知道什么，而是看你认识谁？我觉得，也不能这么绝对! 关系固然重要，但自己还是要有真本事!

Donny: Certainly! So it should be "what you know plus who you know"!

ff: 对，肚子里有学问，人脉又广，二者结合在一起，你就无敌了。不过，像我这种刚出校门的，社交能力还不行，需要磨炼!

Donny: Don't worry. You'll have plenty of time to work on your networking skills.

ff: 哦，networking skills 就是社交技巧。

Donny: Right. With strong networking skills, you'll develop more connections. 到时候，我找工作可得靠你帮忙了!

ff: 哈哈，我期待这一天!

Donny: 先别美! Tell me what you've learned today!

ff: 第一，“人脉”在美语里就是 connection；

第二，形容“人脉广”用 well-connected；

第三，社交技巧，是 networking skills!

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