Donny: 方方，聽說你找到一個特好的實習？

ff: 還不錯啦! 現在競爭激烈，多虧我人脈廣! 對了，美語里“人脈”怎么說啊？

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

ff: 原來connection 就是“人脈”。那我說自己路子野，人脈廣，就是 I have a lot of connections. 對么？

Donny: That's right. 你還可以說：I'm well-connected. c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d, connected。

ff: connected? 這詞兒我知道，意思是“連在一起”，所以well-connected就是和很多人連在一起，也就是人脈廣嘍!

Donny: Right! Connections are important. 有人說，找工作時，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，而是看你認識誰？我覺得，也不能這么絕對! 關系固然重要，但自己還是要有真本事!

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

ff: 對，肚子里有學問，人脈又廣，二者結合在一起，你就無敵了。不過，像我這種剛出校門的，社交能力還不行，需要磨煉!

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. 到時候，我找工作可得靠你幫忙了!

ff: 哈哈，我期待這一天!

Donny: 先別美! Tell me what you've learned today!

ff: 第一，“人脈”在美語里就是 connection；

第二，形容“人脈廣”用 well-connected；

第三，社交技巧，是 networking skills!