A Mickey Mouse Job閒差事

對話
Jill：Ohhh, I ate too much pizza today.
吉兒：噢……，我今天吃太多披薩了。
Sandra：How's your new job at this pizza shop？
珊卓拉：你在披薩店的新工作做得怎樣？
Jill：It's a Mickey Mouse job. I just sit around all day, and maybe talk to my boyfriend on the phone.
吉兒：不過是份閒差事啦。我只是整天閒閒坐著，不然就打電話跟男朋友聊天。
Sandra：That's so cool.
珊卓拉：酷斃了。
Jill：Sometimes when there's a customer, I even tell them to come back later because I don't feel like cooking.
吉兒：有時客人上門，我甚至叫他們等會兒再來，因為本小姐沒心情下廚。
Sandra：What？Jill, don't you think that's going too far？
珊卓拉：啥？吉兒，你這樣不會太扯了嗎？
Jill：It's okay, I usually tell them how to get to the pasta restaurant down the street.
吉兒：沒啥大不了的。我通常會跟他們講怎麼走到街尾那家義大利麵店。



延伸學習
●俚語精解
．Mickey Mouse job
Mickey Mouse（米老鼠）是家喻戶曉的迪士尼卡通動畫明星，而 job 則是「工作」、「差事」的意思。本俚語從字面直譯是「米老鼠工作」，實際上卻是指某些瑣碎（trivial）、無足輕重（unimportant），或沒前途的工作（a dead-end job）。
例：I've been trying to get myself busy, but no customer ever shows up.
This Mickey Mouse job truly sucks.（我一直努力想讓自己忙起來，但連個客人也沒有。這沒前途的工作真爛。）
●關鍵字詞
．sit around 閒坐╱鬼混
例：Stop sitting around，and go get yourself a job！（別再鬼混了，快去找份工作吧！）
．on the phone 講電話（中）
例：How much time do you spend each day on the phone？（你每天花多少時間講電話？）
例：I'm sorry, but Mr. Peterson can't see you now. He is on the phone.（很抱歉，現在彼得森先生無法見您。他正講電話中。）
．feel like N╱V-ing= fancy N╱V-ing 想做…╱想要…
例：I don't feel like going out tonight. = I don't fancy going out tonight.（我今晚不想出門。）
．pasta n.義大利麵食