10个令人惊讶的高薪工作：英语精读讲义

Are you thinking about changing careers 語法

你是否在考虑换个职业，

but feeling intimidated

却又感到畏惧，

about the education and licensure

担心那些高薪工作

associated with well-paying jobs?

所需的学历和执照？

Exactly how much grunt work does it take

究竟需要做多少苦差事，

to get the gratification of a new career

才能获得开启新职业的回报，

making at least six figures?

赚到至少六位数的薪水？

We did the math on the grunt to grat ratio for you

我们为你计算了这种“苦乐比例”，

with 10 jobs you wouldn't expect to be well-paying

找出了10个你意想不到的高薪工作，

and the details on what it takes to land the position 講解

并详细说明了获得这些职位需要什么，

in this episode of The Infographics Show,

尽在本期《信息图表秀》：

10 surprisingly high-paying jobs.

10个令人惊讶的高薪工作。

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别忘了订阅并点击小铃铛按钮，

so that you can be part of our notification squad.

这样你就能成为我们通知小分队的一员了。

Number 10,

第10名，

railroad conductor.

火车列车长。

Did you know that in the US

你知道在美国，

professional railroad conductors are still around?

专业的火车列车长依然存在吗？

Neither did we, 語法

我们也不知道，

but they exist

但他们确实存在，

and they cash in in some areas. 短語動詞

而且在一些地区收入颇丰。

The national median salary is just $54,000,

全国薪资中位数仅为54,000美元，

but it does go all the way up to $104,000. 短語搭配

但最高可达104,000美元。

The grunt is working your way up in a dying industry 短語動詞

苦差事是在一个夕阳产业中努力往上爬，

and learning on the job 短語搭配

并且在工作中学习，

without many mentors or companies to choose from.

没有太多的导师或公司可供选择。

You're away from home for long periods of time,

你需要长时间离家，

but the grat is you get to see the country

但回报是你可以游览全国，

in an all-time kind of way.

以前所未有的方式。

You get to feel like that kid you once were

你能找回童年的感觉，

with your first train set

就像拿到第一套火车玩具时那样，

and you can avoid the 9 to 5 文化背景

而且你可以避开朝九晚五的生活，

and tell corporate America

并告诉美国企业界，

to kiss your uh caboose. 習語

去亲你的，呃，火车尾吧（滚一边去）。

All aboard.

全部上车。

Number 9,

第9名，

crab fisherman.

捕蟹渔夫。

Tolerating the miserable work of capturing crab

忍受捕蟹的痛苦工作，

through terrifying squalls

穿越可怕的风暴，

for five figures per month 用詞

每月赚取五位数的收入，

was popularized by Discovery Channel's

这一职业被探索频道的

reality series

真人秀节目

The Deadliest Catch.

《致命捕捞》所带火。

Even negotiating the dynamic

甚至仅仅是在船上各色人物之间

between the personalities on board 用詞

协调复杂的人际关系，

seems treacherous enough to think twice. 習語

都显得异常危险，让人望而却步。

But in recent years,

但近年来，

changing safety regulations

安全法规的改变

have made fishing for Dungeness crab

使得捕捞珍宝蟹

more doable.

变得更加可行。

There is also an after season

在季节结束后，

for other kinds of crab as well as fish.

还可以捕捞其他种类的螃蟹和鱼类。

All said and done, 習語

总而言之，

you can still clear $200,000 a year 用詞

你一年仍然可以净赚20万美元，

after a few years experience.

在积累了几年经验之后。

The grunt work is working your way up

苦差事是你要一步步往上爬，

because there is no school for crab fishing.

因为没有专门教授捕蟹的学校。

You have to find a crew you trust and respect

你必须找到一个你信任并尊敬的团队

to show you the ropes 習語

来教你窍门，

for when you start as a deckhand.

当你作为甲板水手起步时。

And you'll be away from home

你会远离家乡，

and leave your loved ones behind to worry. 短語動詞

把为你担心的亲人抛在脑后。

The grat is having a non-traditional career

回报是拥有一份非传统的职业，

and six figures to roll hard on

以及六位数的薪水可以供你尽情挥霍，

in your few days on land.

在你上岸的短暂几天里。

Number 8,

第8名，

building inspector.

建筑检查员。

It's not super scintillating,

尽管这份工作不是非常光鲜，

but if you're good with checklists

但如果你擅长处理检查清单，

and you have a mind for structural engineering, 短語搭配

并且有结构工程的头脑，

working for a city government

那么为市政府工作，

inspecting buildings

检查建筑物，

could bring home six figures. 習語

可能为你带回六位数的收入。

The grunt part is working your way up

苦差事是你要一步步往上爬，

in the kind of large bureaucracy

在那种大型官僚机构中，

that is a major US city

即美国的大城市，

that is big enough to pay at least $68,000 per year

这个城市要大到足以支付每年至少68,000美元，

and all the way up to $117,000 per year.

最高甚至可达每年117,000美元。

It's also highly specialized,

这也是高度专业化的，

so you'll give up other career tracks

因此你要放弃其他职业发展方向，

and there are a few months of studying

并且需要花几个月的时间学习

for a standardized exam.

来应对标准化考试。

But the grat is a well-paying job

但回报是一份高薪工作，

with predictable days

工作日程有规律，

and permanent demand for your skills.

而且对你的技能有永久的需求。

Number 7,

第7名，

egg donor.

卵子捐赠者。

Here is one for the ladies.

这是一个属于女士们的选择。

It can be lucrative,

这份工作可能利润丰厚，

but it has its dilemmas

但也有其困境，

and it's not really a job

而且它并不是一份真正的工作，

as in an existing role in any company,

比如任何公司中的现有职位，

but an opportunity you can make your full-time gig 用詞

而是你可以将其作为全职的一项机会，

if you're really really determined to get some cash.

如果你非常非常渴望赚取现金的话。

The grunt is altering your cycle,

苦差事是改变你的生理周期，

feeling like a human Petri dish, 習語

感觉自己像个活体培养皿，

and the whole ethical conundrum

以及那全部的道德难题，

of creating a human

关于创造出一个

you'll never meet.

你永远不会见到的人。

But the grat is up to $14,000 per cycle,

但回报是每个周期最高可达14,000美元，

so you could,

因此你可以，

if you go on back-to-back cycles 短語搭配

如果你连续进行周期，

and take two months off,

并休息两个月，

clear about $140,000 in a year.

一年能净赚约140,000美元。

Number 6,

第6名，

anesthesiologist.

麻醉师。

Anesthesiologists,

麻醉师，

in their quiet bedside role

在病床旁扮演着安静的角色，

near the superstar surgeon,

站在明星外科医生身边，

look like some kind of low-level nurse

看起来像是某种低级护士

or technician.

或是技术员。

They're actually doctors

他们实际上是医生，

and they make bank. 習語

而且赚得盆满钵满。

The grunt is med school like any other doctor.

苦差事是和其他医生一样要上医学院。

That's completing a four-year degree,

那就是完成四年制学位，

doing the MCAT preparation to take the standardized exam to get into a decent medical school, 文化背景

准备MCAT考试以通过标准化考试进入好医学院，

then going through four years of medical school

然后经历四年的医学院学习

and four years of residency

以及四年的住院医生实习，

that actually comprise a one-year internship 文化背景

这实际上包括一年的实习期

plus a three-year residency.

加上三年的住院医生实习。

Some anesthesiologists do additional residencies

一些麻醉师还要进行额外的住院实习，

beyond those 12 years mandatory

在那12年强制学习之外，

and then have to study and take the board exam 文化背景

然后必须学习并参加委员会考试，

to become board certified.

以获得委员会认证。

That board certification is an important credential

该委员会认证是一项重要的资质，

to earn the trust involved

能赢得所需的信任，

in taking someone safely

让某人安全度过

through a major surgery and recovery.

重大手术及恢复期。

But then the grat is you make more than a family doctor,

但回报是你赚得比家庭医生、

general practitioner,

全科医生、

pediatrician,

儿科医生

or psychiatrist does.

或精神科医生都要多。

That is,

也就是说，

anesthesiologists take home, 用詞

麻醉师的净收入，

on average,

平均为

$294,811.

294,811美元。

That is a national average.

这是全国平均水平。

In larger US cities,

在美国较大的城市里，

their annual salary is in the $400,000 to $500,000 range.

他们的年薪在40万到50万美元之间。

Number 5,

第5名，

write for the federal government.

为联邦政府撰稿。

A writer editor for the State Department,

作为国务院的撰稿编辑，

in which you don't do any foreign policy analysis or speechwriting,

你不用做任何外交政策分析或演讲撰稿，

but analyze communication documents

而是分析沟通文件

and systemic functions of the department itself,

以及部门本身的系统功能，

grosses you $95,000 to $123,000 per year.

这每年能为你带来95,000至123,000美元的总收入。

If you'd like to do something similar

如果你想做类似的工作，

for the Department of Energy

比如为能源部工作，

and recommend standards for documentation

并推荐有关成人报告

for adults and other reports,

及其他报告的文件标准，

you could start as low as $79,000,

你的起薪可能为79,000美元，

but also go up to $123,000.

但最高也可达123,000美元。

The grunt is working your way up

苦差事是要在这个

in a dull bureaucracy

枯燥的官僚机构中一步步往上爬，

and memorizing templates and standards

并且要记住模板和标准，

and learning to speak bureaucratese. 用詞

并学会说官话。

The grat is the money,

回报是丰厚的金钱、

the great benefits,

优厚的福利，

and the job security.

以及工作的稳定性。

Number 4,

第4名，

longshoreman. 文化背景

码头工人。

This job loading and unloading ship cargo

这项在大型港口装卸船只货物的工作，

at large ports is,

当然，

of course,

只有当你在

only available if you're near a big port

大港口附近时才能获得，

like Houston,

比如休斯顿、

Los Angeles,

洛杉矶、

Long Beach,

长滩

or New York,

或纽约，

or are willing to move.

或者是你愿意搬家。

But you might be willing for the money.

但看在钱的份上，你可能会愿意。

There is no education requirement,

它没有学历要求，

just experience.

只需要经验。

West Coast longshoremen average $98,000

西海岸码头工人平均收入为98,000美元，

according to shippingwatch.com,

根据 shippingwatch.com 的数据，

but with overtime and union power to play hardball on negotiations, 習語

但加上加班费以及工会在谈判中的强硬态度，

that salary gets north of $100,000. 習語

这个薪水能超过100,000美元。

And an LA Times analysis in 2015

2015年《洛杉矶时报》的一项分析

showed over half of longshoremen

显示超过一半的码头工人

made over $100,000,

收入超过100,000美元，

while foremen and managers top $200,000.

而工头和经理的收入则超过200,000美元。

A few bosses get $300,000

少数老板能拿到300,000美元，

and all get free healthcare.

并且所有人都能获得免费医疗。

A New York longshoreman makes at least $124,000

一位纽约的码头工人至少能赚124,000美元，

with another round of negotiations coming up in 2018. 短語動詞

随着2018年即将进行的另一轮谈判，收入可能还会增加。

The grunt is working your way up

苦差事是你要一步步往上爬，

and the intense physical labor

以及那繁重的体力劳动，

with never-ending stacks of cargo

面对着永远搬不完的

waiting to be moved.

等待移动的货物堆。

But the grat is the cash,

但回报是金钱、

the healthcare,

医疗保障，

and holding one of the few jobs that globalization actually needs.

并且从事着一项全球化真正需要的少数职业之一。

Number 3,

第3名，

mine operator underground.

井下矿工。

It's not for you if you're scared of tight spaces 語法

如果你害怕幽闭空间，那它不适合你，

and it's not glamorous,

并且它并不光鲜，

literally digging around in the dirt.

毫不夸张地说就是在泥土里挖掘。

And there's this coal miner image

流行文化词典中

out in the pop culture lexicon

还有这样一种煤矿工人的形象，

of being,

那就是，

well,

嗯，

white trash. 用詞

“白人垃圾”。

But you can laugh all the way to the bank 習語

但你可以一路笑到银行，

because if you're willing to work underground, 語法

因为如果你愿意在地下工作，

you'll clear $150,000 to $165,000.

你的净收入将在150,000至165,000美元之间。

The grunt is learning the trade on the job,

苦差事是在工作中学习手艺，

the danger,

危险性，

the dirt,

肮脏，

and taking such a specific career track 短語搭配

并且选择了如此特定的职业轨迹，

that it doesn't prepare you for much else.

以至于它无法为你从事其他工作做准备。

But the grat is the earnings.

但回报是可观的收入。

And while automation continues to improve mining,

尽管自动化在不断改进采矿业，

you're not being replaced by a robot quite yet. 講解

但你暂时还不会被机器人取代。

That is,

也就是说，

you will be in demand for a while. 短語搭配

在一段时间内你都会有需求。

Number 2,

第2名，

city employees,

城市雇员，

at least those of affluent towns.

至少是那些富裕城镇的雇员。

You can actually make more than $143,000

你实际上可以赚取超过143,000美元的收入，

without any education requirements

没有任何学历要求，

in some cities like Santa Monica.

在像圣莫尼卡这样的城市里。

But we picked the silliest job in that particular city that pays six figures,

但我们挑选了那个特定城市里支付六位数薪水的不可思议的工作，

farmers' market manager.

农夫市场经理。

In fact,

事实上，

105 city of Santa Monica workers

105名圣莫尼卡市雇员

cleared over $300,000 in 2016

在2016年净收入超过了300,000美元，

to the horror of watchdog blog Transparent California. 短語搭配

这让监督博客“透明加州”感到震惊。

The city's global cash and resulting steady stream of tourists 習語

该市源自全球的资金以及由此带来的稳定客流，

produce high occupancy taxes, 文化背景

产生了高昂的入住税，

that is the city's share of hotel bills,

即城市从酒店账单中的分成，

and parking taxes filling city coffers 用詞

以及填满城市金库的停车税，

and boosting salaries for all jobs.

从而提高了所有工作的薪水。

The grunt is a dull bureaucratic job

苦差事这是一份枯燥的官僚工作，

and perhaps your nagging conscience

也许还有你不断遭受良心谴责的感觉，

if you happen to be the assistant city librarian 語法

如果你恰好是城市的助理图书管理员，

bringing home $220,000

带回220,000美元的薪水，

or occupying another overpaid post.

或是占据了另一个高薪职位。

The grat is,

回报是，

well,

嗯，

you're overpaid

你的薪水过高，

and you're in sunny Santa Monica

并且你身处阳光明媚的圣莫尼卡，

or another rich city living large. 習語

或者另一个富裕城市过着奢华的生活。

Number 1,

第1名，

firefighter.

消防员。

Hmm,

嗯，

running into burning buildings

冲进燃烧的建筑物，

and maintaining the fitness level to regularly charge flights of stairs.

并保持能够经常冲上楼梯的体能水平。

Maybe not?

也许不想？

Think again. 語氣意圖

再想一想。

It has its advantages.

它有它的优势。

Salary varies by city and position,

薪水因城市和职位而异，

but in major cities like New York and LA,

但在纽约和洛杉矶等大城市，

you'll clear six figures.

你将净赚六位数。

You'll make at least $121,000 from day 短語搭配

你将赚取至少121,000美元，从第一

one in Los Angeles,

天起（在洛杉矶），

but in New York you'll have to work for five years

但在纽约，你必须工作五年，

to get to $110,000 as a low-level firefighter.

才能作为低级消防员拿到110,000美元。

But then you get promoted on your way to chief 短語搭配

但随后你会在晋升为消防局长的路上得到提拔，

and earn more at each level,

并在每个级别赚得更多，

over $300,000 in some fire departments.

在一些消防部门超过300,000美元。

The grunt is you're working in fire,

苦差事是你在火场中工作，

putting yourself in danger, 短語搭配

将自己置于危险之中，

worrying about your coworkers,

担心你的同事，

dealing with deeply distressed people 短語搭配

面对那些极度痛苦的，

who are watching their homes and offices burning,

看着自己家和办公室燃烧的人们，

and you're also a paramedic,

而且你还是一名急救人员，

meaning you have to see terrible injuries from violence

这意味着你必须目睹暴力造成的可怕伤害，

and witness other human loss.

并见证其他人类的丧亡。

But you work days at a time 短語搭配

但你连续工作几天后，

and then have chunks of time free, 短語搭配

就会有大段的空闲时间，

so you can travel and buy toys

因此你可以去旅行并购买玩具，

with your six figures you're earning,

用你赚取的六位数薪水，

with solid job security.

以及稳固的工作保障。

And you get to contribute to your community 短語搭配

并且你有机会为社区做出贡献，

and truly help people every time you go to work.

在你每次去上班时真正帮助到别人。

So,

那么，

which of these high-paying jobs took you most by surprise? 短語搭配

这些高薪工作中哪一个最让你感到惊讶？

Would you consider working any of these jobs?

你会考虑从事这些工作中的任何一个吗？

Let us know in the comments.

请在评论区告诉我们。

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