10個令人意想不到的高薪工作：英語精讀講義

Are you thinking about changing careers 文法

你是否在考慮換工作，

but feeling intimidated

卻又感到畏懼，

about the education and licensure

擔心那些高薪工作

associated with well-paying jobs?

所需的學歷和執照？

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

才能獲得開啟新職業的回報，

making at least six figures?

賺到至少六位數的薪水？

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

我們為你計算了這種「苦樂比例」，

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

找出了10個你意想不到的高薪工作，

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

並詳細說明了獲得這些職位需要什麼，

in this episode of The Infographics Show,

盡在本期《資訊圖表秀》：

10 surprisingly high-paying jobs.

10個令人驚訝的高薪工作。

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別忘了訂閱並點擊小鈴鐺按鈕，

so that you can be part of our notification squad.

這樣你就能成為我們通知小分隊的一員了。

Number 10,

第10名，

railroad conductor.

火車列車長。

Did you know that in the US

你知道在美國，

professional railroad conductors are still around?

專業的火車列車長依然存在嗎？

Neither did we, 文法

我們也不知道，

but they exist

但他們確實存在，

and they cash in in some areas. 片語動詞

而且在一些地區收入頗豐。

The national median salary is just $54,000,

全國薪資中位數僅為54,000美元，

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

但最高可達104,000美元。

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

苦差事是在一個夕陽產業中努力往上爬，

and learning on the job 片語搭配

並且在工作中學習，

without many mentors or companies to choose from.

沒有太多的導師或公司可供選擇。

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

你需要長時間離家，

but the grat is you get to see the country

但回報是你可以遊覽全國，

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

你能找回童年的感覺，

with your first train set

就像拿到第一套火車玩具時那樣，

and you can avoid the 9 to 5 文化背景

而且你可以避開朝九晚五的生活，

and tell corporate America

並告訴美國企業界，

to kiss your uh caboose. 慣用語

去親你的，呃，火車尾吧（滾一邊去）。

All aboard.

全部上車。

Number 9,

第9名，

crab fisherman.

捕蟹漁夫。

Tolerating the miserable work of capturing crab

忍受捕蟹的痛苦工作，

through terrifying squalls

穿越可怕的風暴，

for five figures per month 用詞

每月賺取五位數的收入，

was popularized by Discovery Channel's

這一職業被探索頻道的

reality series

真人秀節目

The Deadliest Catch.

《致命捕撈》所帶火。

Even negotiating the dynamic

甚至僅僅是在船上各色人物之間

between the personalities on board 用詞

協調複雜的人際關係，

seems treacherous enough to think twice. 慣用語

都顯得異常危險，讓人望而卻步。

But in recent years,

但近年來，

changing safety regulations

安全法規的改變

have made fishing for Dungeness crab

使得捕撈珍寶蟹

more doable.

變得更加可行。

There is also an after season

在季節結束後，

for other kinds of crab as well as fish.

還可以捕撈其他種類的螃蟹和魚類。

All said and done, 慣用語

總而言之，

you can still clear $200,000 a year 用詞

你一年仍然可以淨賺20萬美元，

after a few years experience.

在累積了幾年經驗之後。

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.

因為沒有專門教授捕蟹的學校。

You have to find a crew you trust and respect

你必須找到一個你信任並尊敬的團隊

to show you the ropes 慣用語

來教你訣竅，

for when you start as a deckhand.

當你作為甲板水手起步時。

And you'll be away from home

你會遠離家鄉，

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

把為你擔心的親人拋在腦後。

The grat is having a non-traditional career

回報是擁有一份非傳統的職業，

and six figures to roll hard on

以及六位數的薪水可以供你盡情揮霍，

in your few days on land.

在你上岸的短暫幾天裡。

Number 8,

第8名，

building inspector.

建築檢查員。

It's not super scintillating,

儘管這份工作不是非常光鮮，

but if you're good with checklists

但如果你擅長處理檢查清單，

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

並且有結構工程的頭腦，

working for a city government

那麼為市政府工作，

inspecting buildings

檢查建築物，

could bring home six figures. 慣用語

可能為你帶回六位數的收入。

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

在那種大型官僚機構中，

that is a major US city

即美國的大城市，

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

這個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.

最高甚至可達每年117,000美元。

It's also highly specialized,

這也是高度專業化的，

so you'll give up other career tracks

因此你要放棄其他職業發展方向，

and there are a few months of studying

並且需要花幾個月的時間學習

for a standardized exam.

來應對標準化考試。

But the grat is a well-paying job

但回報是一份高薪工作，

with predictable days

工作日程有規律，

and permanent demand for your skills.

而且對你的技能有永久的需求。

Number 7,

第7名，

egg donor.

卵子捐贈者。

Here is one for the ladies.

這是一個屬於女士們的選擇。

It can be lucrative,

這份工作可能利潤豐厚，

but it has its dilemmas

但也有其困境，

and it's not really a job

而且它並不是一份真正的工作，

as in an existing role in any company,

比如任何公司中的現有職位，

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

而是你可以將其作為全職的一項機會，

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

如果你非常非常渴望賺取現金的話。

The grunt is altering your cycle,

苦差事是改變你的生理週期，

feeling like a human Petri dish, 慣用語

感覺自己像個人類培養皿，

and the whole ethical conundrum

以及那全部的道德難題，

of creating a human

關於創造出一個

you'll never meet.

你永遠不會見到的人。

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

但回報是每個週期最高可達14,000美元，

so you could,

因此你可以，

if you go on back-to-back cycles 片語搭配

如果你連續進行週期，

and take two months off,

並休息兩個月，

clear about $140,000 in a year.

一年能淨賺約140,000美元。

Number 6,

第6名，

anesthesiologist.

麻醉師。

Anesthesiologists,

麻醉師，

in their quiet bedside role

在病床旁扮演著安靜的角色，

near the superstar surgeon,

站在明星外科醫生身邊，

look like some kind of low-level nurse

看起來像是某種低級護士

or technician.

或是技術員。

They're actually doctors

他們實際上是醫生，

and they make bank. 慣用語

而且賺得盆滿缽滿。

The grunt is med school like any other doctor.

苦差事是和其他醫生一樣要上醫學院。

That's completing a four-year degree,

那就是完成四年制學位，

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

準備MCAT考試以通過標準化考試進入好醫學院，

then going through four years of medical school

然後經歷四年的醫學院學習

and four years of residency

以及四年的住院醫師實習，

that actually comprise a one-year internship 文化背景

這實際上包括一年的實習期

plus a three-year residency.

加上三年的住院醫師實習。

Some anesthesiologists do additional residencies

一些麻醉師還要進行額外的住院實習，

beyond those 12 years mandatory

在那12年強制學習之外，

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

然後必須學習並參加委員會考試，

to become board certified.

以獲得委員會認證。

That board certification is an important credential

該委員會認證是一項重要的資質，

to earn the trust involved

能贏得所需的信任，

in taking someone safely

讓某人安全度過

through a major surgery and recovery.

重大手術及恢復期。

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

但回報是你賺得比家庭醫生、

general practitioner,

全科醫生、

pediatrician,

兒科醫生

or psychiatrist does.

或精神科醫生都要多。

That is,

也就是說，

anesthesiologists take home, 用詞

麻醉師的淨收入，

on average,

平均為

$294,811.

294,811美元。

That is a national average.

這是全國平均水平。

In larger US cities,

在美國較大的城市裡，

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

他們的年薪在40萬到50萬美元之間。

Number 5,

第5名，

write for the federal government.

為聯邦政府撰稿。

A writer editor for the State Department,

作為國務院的撰稿編輯，

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講撰稿，

but analyze communication documents

而是分析溝通文件

and systemic functions of the department itself,

以及部門本身的系統功能，

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

這每年能為你帶來95,000至123,000美元的總收入。

If you'd like to do something similar

如果你想做類似的工作，

for the Department of Energy

比如為能源部工作，

and recommend standards for documentation

並推薦有關成人報告

for adults and other reports,

及其他報告的文件標準，

you could start as low as $79,000,

你的起薪可能為79,000美元，

but also go up to $123,000.

但最高也可達123,000美元。

The grunt is working your way up

苦差事是要在這個

in a dull bureaucracy

枯燥的官僚機構中一步步往上爬，

and memorizing templates and standards

並且要記住模板和標準，

and learning to speak bureaucratese. 用詞

並學會說官腔。

The grat is the money,

回報是豐厚的金錢、

the great benefits,

優厚的福利，

and the job security.

以及工作的穩定性。

Number 4,

第4名，

longshoreman. 文化背景

碼頭工人。

This job loading and unloading ship cargo

這項在大型港口裝卸船隻貨物的工作，

at large ports is,

當然，

of course,

只有當你在

only available if you're near a big port

大港口附近時才能獲得，

like Houston,

比如休斯頓、

Los Angeles,

洛杉磯、

Long Beach,

長灘

or New York,

或紐約，

or are willing to move.

或者是你願意搬家。

But you might be willing for the money.

但看在錢的份上，你可能會願意。

There is no education requirement,

它沒有學歷要求，

just experience.

只需要經驗。

West Coast longshoremen average $98,000

西海岸碼頭工人平均收入為98,000美元，

according to shippingwatch.com,

根據 shippingwatch.com 的數據，

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

但加上加班費以及工會在談判中的強硬態度，

that salary gets north of $100,000. 慣用語

這個薪水能超過100,000美元。

And an LA Times analysis in 2015

2015年《洛杉磯時報》的一項分析

showed over half of longshoremen

顯示超過一半的碼頭工人

made over $100,000,

收入超過100,000美元，

while foremen and managers top $200,000.

而工頭和經理的收入則超過200,000美元。

A few bosses get $300,000

少數老闆能拿到300,000美元，

and all get free healthcare.

並且所有人都能獲得免費醫療。

A New York longshoreman makes at least $124,000

一位紐約的碼頭工人至少能賺124,000美元，

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

隨著2018年即將進行的另一輪談判，收入可能還會增加。

The grunt is working your way up

苦差事是你要一步步往上爬，

and the intense physical labor

以及那繁重的體力勞動，

with never-ending stacks of cargo

面對著永遠搬不完的

waiting to be moved.

等待移動的貨物堆。

But the grat is the cash,

但回報是金錢、

the healthcare,

醫療保障，

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

並且從事著一項全球化真正需要的少數職業之一。

Number 3,

第3名，

mine operator underground.

井下礦工。

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

如果你害怕幽閉空間，那它不適合你，

and it's not glamorous,

並且它並不光鮮，

literally digging around in the dirt.

毫不誇張地說就是在泥土裡挖掘。

And there's this coal miner image

流行文化詞典中

out in the pop culture lexicon

還有這樣一種煤礦工人的形象，

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 慣用語

但你可以一路笑到銀行，

because if you're willing to work underground, 文法

因為如果你願意在地下工作，

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

你的淨收入將在150,000至165,000美元之間。

The grunt is learning the trade on the job,

苦差事是在工作中學習手藝，

the danger,

危險性，

the dirt,

骯髒，

and taking such a specific career track 片語搭配

並且選擇了如此特定的職業軌跡，

that it doesn't prepare you for much else.

以至於它無法為你從事其他工作做準備。

But the grat is the earnings.

但回報是可觀的收入。

And while automation continues to improve mining,

儘管自動化在不斷改進採礦業，

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

但你暫時還不會被機器人取代。

That is,

也就是說，

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

在一段時間內你都會有需求。

Number 2,

第2名，

city employees,

城市雇員，

at least those of affluent towns.

至少是那些富裕城鎮的雇員。

You can actually make more than $143,000

你實際上可以賺取超過143,000美元的收入，

without any education requirements

沒有任何學歷要求，

in some cities like Santa Monica.

在像聖莫尼卡這樣的城市裡。

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

但我們挑選了那個特定城市裡支付六位數薪水的不可思議的工作，

farmers' market manager.

農夫市集經理。

In fact,

事實上，

105 city of Santa Monica workers

105名聖莫尼卡市雇員

cleared over $300,000 in 2016

在2016年淨收入超過了300,000美元，

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

這讓監督部落格「透明加州」感到震驚。

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

該市源自全球的資金以及由此帶來的穩定客流，

produce high occupancy taxes, 文化背景

產生了高昂的入住稅，

that is the city's share of hotel bills,

即城市從飯店帳單中的分成，

and parking taxes filling city coffers 用詞

以及填滿城市金庫的停車稅，

and boosting salaries for all jobs.

從而提高了所有工作的薪水。

The grunt is a dull bureaucratic job

苦差事這是一份枯燥的官僚工作，

and perhaps your nagging conscience

也許還有你不斷遭受良心譴責的感覺，

if you happen to be the assistant city librarian 文法

如果你恰好是城市的助理圖書管理員，

bringing home $220,000

帶回220,000美元的薪水，

or occupying another overpaid post.

或是佔據了另一個高薪職位。

The grat is,

回報是，

well,

嗯，

you're overpaid

你的薪水過高，

and you're in sunny Santa Monica

並且你身處陽光明媚的聖莫尼卡，

or another rich city living large. 慣用語

或者另一個富裕城市過著奢華的生活。

Number 1,

第1名，

firefighter.

消防員。

Hmm,

嗯，

running into burning buildings

衝進燃燒的建築物，

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

並保持能夠經常衝上樓梯的體能水平。

Maybe not?

也許不想？

Think again. 語氣意圖

再想一想。

It has its advantages.

它有它的優勢。

Salary varies by city and position,

薪水因城市和職位而異，

but in major cities like New York and LA,

但在紐約和洛杉磯等大城市，

you'll clear six figures.

你將淨賺六位數。

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

你將賺取至少121,000美元，從第一

one in Los Angeles,

天起（在洛杉磯），

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

但在紐約，你必須工作五年，

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

才能作為低級消防員拿到110,000美元。

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

但隨後你會在晉升為消防局長的路上得到提拔，

and earn more at each level,

並在每個級別賺得更多，

over $300,000 in some fire departments.

在一些消防部門超過300,000美元。

The grunt is you're working in fire,

苦差事是你在火場中工作，

putting yourself in danger, 片語搭配

將自己置於危險之中，

worrying about your coworkers,

擔心你的同事，

dealing with deeply distressed people 片語搭配

面對那些極度痛苦的，

who are watching their homes and offices burning,

看著自己家和辦公室燃燒的人們，

and you're also a paramedic,

而且你還是一名急救人員，

meaning you have to see terrible injuries from violence

這意味著你必須目睹暴力造成的可怕傷害，

and witness other human loss.

並見證其他人類的喪亡。

But you work days at a time 片語搭配

但你連續工作幾天後，

and then have chunks of time free, 片語搭配

就會有大段的空閒時間，

so you can travel and buy toys

因此你可以去旅行並購買玩具，

with your six figures you're earning,

用你賺取的六位數薪水，

with solid job security.

以及穩固的工作保障。

And you get to contribute to your community 片語搭配

並且你有機會為社區做出貢獻，

and truly help people every time you go to work.

在你每次去上班時真正幫助到別人。

So,

那麼，

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

這些高薪工作中哪一個最讓你感到驚訝？

Would you consider working any of these jobs?

你會考慮從事這些工作中的任何一個嗎？

Let us know in the comments.

請在留言區告訴我們。

Be sure to check out our other video,

請一定要去觀看我們的另一期影片：

Top 10 Tallest Buildings in the World.

《世界十大最高建築》。

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感謝觀看，

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