college counselor
学校顾问
internship
实习
continuing education
继续教育
professional development
职业发展
on-the-job training
在职培训
1.Professional development 与 continuing education
Professional development 指为提升职业素养而培养的技能和学识。用此类表达来谈论职业发展：
The head teacher coaches the other teachers as part of their professional development. 校长为其他教师提供辅导，作为他们职业发展的一部分。
HR scheduled some on-the-job training so we can learn how to use the new software. 人力资源部已经安排了一些在职培训，所以我们可以学习新软件的使用方法。
Continuing education 指成年人在获得学位后为提高教育程度而参加的课程。用此类表达来谈论继续教育：
Ernie has a design degree, but now he's taking a night course in economics at the local college. 欧尼拥有设计学学位，他现在还在本地的大学里上夜校学习经济学。
Maybe I'll get a certificate online. 也许我可以通过网络获得一个文凭。
2.动名词表达
以介词结尾的表达通常后接动名词——词尾为 -ing 的动词。以下是四个后接动名词的表达。你可以用来谈论专业或个人发展。
think about + 动名词
I've thought about doing some professional development. 我想过要进行一些职业发展。
interested in + 动名词
Jan's interested in coaching other employees. 简对辅导其他员工很感兴趣。
plan on + 动名词
He plans on getting his MBA. 他计划攻读工商管理硕士学位。
look forward to + 动名词
I look forward to taking a night course. 我想去上夜校。
3.you、and 和 to 的弱读
在英语口语中，并非每个音都要发出。代词、连词和介词等较不重要的单词常常发短音，所以在倾听时，识别这些弱读的单词就很重要。
最常见的三个弱读单词为 you、and 和 to请听以下句子。注意：这三个单词发短音时都采用了相同的音调。
