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不知道在台灣的學子們有沒有當過實習生的經驗呢？在國外，大公司的實習生職位，可是大家搶破頭也要得到的一份工作呢！雖然有些實習工作是沒有支薪的，但是只要能夠表現優異，絕對是有可能在結束後，順利成為正式員工的呢！

這部片雖然有種給人太過置入性行銷的感覺，不過以整部片描述的情境，Google還真的是一個令人嚮往到不行的公司呢！有志青年們，快衝吧！努力工作、盡情揮灑青春吧！

小編年輕的時候當過無薪實習生，那段日子雖然很辛苦，工作量大，矇懞懂懂去上了班，發現身邊的老鳥們各各身經百戰，第一天就嚇得我想要逃跑，好險後來靠著一股好勝心撐了下來，現在回想起來，從那份實習工作，抱走了前輩們好多的實戰經驗呢！這邊鼓勵年輕的同學們，剛出社會不要太計較薪水，能夠得到經驗才是最無價的！

Billy and Nick are salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world.Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a coveted internship at Google, along with a battalion of brilliant college students. But, gaining entrance to this utopia is only half the battle. Now they must compete with a group of the nation's most elite, tech-savvy geniuses to prove that necessity really is the mother of re-invention.

• torpedo [tɔrˈpido] (v.) 1. 用魚雷襲擊(或擊中、擊沈) 2. 使徹底完蛋。

        Example: More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.

        Example: These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the convention.

• obsolete [ˈɑbsəˌlit] (adj.) 過時的、廢棄的、淘汰的。

        Example: With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.

• defy [dɪˈfaɪ] (v.) 違抗、反抗、不服從。

        Example: This was the first (and last)time that I dared to defy my mother.

• coveted [ˈkʌvɪtid] (adj.) 人人嚮往的。

        Example: He won one of sport's most coveted trophies.

• battalion [bəˈtæljən](n.) (尤指有組織、有特定任務)一大群、一大批。

        Example: There were battalions of highly paid publicists to see that such news didn't make the press.

• utopia [juˈtopiə] (n.) 烏托邦、理想國、理想的完美社會。

        Example: Everyone has a dream that one day they can reach Utopia.

• savvy [ˈsævi] (adj.) 有見識的、具有實際知識的、有經驗的。

        Example: This time, they are adopting more politically-savvy strategies.

John Goodman: Everything’s computerized now!

John Goodman: 現在所有的東西都電腦化了。

• computerize [kəm'pju:təraɪz] (v.) 用電腦控制(系統、作業)、使電腦化。

        Example: The firm has decided to computerize its wages department.

Sometimes the long shots pay off the biggest!

有時候不可能做到的事反而帶來更大的成功！

• long shot [lɔŋ ʃɑt] (n.) 比喻不太可能發生或做到的事。(射槍的時候，距離越遠，打中機率越低)

        Example: We could ask the company to replace your broken smartphone for free. It's a long shot, but it's worth trying.

• pay off [pe ɔf] (p.v.) 成功、贏利。

        Example: Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off.

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