A：What do you do?
你是做什么工作的?
B：I'm a teacher.
我是老師。
注釋：
a.What do you do?
(你是做什么工作的?)
= What line of work are you in?
(你是從事哪一行的?)
= What do you do for a living?
(你做什么謀生?)
b.living n.生計(jì)
make a living 謀生
例：I make a living by teaching.
= I teach for a living.
(我靠教書(shū)為生。)