As a child, you may be a little bit nervous about choosing a career in your future.
作为一个孩子，你可能会对未来选择职业感到有一点紧张。
What’s important is to choose your career based upon what you want.
重要的是要根据你想要的东西来选择职业。
Here’s some advice on how to choose what you want to be when you grow up.
这里有一些关于在你长大后如何选择你想做什么的建议。
Know differences
了解区别
If you are not sure about the difference between a job and a career, learn it now.
如果你不确定工作和职业之间的区别，现在就去了解它。
A job is something that helps you get money while you study for a career.
工作是当你为职业而学习时，帮助你获得金钱的事情。
A career is a life plan that you will need to study for.
职业是一个你需要为之学习的终身计划。
Write down
写下来
If you are really serious about choosing a proper job or career, you will need to write everything down.
如果你真的认真考虑选择一份合适的工作或职业，你需要把所有事情都写下来。
You can write the words “job” and “career” down on the paper and draw two columns below.
你可以把“工作”和“职业”这两个词写在纸上，并在下面画出两栏。
Start listing
开始列清单
In the “job” column, list about 5-8 jobs that interest you.
在“工作”一栏中，列出大约5到8个你感兴趣的工作。
You don’t have to be too serious about them.
你不需要对它们太认真。
In the “career” column, list some careers that interest you.
在“职业”一栏中，列出一些你感兴趣的职业。
Unlike jobs, the career is probably going to last long, so choose carefully.
与工作不同，职业可能会持续很长时间，所以要仔细选择。
Cut off
删减
If you have listed more than three jobs or careers, cross out any careers that are impossible or very hard to achieve, such as a footballer.
如果你列出了三个以上的工作或职业，划掉任何不可能或很难实现的职业，比如足球运动员。
Cross out any jobs that pay very little and aren’t worth getting.
划掉任何薪水很低且不值得去做的工作。
Study on
深入研究
Research the one that pays the most and what qualifications you need to get that job.
研究薪水最高的那一个，以及获得那份工作需要什么样的资格。
Usually, the higher the job pays, the more qualifications you need.
通常情况下，工作的薪水越高，你需要的资格就越多。
Maybe that job is to be your career someday.
也许那份工作总有一天会成为你的职业。
Full Text in English
As a child, you may be a little bit nervous about choosing a career in your future. What’s important is to choose your career based upon what you want. Here’s some advice on how to choose what you want to be when you grow up.
Know differences
If you are not sure about the difference between a job and a career, learn it now. A job is something that helps you get money while you study for a career. A career is a life plan that you will need to study for.
Write down
If you are really serious about choosing a proper job or career, you will need to write everything down. You can write the words “job” and “career” down on the paper and draw two columns below.
Start listing
In the “job” column, list about 5-8 jobs that interest you. You don’t have to be too serious about them. In the “career” column, list some careers that interest you. Unlike jobs, the career is probably going to last long, so choose carefully.
Cut off
If you have listed more than three jobs or careers, cross out any careers that are impossible or very hard to achieve, such as a footballer. Cross out any jobs that pay very little and aren’t worth getting.
Study on
Research the one that pays the most and what qualifications you need to get that job. Usually, the higher the job pays, the more qualifications you need. Maybe that job is to be your career someday.