孙玲出生在湖南的国家级贫困县,家庭经济状态一直很困难。
19岁时只有高中学历的她来到深圳,进入了一家电池厂,开始在流水线上工作。
那时她每天工作12个小时,月薪只有2300元。
来到深圳后的第十个月,她省吃俭用,报了一个电脑培训班,学习一些基本的编程内容。
后来孙玲说,那段日子很充实,她坚信学习可以改变现状。
学完电脑课程以后,她找到了一份新的工作,工资更高,也更轻松一些。
新工作开始后不久,她又报了一个英语培训班,一边工作,一边努力学习英语。
之后,孙玲先后取得了计算机专业的大专文凭和专升本文凭。
这时,她26岁,月薪过万了。
除了工作和学习,孙玲还积极发展自己的爱好。
她学英语、玩飞盘、当博主,去过了更多的地方,也认识了更多的人。
这些有趣的人让她有了去国外看看的念头。
2017年,孙玲看到一所美国学校的计算机硕士招生广告,而且学校会提供实习机会。
虽然这不是特别好的学校,但是对于孙玲来说,这是一个机会,她很想抓住。
七个月后,孙玲考过了雅思,拿到了去美国的学生签证。
孙玲来到美国,开始了她的学习。
第一学期结束后,她开始找实习。
两个月中,孙玲参加了60场面试,最后终于拿到了Google外包公司的工作机会。
之后孙玲成为eBay员工,现在又被高盛录用。
这一年,她30岁,年薪百万。
孙玲的这十年就像一个奇迹。
学习能力很强的她凭借自己的努力,抓住每一个机会学习和进步,勇敢又能干。
从普通厂妹到高薪程序员,这就是孙玲的奋斗之路。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 孙玲 | Sūn Líng | a personal name; Sun Ling |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 湖南 | Hú Nán | Hunan, a province in south-central China. |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 级 | jí | level / grade / rank |
| 贫困 | pín kùn | impoverished |
| 县 | xiàn | county |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 经济 | jīng jì | economic |
| 状态 | zhuàng tài | condition; state; state of affairs |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 困难 | kùn nan | straitened circumstances / difficult situation |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school |
| 学历 | xué lì | educational background / academic qualifications |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 深圳 | Shēn zhèn | Shenzhen, a major city in Guangdong, China. |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter / to join / to go into |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 电池 | diàn chí | battery; electric cell |
| 厂 | chǎng | factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 流水线 | liú shuǐ xiàn | assembly line / (computing) pipeline |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 薪 | xīn | (literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 省吃俭用 | shěng chī jiǎn yòng | to live frugally |
| 报 | bào | to report; to inform; to announce / to respond; to reply / to sign up for; to register for / to reward; to recompense / to take revenge; to retaliate |
| 电脑 | diàn nǎo | computer |
| 培训 | péi xùn | training |
| 班 | bān | team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic / fundamental / main / elementary |
| 编程 | biān chéng | programming |
| 内容 | nèi róng | content; substance; details |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 段 | duàn | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 日子 | rì zi | days of one's life |
| 充实 | chōng shí | rich / full / substantial |
| 坚信 | jiān xìn | to believe firmly |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 现状 | xiàn zhuàng | current situation |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 课程 | kè chéng | course; academic program |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 工资 | gōng zī | wages; pay |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 轻松 | qīng sōng | light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated |
| 不久 | bù jiǔ | not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 英语 | Yīng yǔ | English (language) |
| 一边 | yī biān | on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 计算机 | jì suàn jī | computer |
| 专业 | zhuān yè | specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major |
| 大专 | dà zhuān | three-year college / junior college / professional training college |
| 文凭 | wén píng | diploma |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 专升本 | zhuān shēng běn | to advance from junior college to undergraduate study; a junior-college-to-bachelor's upgrade program |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 积极 | jī jí | active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | to develop / to grow / to expand |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 爱好 | ài hào | interest; hobby |
| 玩 | wán | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment |
| 飞盘 | fēi pán | frisbee |
| 当 | dāng | to be / to act as |
| 博主 | bó zhǔ | blogger |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 国外 | guó wài | abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |
| 念头 | niàn tou | thought; idea; intention |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 所 | suǒ | classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 硕士 | shuò shì | master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person |
| 招生 | zhāo shēng | to enroll new students / to get students |
| 广告 | guǎng gào | a commercial / advertisement |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish |
| 实习 | shí xí | field work / internship |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 对于 | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 来说 | lái shuō | for; from the point of view of; in the case of |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of; to capture |
| 七 | qī | seven / 7 |
| 考 | kǎo | to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for |
| 雅思 | Yǎ sī | IELTS (International English Language Testing System) |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 签证 | qiān zhèng | visa |
| 学期 | xué qī | term / semester |
| 结束 | jié shù | to finish / to end / to conclude / to close |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 中 | zhōng | while (doing sth); during |
| 参加 | cān jiā | to participate / to take part / to join |
| 场 | chǎng | classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams |
| 面试 | miàn shì | to be interviewed (as a candidate) |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 外包 | wài bāo | outsourcing |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 员工 | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 高盛 | Gāo shèng | Goldman Sachs |
| 录用 | lù yòng | to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication |
| 百万 | bǎi wàn | million |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 奇迹 | qí jì | miracle; wonder; marvel |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 强 | qiáng | strong / powerful / better / vigorous / violent / best in their category |
| 凭借 | píng jiè | by means of / thanks to |
| 进步 | jìn bù | to improve; to progress |
| 勇敢 | yǒng gǎn | brave; courageous |
| 能干 | néng gàn | capable / competent |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common / ordinary / general / average |
| 厂妹 | chǎng mèi | (derog.) young woman who works in a factory |
| 程序员 | chéng xù yuán | programmer |
| 奋斗 | fèn dòu | to strive; to struggle |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |