What did you do after university?

　　你大学毕业后做了什么？

　　A I graduated from university about 5 years ago.

　　A 大约5年前我从大学毕业。

　　B What did you do after university?

　　B 你大学毕业后做了什么？

　　A After university? Well, first I came to Beijing. I thought there would be more job opportunities here.

　　A 大学毕业后？哦，我首先来了北京。我想这里会有更多的工作机会。

　　B And then what did you do? Did you find a good job?

　　B 那以后你做了什么？你找到好工作了吗？

　　A Yes, I managed to get the job I am doing now. I’ve been working here ever since.

　　A 是的，我找到了一份工作，也就是现在的工作。从那时候开始我一直在这里工作。

　　B It sounds as if you made the right decision to come to Beijing after university.

　　B 听起来好像你毕业后来北京的决定是对的。

　　Notes 注释

　　1 Remember when you are talking about the past, you use the past forms of the verbs, e.g. I graduated about 5 years ago / I graduated about 5 years ago; I came to Beijing in 2002 / I came to Beijing in 2002.

　　记住当你谈论过去的事情时，用动词的过去式。例如：I graduated about 5 years ago / 大约5年前我毕业了；I came to Beijing in 2002 / 我2002年来了北京。

　　2 In questions about the past, remember to use did / did, e.g.: What did you do when you came to Beijing? / What did you do when you came to Beijing?; Did you find a good job? / Did you find a good job?

　　在关于过去的问句中记得用did。例如What did you do when you came to Beijing? /你来北京的时候做什么？；Did you find a good job? /你找到一份好工作了吗？

Key phrases and sentences   I graduated from university about 5 years ago. What did you do after university? After university? Well, first I came to Beijing.  I thought there would be more job opportunities here.  And then what did you do?  Did you find a good job? Yes, I managed to get the job I am doing now.  I’ve been working here ever since. It sounds as if you made the right decision to come to Beijing after university.

重要的短语和句子   大约5年前我从大学毕业。   你大学毕业后做了什么？ 大学毕业后？ 哦，我首先来了北京。 我想这里会有更多的工作机会。   那以后你做了什么？ 你找到好工作了吗？ 是的，我找到了一份工作，也就是现在的工作。 从那时候开始我一直在这里工作。 听起来好像你毕业后来北京的决定是对的。