Summer job: US intelligence analyst 暑期打工：當美國情報分析師

Forget mowing lawns, or thankless corporate internships : How about a two-week summer gig as an analyst under US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair?

別管除草或吃力不討好的企業實習，在美國國家情報首長布萊爾的麾下當個情報分析師，這個為時2週的暑期打工機會如何？

Blair’s office announced on 14th. April that it was looking for about 30 smart, motivated students in graduate school or their final year of undergraduate studies for a first-of-its-kind July 13 - July 24 "hands-on seminar."

布萊爾的辦公室4月14日宣布，徵求30名聰明、積極的研究所或大四學生，參加7月13日到24日首創先例的「實務研討會」。

Applicants must be US citizens at least 21 years old, with a strong academic background and the ability to pass a background security investigation before they study "Political Instability - International Systems in Transition."

申請者必須是年滿21歲的美國公民，學業表現優良，並通過身家背景調查後，還要研讀「政治不穩定：變動中的國際體系」一書。

"The program will include lectures, field trips to agencies and work on an intelligence problem under the direction of analysts drawn from the Intelligence Community," Blair’s office said in a statement.

「這項計畫包括上課、參訪情報機構，以及在來自情報圈的分析家指導下處理情報問題」，布萊爾辦公室在聲明中說。

"Students who qualify will receive secret-level security clearances for the duration of the seminar," as well as travel expenses, room and board, course materials, and a 1,000-dollar stipend, the statement said.

「合格的學生將在實習期間擁有機密安全人員等級的資格」，以及差旅費、食宿、教材和1000美元津貼，這份聲明說。

新聞辭典

thankless：形容詞，吃力不討好的。例句：Being a housewife is a thankless job.（當個家庭主婦是吃力不討好的工作。）

gig：（美國俚語）工作（特別是指暫時性的工作），音樂表演。例句：Our Jazz band is going to have a gig next Friday in a famous Jazz bar.（我們的爵士樂團下週五將在一家知名爵士酒吧演出。）

hands-on：形容詞，身體力行的，親身去做的。例句：He is a hands-on manager.（他是事必躬親的經理。）