黑龙江的妮妮问：

    Scott你好，我目前正在准备写东西方社会制度的论文(选题好象过于宽泛了)，考虑了很久觉得员工福利是文化差别最大的，但是我查了很多资料都很宽泛，不知道你能否为我讲讲有关西方员工福利的内容呢？

    Scott答：

    哇哦!我真的很惊讶，竟然有读者可以通过这样的途径变相让我帮忙写论文，态度可不够端正啊!但是提到福利，要讲的东西实在太多，整本杂志都不够写的。不过考虑到很多中国朋友可能出国工作(还有很多人要论文，唉!)，那我还是来讲讲吧，可要仔细阅读啊，光是采访我就花了不少时间呢!

    To start this article off, a short anecdote. When I first arrived in China, I worked as an English teacher in Jilin province. It was my first job since leaving university, and I really didn't know what to expect salary-wise. I'd been told the wages were comparable to most other English teachers in the city, and that my apartment would be provided by the University I taught at, but beyond that I was utterly clueless.

    首先以一则短小轶事开篇：第一次到中国的时候我在吉林省做英语老师 ......