Today's flavourists learn their art by serving an apprenticeship – a period of time spent working for a skilled master, often for low payment, in order to learn their skills.

今天的调味师通过做学徒来学习技术。“apprenticeship”，是指给师傅打下手的一段时间，通常报酬很低，期间要学习师傅的技术。

After serving an apprenticeship under one of the best Florentine painters at the time, Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli was able to make a name for himself with his painting Allegory of Fortitude.

波提切利在当时佛罗伦萨最好的画家之一弗拉·菲利普·里皮手下当过学徒后，凭借他的画作《坚韧》一举成名。