【英语趣味课堂】稀奇古怪的工作-Odd Job

Todd: OK, Jeff, we're talking about odd¹ jobs. Good jobs, bad jobs, strange jobs we've done. What's an odd job you've had Jeff?

 

Jeff: Todd, one of my oddest² odd jobs might be was when I was backpacking through Europe after university, I ran out of money in Israel and there's an organization called a Kibutz, where it's communal³ living and you can do a job and they give you your room and board.They they don't pay you in money but they give you food and lodging⁴ and a good experience of living with the Israelis so I worked on a fish pond. A fish pond. And it means⁵ raising fish, growing fish that they are going to sell in the supermarket. And so what that entails⁶ was I got up in the morning and we fed the fish. You has a machine that put fish food, fish pellets into the lake, into the fish pond and then you'd have to clean up the fish pond, and you'd have to make some calls to the markets, to the supermarkets and find out who wanted what, when they needed it and make sure that your system, your fish could be ready when they needed it and it was beautiful because it was working with nature sort of out in the Israeli countryside and it was sunny and warm everyday. You were working with other good quality guys, so it was good. It was an interesting job, very odd, odd job, and it was a good experience as well.

1 odd   

adj.奇特的；临时的；奇数的；n.[pl.]机会

参考例句：

• She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样，不知出了什么事。
• He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人！

2 oddest   

adj.奇怪的( odd的最高级 )；临时的；奇数的；不固定的

参考例句：

• She plumps out the truth at the oddest times. 她在最不适当的时候说出实话。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• There's the oddest-looking man standing at the front door! 门口站著个长相非常古怪的男人！ 来自互联网

3 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

4 lodging   

n.寄宿，住所；(大学生的)校外宿舍

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
• Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?

5 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

6 entails   

使…成为必要( entail的第三人称单数 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需

参考例句：

• The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
• This job entails a lot of hard work. 这项工作需要十分努力。