影视剧中的职场美语 第2期:事业空窗

　　Woman:So, Mr. Cooper, you're looking for a job.
那么，Cooper先生，你想找份工作。
Sheldon:A menial job. Like yours.
一份低等工作。像你的一样。
Woman:Well, thank you for noticing. I'm "Menial Employee of the Month." Do you have a particular field in mind?
谢谢提醒。我是“月度低等员工”。你想过找哪种类型的工作吗?
Sheldon:I do. For thousands of years, The lowest classes of the human race have spent their lives laboring¹ to erect² monuments under the lash³ of their betters, until finally, they dropped down, and be came one with the dust through which they trudged⁴. Do you have anything like that?
是的。几千年来，最底层的人们耗尽一生在工头的皮鞭下建造出纪念碑，直到最后，他们全倒下了，全身布满辛苦工作的尘土。这里有这样的工作吗?
Woman:No.
没有。
Sheldon:Shouldn't you check your database?
你不用查一下数据库吗?
Woman:No.
没有。
Sheldon:You didn't really type?
你根本没有打字?
Woman:I didn't really have to. So, how about construction?
根本不需要。那么建筑业呢?
Sheldon:Oh, that would be good! Sawing, hammering, eating out of a lunch pail, as my workingclass fellows and I sit perched precariously⁵ on a girder high above the metropolis⁶.
噢，那很好啊!锯木，锤击，吃午餐桶里的食物，像我的工友们一样我摇摇欲坠地栖坐在都市上空的高梁上。
Woman:No, no. This is putting up sheetrock at a housing project in Rosemead.
不，不是。这份工作是为Rosemead的一个房屋搭建石膏水泥板。

1 laboring   

n.劳动，操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱，做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而，这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘（部分）

2 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

3 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

4 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 precariously   

adv.不安全地；危险地；碰机会地；不稳定地

参考例句：

• The hotel was perched precariously on a steep hillside. 旅馆危险地坐落在陡峭的山坡上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge. 电话放在窗台上，摇摇欲坠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 metropolis   

n.首府；大城市

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
• He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。