英语小达人 201 In Prison vs. at Work

 　　In Prison vs. at Work

　　蹲监狱和上班

　　IN PRISON... You spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell.

　　在监狱里…… 你大部分时间待在8x10大小的牢房里。

　　AT WORK... You spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle¹.

　　上班时…… 你大部分时间待在6x8大小的格子间里。

　　IN PRISON... You get three meals a day.

　　在监狱里…… 你一天吃三顿饭。

　　AT WORK... You only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.

　　上班时…… 你只有一次工间休用来吃饭，而且这顿饭是要付钱的。

　　IN PRISON... You get time off for good behavior.

　　在监狱里…… 你表现好的话会获得减刑。

　　AT WORK... You get rewarded for good behavior with more work.

　　上班时…… 对你表现好的奖赏就是更多的工作。

　　IN PRISON... A guard locks and unlocks all the door for you.

　　在监狱里…… 有看守为你开关所有的门。

　　AT WORK... You must carry around a security card and unlock and open all the doors yourself.

　　上班时…… 你得随身带着门禁卡自己动手开所有的门。

　　IN PRISON... You can watch TV and play games.

　　在监狱里…… 你可以看电视和玩游戏。

　　AT WORK... You get fired for watching TV and playing games.

　　上班时…… 如果你看电视和玩游戏就会被解雇。

　　IN PRISON... You get your own toilet.

　　在监狱里…… 你有自己的马桶。

　　AT WORK... You have to share.

　　上班时…… 你得和别人共用马桶。

　　IN PRISON... They allow your family and friends to visit.

　　在监狱里…… 你的家人和朋友们可以来探视你。

　　AT WORK... You cannot even speak to your family and friends.

　　上班时…… 你甚至都不能和家人和朋友们通话。

　　IN PRISON... All expenses are paid by taxpayers² with no work required.

　　在监狱里…… 你的所有费用是由纳税人支付的，你都不需要用劳动来换取。

　　AT WORK... You get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct³ taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.

　　上班时…… 你得支付为了去上班而产生的所有费用。另外还要从你的工资中扣除税款以支付监狱里那些犯人的费用。

　　IN PRISON... You spend most of your time looking through bars from the inside wanting to get out.

　　在监狱里…… 大部分时间里，你透过栅栏望向外面想要出去。

　　AT WORK... You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.

　　上班时…… 大部分时间里，你想着出来到酒吧里去。

　　IN PRISON... They ball-and-chain you when you go somewhere.

　　在监狱里…… 你只有在要去某些地方时才会被带上镣铐。

　　AT WORK... You are just ball-and-chained.

　　上班时…… 你就是被禁锢了。

　　IN PRISON... You get your own room.

　　在监狱里…… 你拥有一个单间。

　　AT WORK... You have to share.

　　上班时…… 你得和别人共处一室。

　　IN PRISON... You can join many programs which you can leave at any time.

　　在监狱里…… 你可以参加很多活动，而且可以随时离开。

　　AT WORK... There are some programs you can never get out of.

　　上班时…… 总有些活动避无可避。

　　IN PRISON... There are wardens⁴ who are often sadistic⁵.

　　在监狱里…… 有些看守是施虐狂。

　　AT WORK... You have managers.

　　上班时…… 你是有上司的。

　　IN PRISON... You have unlimited⁶ time to read jokes.

　　在监狱里…… 你有的是时间看笑话。

　　AT WORK... You get fired if you get caught.

　　上班时…… 如果你看笑话被抓到的话就会被炒鱿鱼。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. allow sb. to do sth.

　　允许；容许；准许某人做某事；

　　eg. The children are not allowed to watch violent TV programmes.

　　儿童不准收看含暴力内容的电视节目。

　　eg. The Government will allow them to advertise on radio and television.

　　政府将准许他们在广播和电视上做广告。

　　2. ball-and-chain

　　束缚；带着脚镣手铐

　　eg. The steady accumulation of small debts was a ball and chain to his progress.

　　不断累积的小债务妨碍了他的发展不断累积的小债务妨碍了他的发展。

　　eg. Mr Frankin always referred to his wife as his ball and chain.

　　弗兰肯先生一直把妻子看作是自己的拖累。

　　3. get out of

　　摆脱；逃避

　　eg. She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that.

　　她要靠运气才能摆脱那样的困境。

　　eg. It's amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes.

　　人们为逃税而做出的种种事情令人吃惊。

1 cubicle   

n.大房间中隔出的小室

参考例句：

• She studies in a cubicle in the school library.她在学校图书馆的小自习室里学习。
• A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。

2 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

3 deduct   

vt.扣除，减去

参考例句：

• You can deduct the twenty - five cents out of my allowance.你可在我的零用钱里扣去二角五分钱。
• On condition of your signing this contract,I will deduct a percentage.如果你在这份合同上签字，我就会给你减免一个百分比。

4 wardens   

n.看守人( warden的名词复数 )；管理员；监察员；监察官

参考例句：

• Air raid wardens in tin hats self-importantly stalked the streets. 空袭民防队员戴着钢盔神气活现地走在街上昂首阔步。 来自辞典例句
• The game wardens tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. 猎物保护区管理员用麻醉射器让犀牛静了下来。 来自辞典例句

5 sadistic   

adj.虐待狂的

参考例句：

• There was a sadistic streak in him.他有虐待狂的倾向。
• The prisoners rioted against mistreatment by sadistic guards.囚犯因不堪忍受狱警施虐而发动了暴乱。

6 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。