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影视剧中的职场美语 第2期:事业空窗

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  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。


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1 laboring 2749babc1b2a966d228f9122be56f4cb     
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 4iLzm     
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 a2oxR     
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 e830eb9ac9fd5a70bf67387e070a9616     
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 8l8zT3     
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 BCOxY     
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。
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