时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:影视剧中的职场美语


英语课

  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 laboring 1 to erect 2 monuments under the lash 3 of their betters, until finally, they dropped down, and be came one with the dust through which they trudged 4. 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 precariously 5 on a girder high above the metropolis 6.

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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