He wanted to go surfing in South Africa, so he got a job house-sitting to pay for it.

他父亲也说：“他想去南非冲浪，因此找了个替人照看房屋的工作来筹备资金。”

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Then the email launches straight into what read like a copy-and-paste job from some form letter. She wanted my help to vote for something she's doing and tell people about it on my blog.

下面的内容却直转急下，根本就是直接从某个套用信函里复制粘贴的东西：她希望我帮她的一项工作投票，并且在博客里做个广告。

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WHEN computer engineer wan Jon Yew left Malaysia in 2005 for a job in Singapore, all he wanted was to work in the city-state for a few years before going home. Now, he says, he will never return.

2005年，电脑工程师Wan Jon Yew离开马来西亚来到新加坡工作时，他满脑子想的是在这个城市国家工作几年后便返回祖国。

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We could do a more general job if we wanted to, but for now, let's assume that one of these firms has its shop at one end of the town, and the other one has its shop at the other end of the town.

如果有需要,我们可以做更全面的分析,但现在,先假设其中一家公司的商店,在城市的一边,另一家公司的商店在城市的另外一边

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The Kodak Funsaver was a product that customers bought for a specific job: They wanted a camera on vacation but either didn't own one or had forgotten to bring one along.

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All he wanted was food for his family, a job, an education for his children and as long as those things were available he could put up with a lot.

BBC: Indonesia on the brink

The energy with which Mr Strauss-Kahn campaigned suggests that he actually wanted the job and will stay in it for a while.

ECONOMIST: Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the new boss.