This past week, a plumber completed work at my residence.
上周，一位水管工在我的住所完成了工作。
At the age of 74, he is still going strong as the oldest plumber in business in Boise, Idaho.
尽管他已经74岁高龄，但身体依然很健壮，是爱达荷州博伊西市商界中最老的水管工。
In my view, it is just as great an achievement to be a plumber or a bricklayer as it is to be a lawyer or a doctor.
在我看来，做一名水管工人或者砖匠，同做一名律师或者医生相比，所取得的成就是同样伟大的。
It might then make sense that, as one would welcome a recommended plumber, regulators might be more willing to trust companies with stronger reputations.
正像屋主会欢迎一个被推荐的水管工一样，管理者可能更信任有很有声望的公司，这应该有一定的道理。
He had served his apprenticeship as a plumber.
他当过管子工学徒。
We had to call in a plumber to unblock the drain.
我们只得叫个管子工来疏通下水道。
I was apprenticed to a plumber when I was fourteen.
我14岁时给一个管子工做学徒。
He has compared it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn't wake up and say that he can't work with pipes today.
他曾拿写作与修管道作比，指出一个管道工不会一觉醒来就说他今天不能修管道了。
Has the plumber been there yet?
管道工来了吗？
Honey? We need to call a plumber!
亲爱的，我们要赶快喊个水管工来！
Where's that plumber when you need him?
当你需要时，管道工又在哪里？
我记得他是个水管工人，对吧？
I'm going to call in a plumber this afternoon.
今天下午我会打电话叫一个管道工。
I'm going to call a plumber to come this afternoon.
我准备今天下午叫一个管道工人来。
A plumber and an electrician donated their services.
管工和电工免费提供服务。
I am going to call a plumber to come this afternoon.
今天下午我会打电话叫一个管道工来。
If he's not a plumber, he'll work at the power company or maybe BellSouth.
如果不是水管工，在电力公司或者贝尔南方工作也行。
And some manual jobs, such as plumber or cable technician, pay quite well.
比如像管道工或者电线技工等报酬不错的体力活。
“You cannot make ends meet on 400 euros a month, ” declared one retired plumber.
“你不可能靠400欧元过一个月”，一个退休的水管工人说。
My daughter Judy, who works for a plumbing company, found herself in need of a plumber at home.
我女儿朱迪在一家管道公司工作。一日，她发现自己家里需要一个管道修理工。
You could imagine a plumber named Everett putting up a sign advertising "Everett for everyone."
你可以想像一个叫Everett的水暖工做了一个广告“Everett为每个人服务”。
Since then it has been regarded for the most part as a lowly network plumber: necessary, but dull.
自那以后，思科很大程度上被看做地位低下的网络管道工：必不可少，但却呆板乏味。
Born on 17 June 1898, he grew up in Combe Down, near Bath, and left school at the age of 15 to train as a plumber.
派奇出生于1898年6月17日，他在毗邻巴斯市的库姆长大，15岁离校后经培训曾成为一名水管工。
As the financial value of some university degrees sinks towards zero, training as a plumber or an engineer will look more attractive.
随着一些大学学位的经济价值降至近乎为零，作为管道工或工程人员的职业培训看来还更具有吸引力。
But whatever highfalutin 'terms or techniques are used, the plumber and his boss both understand pipes and the messy risks in fixing them.
但无论使用的术语或技术有多么夸张，管道工和他的老板都了解管道，清楚修理时可能碰到的麻烦。
Whether you are a plumber or a lawyer, you will experience your job as play to the degree that it entails lots of occupational self-direction.
无论你是个水管工还是律师，如果你的工作需要高度的自主性，你都会觉得它像游戏一样。
Whether you are a plumber or a lawyer, you will experience your job as play to the degree that it entails lots of occupational self-direction.
无论你是个水管工还是律师，如果你的工作需要高度的自主性，你都会觉得它像游戏一样。
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