上周，一位水管工在我的住所完成了工作。
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。
At the age of 74, he is still going strong as the oldest plumber in business in Boise, Idaho.
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。
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.
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。
It might then make sense that, as one would welcome a recommended plumber, regulators might be more willing to trust companies with stronger reputations.
他宁愿做一个水管工的伙伴，做一份真正需要动手的工作，也不愿坐在桌子前学习流体静力学，而不知道这些东西有什么实际用途。
He would rather be a plumber's mate and do a real job that requires doing than learning about hydrostatics sitting at a desk, without understanding what practical use they are going to be.
管工和电工免费提供服务。
高速航行时，主涡轮机接管工作。
他将弹簧绑紧，尽管工件都保持不动。
He wound the springs tight, though the works remained quiescent.
他接着说：“我得到这份'水管工'的工作。”
如果不是水管工，在电力公司或者贝尔南方工作也行。
If he's not a plumber, he'll work at the power company or maybe BellSouth.
然而，证交委的监管工作比欧洲要零碎得多。
The SEC, however, operates in a regulatory regime that is much more fragmented than in Europe.
想想看，100年前谁会关心你是个电工还是水管工呢？
Think about it, in 100 years do you think anybody is going to care if you were an electrician or a plumber?
“你不可能靠400欧元过一个月”，一个退休的水管工人说。
“You cannot make ends meet on 400 euros a month, ” declared one retired plumber.
《新巴塞尔协议》指望依靠“市场约束”来承担部分监管工作。
The Basel 2 rules count on "market discipline" to do some of the work of keeping Banks in line.
水管工们已逐渐用塑料管代替铜管，中国也已用更便宜的铝代替空调元件。
Plumbers are steadily switching from copper pipes to plastic ones; and the Chinese have found a way of substituting the metal with cheaper aluminium in air-conditioning units.
我们的目标是：洗刷水管工人迟到和脏乱的坏名声，并扭转其令人尴尬的口碑。
The goal: conquer plumbers' reputation for lateness, messiness and embarrassing rear views.
事实上，胖胖的水管工在1996年的《超级马里奥64》的平台上就表现完美。
Fact is, the portly plumber perfected platforming way back in 1996 with Super Mario 64.
那么现在你是忠诚地做同样的照管工作呢，还是不忠诚地让花园自生自灭？
So do you faithfully replicate the same work, or do you unfaithfully let the garden look after itself?
税务机关的监管工作并不繁杂，因为所有的金融交易都采用的是电子记录。
All financial trades are electronically recorded; it would be simple for them to be monitored by tax authorities.
分管工作：负责建设、国土资源、环保、地震等方面工作，联系政法工作。
Responsibilities: Responsible for construction, national land and recourses, environmental protection, earthquake and other work. To liaise with work related to politics and law.
甚至那些连一枚钉子都钉不直的男人都被认为是天生的电工、木匠、水管工和机械师。
Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.
这不是她们的的错——通常，球员夫妇是青梅竹马，他以前是水管工、泥水匠或老师。
It's not their fault - very often, the couples are childhood sweethearts who would have stayed together had he been a plumber, a plasterer or a teacher.
尽管工作车间并没有被具体的涉及到，它应当是指导活动中的一个重要部分。
Although workshops are not specifically referenced, they should be a key part of the mentoring activity.
尽管工具与激励都有了，但要使得自底向上的方法流行起来还是有相当的难度。
But even if the tools and incentive exists, to make the bottom-up approach widespread is difficult.
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.
公务员和英国航空公司机务人员已经加入其中，管工和天然气钳工也被推选出来。
Civil servants and British Airways cabin crew have walked out. Tube-workers and gas-fitters have been balloted.
公务员和英国航空公司机务人员已经加入其中，管工和天然气钳工也被推选出来。
Civil servants and British Airways cabin crew have walked out. Tube-workers and gas-fitters have been balloted.
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