My first job was in an office but after six months, I knew that I never wanted a desk-bound job again after my contract was up.

我第一份工作做文职，写字楼，只做了半年，合约满之后不想再做文职。

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I no longer travel overseas as much as I used to, though my writing and teaching at a local polytechnic leads me to travel around a lot more than a typical desk-bound job.

我不再像以往一般频繁出国了，尽管我在一所本地理工大学的写作和教学，让我要到处走走的次数，比典型的案头工作要多的多。

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Surely the envy of any desk-bound office worker, Tommy Lynch has travelled over 27,000 miles this year for his job, testing holiday resort waterslides.

汤米林奇的工作肯定让办公室上班一族羡慕不已，他今年已经跑27000英里，测试度假村水滑道。

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