A COMIC novel, “Lucky Jim”, published by Kingsley Amis in 1954, portrayed life as a university lecturer as a grubby, tiresome slog, for all that it was shot through with humour.

Kingsley Amis于1954年出版的一本名为《幸运的吉姆》的滑稽小说，将大学讲师的生活描述成丑陋、艰辛而招人厌烦，贯穿其中的是浓浓的幽默感。

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And the author, a chemical engineer who worked for an insurance company and moonlighted as an anthropology lecturer at Yale University, was an unlikely candidate for international superstardom.

而该文作者，一名在保险公司工作以及在耶鲁大学兼任人类学家讲师的化学工程师，不大被看好能够具备国际超级巨星的风范。

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Helen Keller spent the rest of her life as a writer, lecturer, and advocate for the deaf and blind and other disadvantaged groups.

海伦·凯勒的余生都致力于写作和演讲，声援盲人、聋人和其他弱势群体。

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She went twice in the late 1960s, firstly as a guest of the State Department -- which openly touted her as a future prime minister -- and secondly as a lecturer for the U.S. branch of the English Speaking Union.

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She has worked as an artist for 20 years, studied art in Canada, Italy and Greece and worked as a part time lecturer at the University of Regina.

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Mr Carmichael has variously worked in farming, for a learning disabilities charity, and as a politics lecturer.

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