Smith: Boss, we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs my help.

史密斯：老板，我们家明天要大搞扫除，我老婆让我帮她。

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Yestersay I had a real whammy. My boss fired me, and my wife asked for a divorce.

我昨天真是祸不单行。老闆把我炒鱿鱼，我太太又要求离婚。

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Indeed, he paid his boss to be listed as a dummy worker so that he could leave his work site. Then he and his wife could scrape out a living selling small bags of detergent on the black market.

每个月他还得给老板交钱，才能被允许离开工地，和老婆到黑市去倒卖去污粉来糊口。

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Lambert is best known for creating reality shows like Wife Swap and Undercover Boss.

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When he introduced himself to the American public he used to start most of his speeches with a quip about how his wife was really the boss and would not let him run for office unless he quit smoking.

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She was not fired because of her gender, the court decided, but because her boss and his wife felt Nelson was a threat to their marriage.

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