职场英语情景交际之英国上班族下班遥当乞丐Jack: I'm tired to death.
累死了。
Ann: What did you do today?
你遥干了什么?
Jack: I did a part-time job.
I worked 8 hours and earned 12yuan.
我做遥了。
遥了8小时只遥了12元。
Ann: Even a beggar would earn more than you.
就算是乞丐也遥得比你多。
Jack: Absolutely.
确实如此。
Ann: In Britain, some office workers beg from passers-by after work as their second job.
在英国，一些上班族下班后当街乞讨，以此作为自己的“第二职业”。
Jack: How much do they get?
他们能讨到多少遥?
Ann: They may get as much as 200 pounds a night if they are lucky enough.
幸运的话，他们每晚可以讨到200英镑。
Jack: 200 pounds?
So they can get tens of thousands of pounds a year.
200英镑?
那他们一年下来就能有几万英镑。
Ann: Yeah.
That's really a good job.
是的。
那真是一份好工作。