纽约时报:19.5.13大学申请书选登:修理管道教给我的事
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These are skills and distinctions I have learned over the past five years as an assistant to my dad in his one-man plumbing business. My summer job involves messes that constantly elicit physical and mental discomfort, and the work demands an attitude of grittiness and grace that I frequently struggle to adopt. Nevertheless, I persist. I am the plumber’s daughter and the plumber’s helper.Each humid morning, I wrestle myself into a pair of used men’s jeans from Goodwill that most of my peers would refuse to be seen wearing in public. I slip my tape measure onto my belt, tie my hair back as I run out the door, and climb into the passenger seat of the plumber truck, which is really an aged white minivan with two kinds of pipes strapped to the top.
这些技能和特点都是过去五年里我为父亲的个人管道业务担任助理时学到的,这份暑期工经常需要处理给身体和精神带来不适的烂摊子,而且需要坚韧和优雅的态度,我往往很难应付得来。不过我坚持下来了。我是管道工的女儿,也是管道工的帮手。每个潮湿的早晨,我都要勉强穿上一条Goodwill慈善二手店里买来的男式牛仔裤,大多数同龄人都不愿意在公共场合穿成这样。我把卷尺挂在腰带上,跑出家门时匆匆把头发束成辫子,爬上管道工施工车的副驾驶座。这是一辆有年头的白色小面包车,车顶绑着两种管子。
1. distinction 英 [dɪˈstɪŋkʃn] 美 [dɪˈstɪŋkʃn]
n.差别;区别;对比;优秀;杰出;卓越;特质;特点;不同凡响
复数: distinctions
记忆技巧:dis 分开 + tinct〔= stinct〕刺;刺激 + ion,distinct 的名词 → 区别;优秀
2. involve英 [ɪnˈvɒlv] 美 [ɪnˈvɑːlv]
v.包含;需要;使成为必然部分(或结果);牵涉;牵连;影响;(使)参加,加入
第三人称单数: involves 现在分词: involving 过去式: involved 过去分词: involved
3. frequent英 [ˈfriːkwənt , friˈkwent] 美 [ˈfriːkwənt , friˈkwent]
adj.频繁的;经常发生的
v.常去,常到(某处)
第三人称单数: frequents 现在分词: frequenting 过去式: frequented 过去分词: frequented
4. demand 英[dɪˈmɑːnd] 美[dɪˈmænd]
n.(坚决的)要求;所需之物;(尤指困难、使人劳累、令人烦恼等的)要求;(顾客的)需求,需要
v.强烈要求;需要
第三人称单数: demands 复数: demands 现在分词: demanding 过去式: demanded 过去分词: demanded
5. adopt 英[əˈdɒpt] 美[əˈdɑːpt]
v.收养;领养;采用(某方法);采取(某态度);正式通过,表决采纳(建议、政策等)
第三人称单数: adopts 现在分词: adopting 过去式: adopted 过去分词: adopted
纽约时报双语:修理管道教给我的事
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