This past week, a plumber completed work at my residence.
上周，一位水管工在我的住所完成了工作。
At the age of 74, he is still going strong as the oldest plumber in business in Boise, Idaho.
尽管他已经74岁高龄，但身体依然很健壮，是爱达荷州博伊西市商界中最老的水管工。
In my view, it is just as great an achievement to be a plumber or a bricklayer as it is to be a lawyer or a doctor.
在我看来，做一名水管工人或者砖匠，同做一名律师或者医生相比，所取得的成就是同样伟大的。
It might then make sense that, as one would welcome a recommended plumber, regulators might be more willing to trust companies with stronger reputations.
正像屋主会欢迎一个被推荐的水管工一样，管理者可能更信任有很有声望的公司，这应该有一定的道理。
Even without a high-school diploma, a black man can probably find a job if he looks. And some manual jobs, such as plumber or cable technician, pay quite well.
即便没有高中文凭，一个黑人只要有求职意愿，他仍可能找到工作。并且水管工和电缆维修员这类体力活，薪酬还挺不错。
He had served his apprenticeship as a plumber.
他当过管子工学徒。
He has compared it with plumbing, pointing out that a plumber doesn't wake up and say that he can't work with pipes today.
他曾拿写作与修管道作比，指出一个管道工不会一觉醒来就说他今天不能修管道了。
Remember Joe the Plumber? Sadly, so do we.
你还记得管子工乔么，很遗憾，我们还记得）看似很奇怪，这已经离题了。
PLUS: 13 Things Your Plumber Won't Tell you.
什么事情告诉了我们你会很麻烦？
A plumber and an electrician donated their services.
管工和电工免费提供服务。
The threat of the mythical Polish plumber played strongly in France.
波兰水管工的威胁在法国尤其突出。
If he's not a plumber, he'll work at the power company or maybe BellSouth.
如果不是水管工，在电力公司或者贝尔南方工作也行。
“You cannot make ends meet on 400 euros a month, ” declared one retired plumber.
“你不可能靠400欧元过一个月”，一个退休的水管工人说。
So we gave the Plumber King a call and invited him over to fix a broken toilet.
于是我们给渠王打了个电话并邀请他来给我们修一个坏了的马桶。
Fact is, the portly plumber perfected platforming way back in 1996 with Super Mario 64.
事实上，胖胖的水管工在1996年的《超级马里奥64》的平台上就表现完美。
“NOT only is there no God,” said Woody Allen, “but try getting a plumber on weekends.”
美国电影导演伍迪.阿兰说”别说上帝了，在星期天你连个修水管的人都找不到“。
My daughter Judy, who works for a plumbing company, found herself in need of a plumber at home.
我女儿朱迪在一家管道公司工作。一日，她发现自己家里需要一个管道修理工。
You could imagine a plumber named Everett putting up a sign advertising "Everett for everyone."
你可以想像一个叫Everett的水暖工做了一个广告“Everett为每个人服务”。
Since then it has been regarded for the most part as a lowly network plumber: necessary, but dull.
自那以后，思科很大程度上被看做地位低下的网络管道工：必不可少，但却呆板乏味。
Who "Joe the Plumber" is and what role he might play in the remaining 19 days of the presidential race.
“水暖工乔”究竟是谁？他将在投票前的19天里扮演什么角色？
Think about it, in 100 years do you think anybody is going to care if you were an electrician or a plumber?
想想看，100年前谁会关心你是个电工还是水管工呢？
Born on 17 June 1898, he grew up in Combe Down, near Bath, and left school at the age of 15 to train as a plumber.
派奇出生于1898年6月17日，他在毗邻巴斯市的库姆长大，15岁离校后经培训曾成为一名水管工。
"In my view, it is just as great an achievement to be a plumber or a bricklayer as it is to be a lawyer or a doctor.
在我看来，做一名水管工人或者砖匠，同做一名律师或者医生相比，所取得的成就是同样伟大的。
Joe the Plumber said Thursday he doesn't have a license and doesn't need one, because he works for someone else.
“Joethe plumber”于本周四称，他还没有营业执照，不过他也不需要，因为现在他给别人打工。
Jien Wen-ker, a 46-year-old plumber working in the village of Hsinkai, said a landslide there had buried 32 residents.
现年46岁的Jien Wen - ker是新开村的水管工，他说泥石流掩埋了32名村民。
The bald, brawny plumber asked Obama about his plan to increase taxes for people who earn more than $250, 000 a year.
这位肌肉发达的光头水暖工询问了奥巴马的税收计划。 奥巴马主张增加高收入阶层的所得税。
If she says, 'the kitchen tap is leaking, let's call a plumber', he hears, 'You're useless, I'll get another man to do it!'
如果她说，“厨房水龙头在漏水，我们打电话给堵漏工吧”，他听到的是，“你没用。我要找别的男人来堵漏！”
The plumber had always been lucky at games. But the day he went to the carnival with the polar bear it all came to a poignant end.
这个水暖工玩游戏时一贯幸运，但是那天他和北极熊一起去参加欢庆会时，他的运气令人痛苦地结束了。
The plumber had always been lucky at games. But the day he went to the carnival with the polar bear it all came to a poignant end.
这个水暖工玩游戏时一贯幸运，但是那天他和北极熊一起去参加欢庆会时，他的运气令人痛苦地结束了。
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