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。
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。
他是个见习水管工人。
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 plumber connected up all the pipes and turned on the tap.
管子工连接上所有管子，然后打开了水龙头。
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。
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。
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。
As the financial value of some university degrees sinks towards zero, training as a plumber or an engineer will look more attractive.
随着一些大学学位的经济价值降至近乎为零，作为管道工或工程人员的职业培训看来还更具有吸引力。
Using a geothermal system, for example, required the well-digger, the heating and cooling specialist and the plumber to work together.
比如说，使用地热系统就要求地热专家和管道工一同协作。
Using a geothermal system, for example, required the well-digger, the heating and cooling specialist and the plumber to work together.
比如说，使用地热系统就要求地热专家和管道工一同协作。
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