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  No drudgery in the ditches

  Sam was dredging the drainage ditch behind the town dump when the downpour began. There were only a couple of small droplets at first, but then the rain really began to fall. He smiled as he hoped that the drought would now be over--they were long due for some rain. He put down his shovel and drill and happily escaped the drudgery of his work to the shed on the hill. Inside he shut the door and sat down to relax.

  Not paying attention to the draft coming in through the walls, Sam's thoughts began to drift. It was a dubious job, cleaning ditches, but he had accepted the dramatic change in lifestyle quite easily. He had never been happy in the corporate world. And he had taken the loss of his job because of downsizing quite hard at first. But then he had accepted the downturn to see what life still had to offer.

  When he found his current job, his family dubbed him lost forever. They had thought he would be able to find a duplicate job in another company, but that thought was dreadful for Sam and he knew that he wouldn' t have been durable enough to be happy again in business. Now Sam was quite happy. It was a drastic change, sure, moving from a nice office in a tall building to always working in fields and ditches, but Sam quite liked being outside and he was happy.

  When the rain stopped Sam peacefully stepped out of the shed and went back to work. The air was fresh and he regretted nothing.

  水溝里干活不覺(jué)累

  開(kāi)始下傾盆大雨時(shí)山姆正在鎮(zhèn)垃圾場(chǎng)后面疏浚排水溝。起初只有幾滴小雨，不久就真的下大了。他笑了，因?yàn)樗Ｍ禐?zāi)會(huì)就此結(jié)束——早就該下點(diǎn)兒雨了。他放下鐵鍬和鉆頭，很高興能到山上避雨處逃避他那單調(diào)乏味的工作。一到里面他就把門關(guān)上，坐下來(lái)休息。

  山姆沒(méi)有注意到從墻縫吹進(jìn)來(lái)的風(fēng)，他的思緒開(kāi)始漂浮起來(lái)。疏通水溝的工作是讓人懷疑，但他還是很輕松地接受了生活方式的突然變化。在公司里他從來(lái)沒(méi)有開(kāi)心過(guò)。由于實(shí)行機(jī)構(gòu)精簡(jiǎn)他失去了工作，一開(kāi)始他還接受不了，但是后來(lái)他接受了這種下降趨勢(shì)，他想看看生活還會(huì)給他些什么。

  找到現(xiàn)在這份工作時(shí)，全家人都稱他是徹底完蛋了。他們?cè)詾樗麜?huì)在另一家公司找到一份和以前完全一樣的工作，但這種想法對(duì)于山姆來(lái)說(shuō)太可怕了，因?yàn)樗浪豢赡苡凶銐虻哪土υ谏探缰匦抡业娇鞓?lè)。現(xiàn)在山姆很幸福。沒(méi)錯(cuò)，變化是大了點(diǎn)兒，從在高樓大廈辦公變?yōu)榭偸窃谔镆昂退疁侠锕ぷ鳎侥泛芟矚g在外面工作，他因此而感到快樂(lè)。

  雨停了，山姆平靜地走出避雨處回去工作。空氣很清新，他一點(diǎn)兒也不后悔。

  單詞詳解

  downpour n.1 傾盆大雨2(日光的)大量照射

  downsize v.裁員,實(shí)行機(jī)構(gòu)精簡(jiǎn);降低(生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn))

  downturn n.(尤指經(jīng)濟(jì)方面的)衰退,下降趨勢(shì)

  draft n.通風(fēng)氣流,通風(fēng)

  drainage n.1 排水,排水法,排水裝置2 排水區(qū),排水面積

  dramatic a.激烈的,猛烈的,極端的

  dreadful a.1 可怕的;極端的;及其大的2(口)糟透了的,非常討厭的

  dredge v.挖掘

  drift v.漂流,游蕩

  drill n.1 鉆頭,鉆床2c 操練,訓(xùn)練

  droplet n.小滴

  drought n.長(zhǎng)期干旱,旱災(zāi)

  drudgery n.苦活,單調(diào)乏味的工作

  dub v.授予...的稱號(hào),給予...的綽號(hào),把...稱為;為電影配音,復(fù)制錄音

  dubious a.引起懷疑的,不確定的;懷疑的,猶豫不決的

  due a.1 欠款的,應(yīng)支付的2 應(yīng)得的,應(yīng)有的3 預(yù)定應(yīng)到的4 到期的,期滿的

  dump v.傾卸,傾倒;傾銷,拋售n.垃圾場(chǎng);傾銷

  duplicate a.完全一樣的;復(fù)制的;成對(duì)的n.復(fù)制品,副本v.復(fù)制,復(fù)印;重復(fù),比的上;使加倍,使成雙

  durable a.耐用的,持久的n.耐用品

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