建筑工人

In Shanghai, one of the fastest growing megacities in the world, it's easy to get lost in the relentless percussion of jackhammers and pile drivers, bulldozers and building cranes.

作为全球发展速度最快的超级大都市之一，上海的发展可以说是日新月异。到处都可以看到建筑工人忙碌的身影，一栋栋摩天大厦拔地而起。

Even old ruling-party stalwarts such as doctors and construction workers are shifting allegiances, according to a survey by Kyodo, a news agency.

共同社的一份调查显示，即使是医生和建筑工人这样的老支持者，在此政策下也抛弃了忠诚。

My father was out of town, working as a construction laborer 100 miles away. My mother sent me with my 6-year-old brother to fetch the midwife, an opium-smoking illiterate.

那时候，我父亲在100英里外的外地当建筑工人，所以母亲只好派我和我6岁的哥哥去请接生婆，也就是一个抽鸦片的文盲。

Prehistoric bones believed to belong to ancient sloths have been discovered by construction crews working on the massive Everglades..

在美国佛罗里达州从事埃弗格来兹沼泽地恢复工程的建筑工人们近日发现了一些据信是属于古代树懒的史前遗骨。

The department store down the street from me in Nara abruptly closed last week—and the construction workers dismantling it seemed happy not to be in the position of the salarymen they hear about who get up every morning, go to the park in coat-and-tie and return home at 7 p.m. to a family that doesn't know daddy has been laid off.

上个礼拜，我奈良住所附近有一家百货商店突然关门了-负责拆迁的建筑工人们似乎很开心，因为他们和那所商店的雇员处境可不同，听说有些雇员仍然每天早起，衣冠楚楚地走进公园，晃到下午7点才回家，而他的家人们还不知道他已经被解雇了。

Worker safety is a major issue in China, and construction workers have endured harsh conditions for years.

在中国劳动者的安全问题甚为突出，而且建筑工人常年承受着恶劣的工作环境。

West German construction workers talk in West Berlin on April 18, 1967, at the wall as the communists hold their seventh party congress in East Berlin.

1967年4月18日，当东德的共产党员在东德召开第7届党代会的时候，西德的建筑工人争相交谈着。

Using the Wrong Wage Rates for Labor: Hourly labor wages for construction workers vary countrywide.

用了错误的人动费：每小时的建筑工人人工费全国各地是不同的。

Paul, Minn., who dressed like a construction worker complete with tool belt and hard hat.

搬运工的穿戴像一位建筑工人，用工具带和安全硬头盔全副武装。

Steel-tipped boots are rare.

专业的工作靴在这里很罕见，中国的建筑工人穿着单薄的帆布鞋爬上爬下，通常不系任何安全绳。

I bought a nice wrist watch as a surprise for my wife's birthday.

我买了一个漂亮的手表想要给我妻子的生日一个惊喜。

We don t expect students to be sponges. You can t expect to absorb everything and not have any questions to ask.

我们并不期待我们的学生是一块海绵，你没可能接收所有的东西而不提出任何问题。