木工活

He is an artisan, a carpenter by trade.

他是个工匠，靠做木工活维生。

Well, I was a cabinetmaker for 15 years.

我木工活干了15年了。

He amused himself with carpentering during his college years.

大学期间，他以做木工活为乐。

Our gardener is a jack of all trades,he can do carpentering,decorating,a bit of plumbing,and so on.

我们的园丁是一个多面手，他会一点木工活、装潢、修理水管，等等。

Fourth: carpentry, this issue is not what to say.

第四：木工活，这个问题没有什么说的。

And their father taught them carpentry when building the house.

而他们的父亲在修房子的时候教他们木工活。

I have discovered that carpenters have one-track minds.

我发现做木工活的人头脑单一。

Stay out of the wood shop if you are even remotely under the influence of any intoxicants.

哪怕你只是轻微沾染了一点点使你兴奋的东西，也要远离木工活。

The superintendent suggests that Antoine be sent to the Observation Center for Juvenile Delinquents: it's very well organized' there are workshops where they tach the boys to wrok with wood and metal; they can figure out some suitable orientation for him there.

局长建议把安托万送到青少监测中心：那儿有良好的组织和工厂，他们会叫小孩做一些木工活或者铁匠活，还会为小孩的将来设计一条合适的谋生道路。

Once that was done, he set to the real work: with hand drills, handsaws (their teeth rubbed, to run more smoothly, with a candle end), his bevelled-edge chisel and his wide, heavy, trusty Number 7 plane, which he used for everything.

这些一旦完成，就开始真正的木工活了：用的是手钻、手锯（为了拉起来顺手，锯齿是用蜡烛头磨过的），还有他的斜刃凿，还有又宽又沉的7号刨子，这个他用起来得心应手，做什么活时都用的到。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。