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。

We had to call in a plumber to unblock the drain.

我们只得叫个管子工来疏通下水道。

I was apprenticed to a plumber when I was fourteen.

我14岁时给一个管子工做学徒。

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。

Has the plumber been there yet?

管道工来了吗？

Honey? We need to call a plumber!

亲爱的，我们要赶快喊个水管工来！

Where's that plumber when you need him?

当你需要时，管道工又在哪里？

He's a plumber, right?

我记得他是个水管工人，对吧？

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？

I'm going to call in a plumber this afternoon.

今天下午我会打电话叫一个管道工。

I'm going to call a plumber to come this afternoon.

我准备今天下午叫一个管道工人来。

A plumber and an electrician donated their services.

管工和电工免费提供服务。

I am going to call a plumber to come this afternoon.

今天下午我会打电话叫一个管道工来。

When she got to work, she asked that a plumber be sent.

于是，去上班时，她要求派一个管修工到她家里。

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。

And some manual jobs, such as plumber or cable technician, pay quite well.

比如像管道工或者电线技工等报酬不错的体力活。

“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。