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当今的农民（用直升飞机）把农药喷洒到田里。 This woman is washing dishes again. 这个女人又在洗盘子了。 The farmer is hoeing the fields. 农民在耕地。 The smith is making shoes for a horse while "braining" his cat. 铁匠在煅马蹄铁时，他的猫听得头铛铛作响。 This man always has clean floors and wet feet. 这个男人常常弄湿了脚刷洗地板。 
他赶着去上班。 The worker is pounding steel pipes to mend the leakage of water. 管道工为了修缮漏水而敲打着下水道的铁管。 The husband mows his lawn on Saturdays. 那位丈夫在每个周六修剪草坪。 Someone is working in the manhole. 有人在（锅炉的）检修孔中工作。 absent-minded 心不在焉 
丈夫为爱犬建造了狗屋。 This lady is sweeping the section of sidewalk that her husbands forget. 这位女人在打扫丈夫忘记打扫的人行道。 This driver cannot driver any farther because there is a man in the manhole. 由于（锅炉的）检修孔里有人在,所以那个司机再也无法前进。 The designer is going to create a new type of dress. 服装设计师正在设计新款女装。 The watchmaker is near-sighted. 这位钟表匠是个近视眼。 
裱纸匠正在贴着附粘胶的壁纸。 The waiter serves only the best food, of course. 当然，侍者只端来最佳的膳食。 The electrician wears rubber shoes on the job. 电工在工作中穿着绝缘鞋。 This man is painting the house the wrong color. 这个男人在漆着和房屋不相称的油漆。 The roofer is patching the roof with metal. 屋面防水工在用铁皮修补屋顶。 
玻璃清洁工担负着危险的工作。 The firemen fight fires and rescue people. 消防队员和火灾搏斗，拯救人们。 The mechanic repairs cars. 机工修理汽车。 The sanitary engineer collects garbage. 卫生队员收集垃圾。 The newsboy throws his papers in the wrong place. 报童把报纸投错了地方。 
编辑在检查所有的时事消息。 The plumber has made a mistake. 配管工犯了一个错误。 The shore man is carrying a heavy load. 码头工人在搬运沉重的东西。 The mailman is delivering letters. 邮差在发信。 This man risks his life. 这个男人在冒着生命危险。 
他在操纵起重机。 This man yells directions and gets sunburned. 这个人一边晒着太阳,一边在大声下达指令。 This man digs foundations for skyscrapers. 这个人在挖着高层大楼的地基。（建设？破坏？） The man mines coal where day seems like night. 这个人在即便是白天也犹如晚上的地方开采煤炭。 The milkman hopes the cows have plenty of milk every morning. 挤牛奶的人希望每天清晨都能得到大量牛奶。 
伐木工人边砍树边擦汗。 This woman used too much soap in her washing machine. 这个女人放了太多的洗衣粉到洗衣机里。
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