自考英语（二）60讲 Lesson 60

本讲为2006年下半年新的教学内容，请对照教材、练习册和语法书听录音！   Unit 13   难句分析       1.       He cannot be really happy if he is compelled by society to do what he does not enjoy doing, or if what he enjoys doing is ignored by society as of no value or importance.   2.       In a society where slavery in the strict sense has been abolished, the sign that what a man does is of social value is that he is paid money to do it, but a laborer2 today can rightly be called a wage slave.   3.       A man is a laborer if the job (society offers him) is of no interest to himself but he is compelled to take it by the necessity of earning a living and supporting his family.   4.       Whether a job is to be classified as labor1 or work depends, not on the job itself, but on the tastes of the individual (who undertakes it).   5.       He is therefore more likely to take too little leisure than too much;   so that it is natural for him to imagine that the fewer hours he has to spend laboring3, and the more hours he is free to play, the better.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 laborer   

n.劳动者，劳工

参考例句：

• Her husband had been a farm laborer.她丈夫以前是个农场雇工。
• He worked as a casual laborer and did not earn much.他当临时工，没有赚多少钱。

3 laboring   

n.劳动，操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱，做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而，这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘（部分）