英语杂谈：99 The best job

My name is Johan, I feel exhausted¹, already. I've been doing this job for two days and I've already lost a lot of weight,really. You can earn 100 dollars a day, maybe more than that, 200. It depends, but, it's still a good money. This is the best job I could get in the U.S.A.

Working is like a hell² on the pedicab. I'm ready for a stroke³. We are going to be starving if it continues like this.

Too hot, too hot.

I'm very tired but ... aha.

Drink the water all day and all night.

We bought him water.Sure,we feel sorry for him,but that's what he wants to do. He seems to be enjoying it. He's a great tour guide.

Oh, I love the heat. You know, solar power is good. I am getting solar power.

I'm from Siberia, this is the way how I pay for my school, you know. So, and today it's a good, you know, a good way to make some money because horses are not allowed to work, it's too dangerous for horses, not too dangerous for people I guess.

I'm gonna go for my MBA in the beginning of the next year, so that's, that's the reason, otherwise I won't be over here. Believe me, I'll be on the beach, you know.
 

1 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

2 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

3 stroke   

n.笔画，击打，连续的动作，中风，心跳；vt.奉承，轻抚； vi.击打，心跳...

参考例句：

• He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。
• He broke the lock with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把锁砸坏了。