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Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.
大多数人一生都在寻找合适的工作。还有一些人从来没有机会去做能使他们满意的工作。
When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.
当我退休的时候，我晚上要在壁炉旁翻看那些盒子。里面有些东西应该烧掉。
Customers who have to come back and spend, or customers who just don't want the hassle of leaving - those are the ones who are most worth attracting.
那些不得不回来消费的顾客，或者那些不想麻烦离开的顾客——这些才是最值得吸引的。
Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is a nice thing.
除了社交生活，拥有一群和你一起工作、一起消磨时间、一起学习如何工作的核心人群是一件好事。
I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.
我认为每个人都应该上大学，拿到学位，然后做六个月的酒保和六个月的出租车司机。这样他们才会真正受到教育。
We really think it is a good thing for scientists to spend a little bit of their time either in the community or in schools or helping to train high school teachers.
我们真的认为这是一件好事，科学家花一点时间在社区或学校或帮助培训高中教师。
If I have to spend a lot of time on planes, I try to think of this as time off. In certain ways, it's more restful than home: no Internet, no phones, no interruptions.
如果我不得不花很多时间在飞机上，我会试着把这当成休息时间。在某些方面，它比家里更宁静:没有互联网，没有电话，没有干扰。
I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.
我知道你得注意你是怎么花这些钱的。这可不是件容易的事。这不是人们认为最有趣的事情，但这是正确的事情。
You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.
你知道，我是个废物。但我有决心，我也明白，足球的基础是控球技术，如果你花时间在这上面，你就会收获回报。
If you factor in not just who's doing what at home, but how much more time working fathers are spending on work outside the home, on average they spend two hours more per day outside the home.
如果你不仅考虑到谁在家做什么，还考虑到在职父亲在户外工作的时间增加了多少，他们平均每天在户外工作的时间增加了两个小时。
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.
对于一个以熙熙攘攘而臭名昭著的国家，我们花了大量的时间在窗前排队，只是等待。
To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing - that is a gift.
在我这个年龄，在经济上独立的情况下，我可以帮助开发东西，推广我相信的东西，我可以说很多不，花时间写作——这是一种天赋。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There are times everyone needs to be together for me and we all just work together; making sure that my energy is good and right when I go do what I'm going to do. That means the family needs to spend time together.
有时候，为了我，每个人都需要在一起，我们只是一起工作;确保我在做我要做的事情时精力充沛。这意味着这个家庭需要花时间在一起。
It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.
在没有现实检验的情况下，你很难一次独自工作数年。
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
如果你知道如何量入为出，你就有了“魔法石”。
You can spend your time daydreaming or make use of it in other ways.
你可以把时间花在白日梦上，或者用其他方式来利用它。
I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.
我是一个家庭主妇:我花在家务上的时间比花在其他任何事情上的时间都多。
I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.
我在头发上花的时间并不像人们想的那么多。我洗完澡，在上面涂上一些油脂，就做完了。