老板 Bruce 因为秘书请假没人使唤了而自己去冲咖啡的事儿，可能当时他觉得丢了面子而一直怏怏不乐的，总监 Lawrence 看出不对劲儿了赶紧上前去劝他 :"Don't blame her for that, it's difficult to earn a livelihood as an average Joe...这事儿你可别怪她，本来作为一个普通人维持生计就够难的了......"
唉，虽说这是句求情的话，但怎么听上去就那么心酸呢......是啊，我们大家终究都只是个普通人，都得靠着那点儿可怜的工资过活呢呀~得啦，不说啦（说多了都是泪），咱还是好好学点儿英语吧~今天咱们来说两个词儿，一个就是"average Joe", 相信看过昨天文章的朋友们都懂了，"a cup of joe 一杯咖啡" 就是来自“普通人的饮品 (the drink of an average joe）”，所以这个"average Joe"说得就是像你我一样的普通人，原因很简单，就是因为在外国叫"Joe"的人太多啦，所以就约定俗成为形容“平常百姓”的词儿了。另一个词儿就是"livelihood", 它的同义词就是"living", 就像大家常说的那句话似的"I don't like my job but at least it's a living/livelihood (= a way of earning money)." 虽说我不喜欢我的工作，但至少它是一种谋生的手段啊。得嘞，今儿个就说到这儿，加油吧，Joe！
average Joe
普通人，平常人
【En】
An average Joe is an average or ordinary man.
一个普通人、平常的人。
an average or typical man.
一个一般或普通的人。
livelihood ['laɪvli.hʊd]
生活来源；赚钱谋生的手段；饭碗，生计; 糊口；谋生之道
【En】
(the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc.
(某人挣钱的方式)人们需要支付食物、住所、衣服等的钱。
Livelihood is the job or other source of income that gives you the money to buy the things you need.
生计是指工作或其他收入来源，让你有钱买你需要的东西。
the way in which you earn money in order to live.
你为了生活而赚钱的方式。
【recite fluently from memory 滚瓜烂熟】
earn [gain, get, make] a [one's] livelihood by...
靠...为生
Lose one's livelihood
砸饭碗
eke out a scanty livelihood
勉强维持生计
pick up a scanty livelihood
过苦日子（维持微薄的生活）
earn one's own livelihood
自食其力
To pick up a Bare livelihood
仅能糊口
To seek for a livelihood
营觅生计
● I'm just an average Joe.
我只是个普通人。
● Fishing is the main source of livelihood for many people in the area.
捕鱼是这一地区许多人的主要生计来源。
● It's difficult to earn a livelihood as an artist.
作为一名艺术家要谋生是很困难的。
● Bates says he will lose his livelihood if his driving licence is taken away.
贝茨说，如果他的驾驶执照被吊销，他就会失去饭碗。
● ...fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood.
...依靠海洋为生的渔民。
● As a result of this conflict he lost both his home and his means of livelihood.
由于这场冲突，他既失去了家园，又失去了生活来源。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● This stereo system is the most expensive in the range and is not the sort of thing that average Joe would buy.
这种立体声音响是同类产品中最贵的，不是普通人会买的。
● That farm is his livelihood.
那个农场是他的生活来源。
● My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.
父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
● We all have our various ways of gaining a livelihood.
我们全都各有各不相同的谋生之道。
● She would have to earn her livelihood when she grew up.
她长大后就必须得靠自己谋生了。
● Many ship workers could lose their livelihoods because of falling orders for new ships.
由于新船订单减少，许多船厂工人可能要丢掉饭碗。
● Farming is his sole livelihood.
他唯一的谋生之道就是务农。
● In that area many people relied on the coconut plantations for their livelihood.
那个地区许多人靠椰子种植园为生。
● Many men have adopted this lucrative profession as a source of livelihood.
许多人把这一有利可图的职业作为谋生之源。
● Mowing lawns is his only livelihood.
他仅靠给人家草坪除草维持生计。
● In addition, we angered the professional porters, who attacked us, saying we were taking away their livelihood.
此外，我们还激怒了职业搬运工，他们攻击我们，说我们夺走了他们的生计。
● It affords a livelihood to a great number of people.
这给许多人提供了生计。
● But some boatmen fear the new regulations could destroy their livelihoods.
但一些船夫担心新规定会毁掉他们的生计。
● Most of the people here depend on tourism for their livelihood.
这里的大多数人依靠旅游业为生。
● Tom picked up a livelihood by hawking fruit.
汤姆靠叫卖水果谋生。
● Farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood.
农民靠天气吃饭。
● Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.
渔民对欧共体的新捕鱼规定感到愤怒，因为他们觉得自己的生计受到了威胁。
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