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- My boss is a stuffed shirt:
- 我的老闆老是爱摆架子，吹嘘自己；...
- all he talks about is how important his ancestors are,
- 他开口闭口就是说他的祖先多麼有地位，...
- how he was number one in his class at his university,
- 他在大学唸书的时候又如何成為他们班上的第一名，...
- and the wonderful things he thinks he's done for our company.
- 还自称对我们的公司做出了多的大贡献等等。
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- I think I'll vote for Jimmy Brown instead of the other guy James Leland Elegant the third.
- 我想我会投吉米‧布朗的票，而不投那个看来很高雅的利兰‧艾立根．...
- Jimmy isn't a stuffed shirt like Elegant --
- 吉米不像艾立根那样神气活现，...
- he's a friendly, informal guy like us ordinary people.
- 他很友好、随和，就像我们普通老百姓一样。
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- Of course Dad gets mad at me sometimes for no good reason.
- 当然，我父亲有时候会对无厘头地发火．...
- But if I ever need it,
- 但是只要我有需要，...
- I know that he would give me the shirt off his back.
- 我知道他总是会尽一切力量来帮助我。
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- Pete never says very much.
- 皮特这个人平时话不多．...
- But when he hears about somebody who's sick in the hospital or lost his job,...
- 但是，每当他听说某人有病进了医院，或者是失去了工作时，...
- he's always the first to put his hand in his pocket and bring out money to help.
- 他总是第一个就拿钱出来帮忙的人．
- Yes, sir, he's the kind of man who'd give you the shirt off his back.
- 是的，他就是这种会儘力帮助别人的人。
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