时差N小时:工作在压力之下

If you love your job, part of the reason may be thatyou freely chose the work that you do.

如果你喜欢你的工作，一部分的原因可能你轻轻松松就选定了你要做的工作。

You were not forced to do it. But imagine a situation during wartime in which there were somesoldiers or guards with guns standing above you, forcing you to do that same job. Suddenly itwould not be pleasurable work anymore.

你不是被迫做的。但是假定这样一个情景：战争期间有很多士兵或一些带枪的警戒人员是你的顶头上司，强迫你去做那些完全相同的工作。刹那间你就会发现那些工作做起来并没有那么地令人舒心。

The fear that you might be harmed if you did not work quickly and efficiently would be verystressful.

担心就是如果你没有快速而高效地做完工作，你可能会遭受惩罚，从而感到很有压力。

There would be a sense of danger as you worked below the level where the gunmen werestanding.

当你在持枪者的眼皮子底下工作的时候总会感到有一丝的危险。

Working "under the gun" of a watchful and hostile master would make anyone nervous.

在被监视、被敌方控制的极大压力下工作会令任何人紧张。

Thus, although no one we can see nearby may have an actual gun, we use this idiom in anywork situation where the workers are put under strong pressure to perform quickly andefficiently.

因此,虽然我们身边没有任何一个有真枪的人,我们通常将这则谚语用在一种工作条件下，这个工作状态就是工人们要顶着巨大的压力,快速高效地执行任务。