《中英對照讀新聞》Maine’s First Lady Takes Summertime Waitressing Job to Pick Up Cash 緬因州第一夫人暑假打工當女侍賺現金

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The wife of Maine’s governor has taken a summertime job as a waitress at a dockside restaurant catering to tourists to supplement the couple’s income.

（美國）緬因州州長夫人在一家位於碼頭畔的餐廳打暑期工，當女侍接待遊客，以貼補夫妻倆的收入。

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The Maine governor’s salary is the lowest in the United States at $70,000 a year and Maine first lady Ann LePage said she is working at a seafood restaurant in Boothbay Harbor to put aside a little cash to buy a car.

緬因州長的年薪7萬美元，全美最低，緬因州第一夫人安．拉裴吉說，她正在布斯灣港的一家海鮮餐廳工作，好存點現金以便買車。

LePage, 58, who sports a T-shirt, jeans and an apron at work, said customers are often taken aback when they see her at the restaurant.

58歲、工作時身穿T恤、牛仔褲與圍裙的拉裴吉說，顧客看到她在餐廳時經常會嚇一跳。

At a town hall event this month, Governor Paul LePage mentioned his wife’s job, saying she was following in the footsteps of their daughter who made about $28 an hour last year as a food server.

緬因州長保羅．拉裴吉本月在一場市政廳活動上提到妻子的工作時表示，妻子是追隨他倆女兒的腳步；他們的女兒去年擔任時薪28美元的餐廳跑堂。

"She (my daughter) did so well that, my wife, the first lady, is waitressing this summer," he said. (Reuters)

「她（我女兒）做得很好，我妻子，也就是（緬因州）第一夫人，今年夏天在當女服務生。」他說。（路透）

新聞辭典

pick up：慣用語，賺、取得、獲得。例句：Qualified trainees can pick up over $80 an hour.（合格的受訓人員1小時可賺80美元。）

put aside：慣用語，儲存（錢或時間）。例句：She put aside a little money every week for a vacation.（她每週存一點錢好去度假。）

take aback：慣用語，驚訝，震驚。例句：He was taken aback when a man answered his wife’s phone.（一個男人接起他妻子的電話，讓他嚇了一跳。）