He had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, the electric saw quit and now his ancient pick-up refused to start.

• 工作的第一天，他实在很倒霉：一条轮胎漏气了，导致他浪费了一个小时的工作时间，接着是电锯罢工，现在又轮到他的古董小卡车拒绝起动。