[p] [/p][p]"i can't do that; it's more than my job's worth". 早上办事，需要复印材料，大厅里的复印机坏了，得到的答复是“机器中午才能修好，办公室内的打印机不能给外来人员使用。”生活中碰上诸如此类在自己的工作岗位上严守工作职责和规章制度，死板得一点不愿帮助别人的人，你是不是很发火？[/p][p]few stereotypes are hated more than a jobs worth. everyone has met one at one time or another. to many people's minds, the term conjures images of small-minded, petty individuals, exercising their authority unreasonably.[/p][p]what's a jobsworth? a jobs worth is a person who only does the work they're supposed to do and nothing else. a jobs worth 做事情完全是按部就班，一点儿周转的余地都没有。it often refers to people who have bureaucratic jobs and they never seem to want to help you! 这个词经常用来描绘那些在官僚政府机构工作的人，很死板，很不愿意帮人。[/p][p]"jobsworth" 是个贬义用语，同时也是英国一个特有的词汇。这个词的起源是什么呢？"jobsworth" 来自于job's worththe person won't help you because they think that to be helpful is more than their job's worth，就是说这种人不愿意帮助别人，因为他们认为帮人是超出了他们的工作范围。这种人常常挂在嘴边的就是这两句："rules is rules" and, inevitably, "it's more than my job's worth." 。[/p][p]为什么会有那么多的jobsworth？if you have a real fear of losing your job, why should you risk making an unnecessary mistake for someone who has not played by the rules? following a clear rule is always going to be easier than exercising a difficult discretion. 按部就班工作，不犯错就不会惹麻烦的想法让人们做起事来显得死板而麻木。[/p][p]对话1[/p][p]a: i waited in a queue at the post office for an hour earlier for my stamps and then the man behind the desk told me i had to stand in a different queue to buy an envelope.[/p][p]b: no way, what a jobs worth![/p][p]对话 2[/p][p]a: so helen, have you brought the script to the studio?[/p][p]b: no, that's not part of my job. i'm not responsible for the scripts.[/p][p]a: so come on helen, where are those scripts?[/p][p]b: i told you, it's not my job to bring the scripts to the studio.[/p][p]a: you really are a jobsworth, aren't you?[/p][p]b: only joking! i've got the scripts right here.[/p][p]don't be such a jobsworth! 少一些officious and inflexible的职员，少一些petty rule-following and excessive 的职能部门，多一点付出，多一丝关怀，大家一起在互帮互助的社会氛围里享受和谐社会的温暖。[/p][p]说到这里，jeremy taylor的歌声在耳际回荡：jobs worth, jobs worth, its more than me job's worth, i can keep you waiting for hours in the queue, and if you don't like it you know what you can do......