A：Thank you for showing me your offices, Mr. Becker. I can see why Washington bureaucrats enjoy their jobs.

貝克先生，謝謝你帶我參觀你們的辦公室。我能看出為什么華盛頓政府人員會喜歡他們的工作。

B：Why do you say that?

你為什么這么說呢?

A：The city is beautiful, the off ..., the offices are modern and comfortable, and the work is so interesting.

城市很漂亮，辦……，辦公室既現代化又舒適，而且工作又是這么有趣。

B：Many people work for the federal government their entire adult lives. Government service can be a rewarding and secure career.

許多人的成年生活都在聯邦政府度過。政府部門的工作可以很有回報，很有保障。

A：Do you mean financially rewarding?

你是說經濟回報嗎?

B：Well, many positions pay salaries that are comparable to those in private industries.

很多工作付的薪水和那些在私人企業工作的能媲美。

A：I've always thought that most bureaucrats are lazy.

我一直以為多數政府人員很懶惰。

B：Sometimes that's true, but not usually. Most feds are honest, hard-working professionals. It’s hard to keep highly trained people, so the pay and working conditions have to be attractive.

有時候是真的，但不是通常這樣。大部分聯邦官員都很專業，誠實又努力工作。很難留住這些受過高水平培訓的人，所以工資和工作環境必須要具有吸引力。

A：How much do you make?

你賺多少錢?

B：I'm a GS-15. That's high on the scale of workers, but even a GS-1 is paid a living wage.

我是GS-15。在員工當中，算是高的，但是連GS – 1 的人，起碼的生活薪水還是有的。