叫人起床的knocker upper

Knocker upper （负责叫人起床的人）是个古老的职业，在英国工业革命期间兴起并繁荣起来。

A knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, and to as late as the beginning of the 1950s.

由于在工业革命时期，闹钟又贵又不可靠，于是叫人起床这一职业就开始在英国和爱尔兰兴起，并且一直延续到20世纪50年代初期。

A knocker-upper's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.

这一工作的主要任务就是要把睡着的人们叫醒，保证他们可以按时工作。

而knocker upper们叫人起床的方式也是千奇百怪。一位59岁的艺术家Paul Stafford回忆道：

The knocker upper used to come down the street with their long poles. They wouldn't hang around either, just three or four taps and then he'd be off.

他们过去经常拿着一个长长的竿子，沿着街区而走。他们不会逗留太久，可能敲了3、4下以后就离开了。

“遛人”的people walker

遛狗的人(dog walker) 好像并不稀奇。但是……

这个世界还有一种“遛人”的工作。

这一职业的创始人Chuck McCarthy来自洛杉矶，靠“遛人”为生，也就是与顾客一起散步、谈话，每英里收费7美元。

挤地铁神助攻professional pusher

The Japanese rail network is known throughout the world for its superiority and punctuality. In the capital city Tokyo, nearly 40 million passengers ride the rail every day, heavily outweighing other modes of transport like buses and private cars. Of these, 8.7 million take the subway.

日本的轨道交通以卓越和准时闻名世界。在首都东京，基本每天有4000万乘客乘坐轨道交通出行，远远超过了其他的交通方式譬如公交和私家车等。在这4000万乘客中，870万人次乘坐地铁出行。