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1·He was good for nothing now except navvy work.

他除了苦力外，什么也干不好了。

2·We should consider every navvy superior to Shakespeare.

我们应该把每一个粗人都看得比莎士比亚高明。

3·He had done the navvy work for a few days when he could get it.

他在力所能及的情况下干了几天挖土的活。

4·The navvy, swaying, presses a forefinger against a wing of his nose and ejects from the farther nostril a long liquid jet of snot.

这个苦力晃晃悠悠地用食指按住鼻翼的一边，从另一边鼻孔里擤出长长的一条鼻涕。

5·He felt weak and sore, and the pain of his smashed knuckles warned him that, even if he could find a job at navvy work, it would be a week before he could grip a pick handle or a shovel.

他觉得人很衰弱，身上处处酸疼，那些打碎了的指节也很疼，它们在警告他，即使他找到了一种粗活儿，也要等一个星期，他才能握得住一把锄头或者铲子。