前几天讲六级时讲到这样一个句子：“And with so much more money floating in the worker's compensation system, it's not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie. (CET-6 2003-1)”这里的 "help oneself to something" 与我们常用的 “Please help yourself to the food.”（请自己用饭菜！）， “Help yourself！”，“May I help myself to one of your cigarettes?” （我能自己拿一根你的香烟吗？）不一样。“help oneself to something” 另一个意思是“未经物主同意而非法或不道德地获取某物”，含有明显的贬义。 新概念英语中就有使用这种用法的句子：

       He was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. 他忙着抢只顾抢珠宝，顾不上痛了。 (New Concept English－Lesson 6－Smash-and-Grab)

      The money was on the counter and Jack helped himself to it when no one was watching him. 钱就在柜台上，杰克趁人不注意的时候顺手牵羊地把它装进了自己的腰包。

   因此，开头的一句话可以翻译成“ 工人工伤赔付系统里有这么多钱堆积在那里，也难怪医生与律师们能从这个越来越大的蛋糕中大捞一笔。”