重點講解:
1. in particular
尤其;特別;
eg. She stressed that point in particular.
她特別強調了那一點。
eg. There was one episode, in particular, that held the house from floor to ceiling.
特別是有一個情景,緊扣全場觀眾的心弦。
2. cream off
取走(一大筆錢);
eg. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.
這意味著在貸款業務劇增時小銀行能夠獲得大筆利潤。
eg. He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy.
他被控從經濟中撈取了豐厚的油水。
3. be likely to do sth.
可能(做…)的;有(…)傾向的;
eg. The fires are likely to permanently deforest the land.
這些火災很可能會徹底毀掉這片土地上的森林。
eg. He is likely to get off with a small fine.
他可能會逃脫嚴懲,僅僅罰一點錢了事。
4. emerge as
顯露;露頭;顯現;
eg. Mr Shevardnadze emerged as a major figure in the reform movement...
謝瓦爾德納澤先生逐漸成為改革運動的重要人物。
eg. Vietnam has emerged as the world's third-biggest rice exporter...
越南已躍居世界第三大稻米出口國。
5. cut back
減少;削減;縮減;
eg. After the big job was finished, the builder cut back the number of men working for him.
那項大工程完工之后,建筑商就裁減了工人的人數。
eg. They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items.
他們將會考慮削減不必要的開銷。
6. limp along
進展緩慢;艱難地行進;
eg. In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources.
近年來這家報社一直在靠有限的資源艱難維持。
eg. The project limped along with half its previous funding.
這個項目得到預定資金的一半,發展得很緩慢。
名人簡介:
投資啟示
過往的經驗告訴人們,既不能聽股評家也不能聽經濟家的,而是要看一看股神、投資大師和首富的錢往什么地方去。因為,只有他們是拿真金白銀在運作,不是紙上談兵。同時,N次投資實踐已證明,他們還是下一波牛市的領先者。索羅斯說過:金融市場天生就不穩定,國際金融市場更是如此,國際資金流動皆是有榮有枯,有多頭也有空頭。市場哪里亂哪里就可以賺到錢。辨識混亂,你就可能致富;越亂的局面,越是膽大心細的投資者有所表現的時候。
索羅斯不管賺錢也好,虧錢也罷,一切的結局都是榮辱不驚,在他的人生里,錢已經不是這么重要,賺錢是他的工作,不是他的目的。這樣的修為值得每一個投資人努力培養與學習。