臺(tái)灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
How did eating popcorn become a custom at movie theaters? Nowadays, movie theaters depend on popcorn. They earn about 85 percent of their profits and forty percent of their total revenue from concessions. That was not always the case.
在電影院吃爆米花是怎么變成一種習(xí)俗的?時(shí)下的電影院靠著賣爆米花在賺錢,它們85%的利潤(rùn)及40%的總收入是來(lái)自販賣部,但在過(guò)去卻并非一直都是如此。
學(xué)習(xí)重點(diǎn):
1.custom 習(xí)俗,慣例
custom (n.) 習(xí)俗,慣例
tradition (n.) 傳統(tǒng)
2.nowadays 現(xiàn)今、時(shí)下
nowadays (adv.) 現(xiàn)今、時(shí)下
today (adv.) 現(xiàn)今、當(dāng)代
3.profit 利潤(rùn)
profit (n.) 利潤(rùn)
profitable (adj.) 有利的
4.revenue 收入
revenue (n.) 收入
income (n.) 收入