A:大家好! 歡迎來到美語訓練班, 我是楊琳!
B:我是Kat, 楊林,快介紹一下節目內容吧!
A:好! 今天,咱們要見識一下冰球守門員的風采,想想要不要雇個婚禮策劃師,學學中國風水學在商務場合中的作用,還要告訴大家怎么說“炒作”。
B:Sounds good! But first, let's learn a word.
Learn A Word prone to
今天我們要學的詞是 prone to. Prone is spelled p-r-o-n-e, prone; and to, t-o, to; prone to. Prone to 傾向于。Our newly-recruited quarterback is known for being prone to injury. 大家都知道,我們新簽的這個四分位動不動就容易受傷。最近一項研究發現,工作時間與抑郁有直接關系。與每天正常工作8小時相比,The study found that employees who stay in the office for over 10 hours appear to be more prone to depression. 研究發現,每天待在辦公室超過10個小時的員工更容易患上抑郁癥。與此同時,Heavy Facebook users are also more prone to depression. 嚴重依賴臉譜網站的用戶也更容易患抑郁癥。好的,今天我們學習的詞是prone to, prone to, prone to.
A:Kat, 聽見沒有,經常在Facebook上掛著容易得憂郁癥!
B:I don't understand the link between them. Isn't social network supposed to help you stay in touch with your friends, hence become happier?
A:說得也是啊。可能這說的是那些天天悶在屋里,掛在網上的宅男宅女吧?老不出去和真正的世界接觸,不和別人打交道,就容易變得 depressed.
B:Maybe. But anyway, I don't know any Facebook user who are depressed!
A:我認識的人里也沒有這樣的。看來,這樣的報導如果想讓咱倆信服,最好是能舉出一個真實生活中的例子。
B:Yeah, we need a case in point!
A:還是先來學學什么叫 a case in point 吧。