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A: 大家好! 歡迎來到American English Mosaic! 我是楊琳！
B: 我是Kat! 楊琳，趕快來介紹一下今天的節(jié)目內(nèi)容吧！
A: 沒問題! 今天，咱們要繼續(xù)聊聊寫簡歷找工作，，要看看如何給客服打電話，還要告訴大家怎么用美語說“擺臭臉”和“賣萌”。
B: 賣萌？什么是萌？是吃的嗎？
A: 哈哈，這可是個時髦詞兒，等會兒聽了節(jié)目你就明白啦！
B: 那好吧！ 咱們先趕快進入第一個單元，Learn a word!
Learn A Word #1470 SHORT OF
今天我們要學的詞是 short of. Short is spelled s-h-o-r-t, short; and of, o-f, of. Short of 指達不到的，缺少的。The project was set aside because we are short of funding. 這個項目下馬了，因為我們資金不足。麥當勞三月上旬表示，由于歐洲部分地區(qū)的惡劣天氣和中國農(nóng)歷新年的原因，F(xiàn)or February, global revenue for restaurants opened at least 13 months fell short of expectations. 二月份全球開業(yè)13個月以上的所有分店總收入低于預期水平。在今年的NCAA美國大學生籃球聯(lián)賽中，Saint Louis has fallen short of upsetting number one seed Michigan State. 圣路易斯大學沒能爆出冷門，輸給了頭號種子密歇根州立大學隊。 好的，今天我們學習的詞是 short of, short of, short of.
A: 讓我也來造個句。Whenever I'm in the mall seeing tons of nice clothes, I always feel I'm short of money. 每次看到商場里頭的那些漂亮衣服，我就覺得我缺錢。
B: Haha, I feel the same way! And whenever I’m in front of my closet, I always feel like the clothes I have fall short of my expectations─I feel like I dress like an old woman!
A: 我也是我也是！不如咱們今天下了班就去逛街！
B: Today...today might be a bit hard for me..
A: 嗯？你怎么這么猶猶豫豫的？What's going on, Kat? You sound shady. Are you hiding something from me?
B: Well, let's discuss this later! 你剛才提到了shady這個詞兒，在下面的流行美語里，我們就來看看Larry和李華碰到了什么shady的情況！
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各位聽眾，現(xiàn)在播送《流行美語》。最近李華看到朋友Kevin經(jīng)常向大家要用過的吸管，覺得奇怪，便決定和Larry一起探個究竟。李華會學到兩個常用語：shady 和 to stock up。
LH: Larry, Kevin 在做什么啊?
LL: Hmmm...that's a good question.
LH: 他最近總是在收集大家不要的吸管。啊！他們家是不是破產(chǎn)了。所以要收集吸管，再拿去賣啊？
LL: I don't think so, Li Hua. If they really went broke, he would just sell his Mercedes or iPhone.
LH: 說的也是。他看起來還是特有錢的。
LL: But it's a bit shady what he's doing. Why would someone collect straws?
LH: 你說shady 是什么意思啊？
LL: Shady means suspicious or questionable. Kevin collecting a bunch of straws is definitely suspicious.
LH: Shady 是可疑的意思。嗯， 我也這么覺得。那我們要不要問他看看？
LL: Rather than asking him, why don't we sit back and observe him for a couple of days, and see what he's up to.
LH: 你說要觀察幾天？ 好啊！我們就做一回偵探！
