A: 歡迎大家來到這期的美語訓練班! 我是楊琳!
B: 我是Kat! 楊琳,趕快告訴大家咱們今天要學些什么!
A: 好! 今天,咱們要接著去看看電子產(chǎn)品的發(fā)展走勢,聽聽人們都有怎樣的固有觀念,學學怎么面對棘手的問題,還要告訴大家怎么用美語說"人氣"!
B: 人氣!? 提到這個我就想到了那個Mike隋,現(xiàn)在他好火呀!
A: 哈哈,回頭咱們也錄一集,說不定也火了! 不過現(xiàn)在,咱們先趕快來進入第一個單元,Learn a Word!
Learn A Word: bearing
今天我們要學的詞是bearing. Bearing is spelled b-e-a-r-i-n-g, bearing. Bearing 意思是關系,意義。我們常用 to have bearing on something 意思就是同某事有關系,對某事有影響。The decision had much bearing on the way the company was run. 這個決定對公司的管理運營有很大影響。His private life has no bearing on his competence as a manager. 他的私生活同他作為經(jīng)理的工作能力無關。美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬最近公開支持同性婚姻,一項民調發(fā)現(xiàn),Sixty percent of Americans say Obama's new position on same-sex marriage will have no bearing on how they vote in the November election.百分之六十的美國人表示,奧巴馬在同性婚姻問題上的新立場并不會影響他們在11月總統(tǒng)大選中把票投給誰。好的,今天我們學習的詞是 bearing, bearing, bearing.
B: 楊琳,look at my new bag! Isn't it awesome?
A: OMG!!! LV???!!!我的天啊,好看是好看,可是你怎么買得起這么貴的包包呢?
B: Well, my salary has no bearing on what I'm gonna buy. That's what credit cards were made for, right?? 女生嘛,就得自己疼自己!
A: 這也對……可是一個LV包包都能頂上我一個月的房租了!!! Kat, I think you are going to have to come to grips with how much you can actually afford to spend on stuff like that...
B: Hmm... I will leave that question to future Kat, ha! But more importantly, you just mentioned a really good phrase: come to grips with, 咱們一起來聽聽這個短語的用法!