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,咱們今天都要學什么呢?
A: 今天,咱們一起去看一場兒童籃球比賽,看看法國盧浮宮的藝術展,學學怎么說拍馬屁,還要告訴大家用美語怎么說保質期!
B: 拍馬屁! I hate those brown nosers! Uh...so disgusting!
A: 好了好了,你先別生氣。咱們言歸正傳,趕快先來進入第一個單元,Learn a Word!
Learn A Word # 1531 lucrative
今天我們要學的詞是lucrative. Lucrative is spelled l-u-c-r-a-t-i-v-e, lucrative. Lucrative指“賺錢的”“合算的”。一些經濟學家發現,在美國搶銀行的劫匪平均每次可以賺到4000美元,四次左右大概就會落網,因此 Bank robbery is not a lucrative profession. 搶銀行并不是個賺錢的行當。The earthquake that struck northern Italy affected production of the lucrative cheese industry. 意大利北部地震對利潤豐厚的奶酪業生產造成了影響。Those counting on a lucrative career after studying math or science may want to consider a career in nuclear science and technology. 想找高薪工作的數學和科學專業學生可以考慮在核科技產業謀職。好,今天我們學習的詞是lucrative, lucrative, lucrative...
B: We all want lucrative careers, but sometime you just have to choose to do what you love! I'll take happiness over money any day!
A: 嗯,我同意! I can't stand those people who just want to make money and get ahead, and don't care how they do it!
B: Oh yeah, we all know those kinds of people. 馬屁精。They'll say ANYTHING to get what they want and move up the corporate ladder. You think they're nice, but they're actually just trying to curry favor.
A: 聽眾朋友們可能正納悶,這拍馬屁跟咖哩有什么關系呢? 趕快來聽聽今天的words and idioms你就明白了!