A:欢迎来到American English Mosaic, 我是杨琳!
B:我是Kat, 杨林,快说说今天教什么!
A:今天咱们要去爬山,要请专业人士教教咱们在商业场合的站姿和手势,要聊聊新手开车得小心点儿什么,还要告诉大家怎么说“剧透”和“一模一样”。
B:“剧透”,是说衣服非常透, 对么?
A:呵呵,不是这个意思。你待会儿就明白了。咱们现在还是先来学个词儿!
Learn A Word top-selling
今天我们要学的词是 top-selling. Top is spelled t-o-p, top; and selling, s-e-l-l-i-n-g, selling; top-selling. Top-selling, 意思是最畅销的,热卖的。苹果公司最畅销的智能手机iPhone 4s将在中国出售。Apple's top-selling smart phone, the iPhone 4S, will soon be available in China. 马自达3成为澳洲市场最畅销的车型。Mazda3 compact became the top-selling car model in the Australian market. 哈里.波特系列的终结版是英国2011年最畅销的DVD。The final movie in the Harry Potter series was the top-selling DVD in Britain in 2011. 好的,今天我们学习的词是top-selling, top-selling, top-selling.
A:Top-selling items——最热卖的商品。这种产品常常供不应求,而且会给商家赚很多钱。
B:Exactly. For example, iPhone has become the cash cow for Apple.
A:Cash cow? 是摇钱树么?
B:对啊!Did you see people lining up outside the Apple store in Beijing to get the latest iPhone?
A:Tell me about it! 卖得火的商品都会引发别的商家来模仿。就跟电视节目一样,一部穿越剧火了,就接二连三出了好多情节类似的。
B:Hopefully they're not just carbon copies of the original one. 那样多没意思啊!
A:Carbon copy? 我们在今天的美国习惯用语中就要教这个词!