A: 欢迎大家来到这期的美语训练班! 我是杨琳!
B: 我是Kat! 杨琳,咱们今天都要学什么呢?
A: 今天,咱们一起去看一场儿童篮球比赛,看看法国卢浮宫的艺术展,学学怎么说拍马屁,还要告诉大家用美语怎么说保质期!
B: 拍马屁! I hate those brown nosers! Uh...so disgusting!
A: 好了好了,你先别生气。咱们言归正传,赶快先来进入第一个单元,Learn a Word!
Learn A Word # 1531 lucrative
今天我们要学的词是lucrative. Lucrative is spelled l-u-c-r-a-t-i-v-e, lucrative. Lucrative指“赚钱的”“合算的”。一些经济学家发现,在美国抢银行的劫匪平均每次可以赚到4000美元,四次左右大概就会落网,因此 Bank robbery is not a lucrative profession. 抢银行并不是个赚钱的行当。The earthquake that struck northern Italy affected production of the lucrative cheese industry. 意大利北部地震对利润丰厚的奶酪业生产造成了影响。Those counting on a lucrative career after studying math or science may want to consider a career in nuclear science and technology. 想找高薪工作的数学和科学专业学生可以考虑在核科技产业谋职。好,今天我们学习的词是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. 马屁精。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: 听众朋友们可能正纳闷,这拍马屁跟咖哩有什么关系呢? 赶快来听听今天的words and idioms你就明白了!