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make a killing
赚大钱;得到暴利;突然获得巨大成就
Australian swimming star Ian Thorpe makes a killing with deals worth 5 million dollars. 澳洲游泳名将托普签下金额五百万美元的合约,赚了一笔。 | |
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Judd: That's very funny. This lake is too salty for fish! It's got a twenty percent salinity level-six times more than the ocean. Jun: Like the Dead Sea in Israel! Judd: Kind of, but not quite as salty. But if you did try to swim, you'd just float! Jun: Cool. Maybe if someone dumped a bunch of perfume into it, I'd consider going in. Judd: Don't worry. Most local people don't swim in it, either.
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贾德:你真爱说笑。这座湖对于鱼而言盐分太高了!这里的盐度有百分之二十——比海洋多了六倍。 小君:就像是以色列的死海! 贾德:有点像,但是盐度没那么高。但如果你真的试着去游泳,你会浮起来! 小君:酷。如果人倒一大堆香水到湖里,我或许会考虑下去游泳。 贾德:别担心。本地人大多也不会在里面游泳。
重点解说:
★ salty (a.) 有盐分的 ★ salinity (n.) 盐性。salinity level是‘盐度’ ★ Dead Sea (n.) 死海。位于以色列和约旦之间的内陆盐水湖,盐度非常高,人在死海中可以直接浮起来 ★ dump (v.) 倾倒 ★ a bunch of 一群,一堆 ★ perfume (n.) 香水 ★ consider (v.) 考虑 | |
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What is time? That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."
时间是什么?你会说那是一个简单的问题。不管你去那里,一分钟都是60秒,一小时是60分钟,一天是24个小时,以此类推。嗯,也许是这样吧。但是在美国,时间的意义不只是如此而已。美国人视时间为一项重要的资源,也许这就是为什么他们喜欢说‘时间就是金钱’的缘故。
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定冠词的用法
定冠词the与指示代词this,that同源,有"那(这)个"的意思,但较弱,可以和一个名词连用,来表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。 1)特指双方都明白的人或物: Take the medicine. 把药吃了。 2)上文提到过的人或事: He bought a house. I've been to the house. 他买了幢房子。我去过那幢房子。 3)指世上独一物二的事物: the sun, the sky, the moon, the earth 4)单数名词连用表示一类事物,如:the dollar 美元; the fox 狐狸;或与形容词或分词连用,表示一类人:the rich 富人; the living 生者。 5)用在序数词和形容词最高级,及形容词only, very, same等前面: Where do you live? I live on the second floor. 你住在哪?我住在二层。 That's the very thing I've been looking for. 那正是我要找的东西。 6)与复数名词连用,指整个群体: They are the teachers of this school.指全体教师) They are teachers of this school. (指部分教师) 7)表示所有,相当于物主代词,用在表示身体部位的名词前: She caught me by the arm.. 她抓住了我的手臂。 8)用在某些由普通名词构成的国家名称、机关团体、阶级、等专有名词前: the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国 the United States 美国 9)用在表示乐器的名词之前: She plays the piano. 她会弹钢琴。 10) 用在姓氏的复数名词之前,表示一家人: the Greens 格林一家人 (或格林夫妇) 11) 用在惯用语中: in the day, in the morning (afternoon,evening), the day after tomorrow the day before yesterday, the next morning, in the sky (water,field,country) in the dark, in the rain, in the distance, in the middle (of), in the end, on the whole, by the way, go to the theatre
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