A: 大家好! 歡迎來到American English Mosaic! 我是楊琳!
B: 我是Kat! 楊琳,趕快來介紹一下今天的節(jié)目內(nèi)容吧!
A: 沒問題! 今天,咱們要繼續(xù)聊聊寫簡歷找工作,,要看看如何給客服打電話,還要告訴大家怎么用美語說“擺臭臉”和“賣萌”。
B: 賣萌?什么是萌?是吃的嗎?
A: 哈哈,這可是個(gè)時(shí)髦詞兒,等會(huì)兒聽了節(jié)目你就明白啦!
B: 那好吧! 咱們先趕快進(jìn)入第一個(gè)單元,Learn a word!
Learn A Word #1470 SHORT OF
今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 short of. Short is spelled s-h-o-r-t, short; and of, o-f, of. Short of 指達(dá)不到的,缺少的。The project was set aside because we are short of funding. 這個(gè)項(xiàng)目下馬了,因?yàn)槲覀冑Y金不足。麥當(dāng)勞三月上旬表示,由于歐洲部分地區(qū)的惡劣天氣和中國農(nóng)歷新年的原因,F(xiàn)or February, global revenue for restaurants opened at least 13 months fell short of expectations. 二月份全球開業(yè)13個(gè)月以上的所有分店總收入低于預(yù)期水平。在今年的NCAA美國大學(xué)生籃球聯(lián)賽中,Saint Louis has fallen short of upsetting number one seed Michigan State. 圣路易斯大學(xué)沒能爆出冷門,輸給了頭號(hào)種子密歇根州立大學(xué)隊(duì)。 好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是 short of, short of, short of.
A: 讓我也來造個(gè)句。Whenever I'm in the mall seeing tons of nice clothes, I always feel I'm short of money. 每次看到商場里頭的那些漂亮衣服,我就覺得我缺錢。
B: Haha, I feel the same way! And whenever I’m in front of my closet, I always feel like the clothes I have fall short of my expectations─I feel like I dress like an old woman!
A: 我也是我也是!不如咱們今天下了班就去逛街!
B: Today....today might be a bit hard for me..
A: 嗯?你怎么這么猶猶豫豫的?What's going on, Kat? You sound shady. Are you hiding something from me?
B: Well, let's discuss this later! 你剛才提到了shady這個(gè)詞兒,在下面的流行美語里,我們就來看看Larry和李華碰到了什么shady的情況!