时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Retiring Abroad 


Wanda: I just heard the news. You’re moving to McQuillanland? 


George: I am. I’ve decided 1 to retire abroad. 


Wanda: Why? 


George: It makes a lot of sense for people with a fixed 2 income. Social Security will only go so far here, but the cost of living is much lower in other countries, including McQuillanland. I can live it up at a fraction of the cost of living modestly here. 


Wanda: But you’re moving away from all of your friends and family. 


George: I can stay in touch remotely and there is an American expat community there so I can make new friends. I am a little worried about learning the language and adjusting to life abroad, but I’ll be living a simpler life there and there’ll be less stress. 


Wanda: But sometimes things aren’t so reliable when you live abroad. 


George: Like what? 


Wanda: I’ve heard that the Internet services can be unreliable and power outages are common in McQuillanland. Are you sure you want to put down stakes in a foreign country? 


George: What do I have to lose? I already have my residency visa and a condo on the beach waiting for me. The real question is: when are you going to take the plunge 3


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
3 plunge
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲
  • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
  • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
学英语单词
administrative personnel
air-assisted centrifugal sprayer
Alozero
amine carbonate
anti-crossing effect
Arceuthobium pusillum
at the same level
automatic starter
baadasssss
Balard
bear-shaped lamp
Biklin
biofeedback control
brontobyte
characteristic sheet
charge of the light brigade
chloroalkyl
Chlorophytum nepalense
classification of tort
Clupeidae
crossbinding
Cydonia lagenaria Lois.
cylices
damp-proof paint
Dendang, Pulau
diffusion nozzle
diohtherial tonsillitis
downpayment
drag behind
dupiaza
Egyptologists
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empresses
evaluatively
fiddle board
figmentitious
foam-rubber backing
fornacic
fronto-orbital bristles
growth efficiency
hemper thread
high-limiting control action
Hindu-Kho
holoptic type
horseracings
intermediate distribution frame (idf)
international health
intragluteally
itcas
Japanese lacquer tree
john rutledges
Kyōyomi-dake
linked veins
M. R.
member of tribunal
middle tap
mineral spirits
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mucor parvispora
Neu Meklenburg
Nu Kiang
offer comments
oil record book
Outer Manchuria
part detection
perruque
pity pie
political unity
pteridophytas
quasi-experimental study
RAID - redundant array of independent disks
recharging
reclassing
replace only numbers
saarlands
seocnd intermediate host
sheet mill stand
sistinest
skinning loam
spinning magnetometer
stength
superproportional reducer
sutering
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T. Ct.
the break even chart
thinophyta
thrust deduction fraction
tolloes
total divisor
Trichosanthes anguina L.
trovidur
ultra sonator
untu
urgency communication procedure
Venado, I.de
vestment
watertight chest
weighted geometric index number
work sb out
yeah.
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