ESL Podcast 624 – Advantages and Disadvantages in Life
时间：2019-01-27 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Andy: Doesn’t it make you sick? We bust 1 our butts 2 around here and the boss brings in his nephew to be the new manager.
Nia: You never know. He may be a good boss.
Andy: I doubt it. He’s getting this opportunity just because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He didn’t have to pull himself up by his bootstraps like the rest of us.
Nia: I’m going to wait and see how he is as a manager. I’m hoping to be pleasantly surprised.
Andy: If you’re a blue blood like he is, born into privilege 3 and old money, you can do no wrong.
Nia: That’s not true. He’ll be held accountable for how this department performs.
Andy: But when does somebody like me get a break? Okay, I was born on the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in a white trash neighborhood. So what? I’ve worked hard to get where I am now. That guy hasn’t paid his dues like I have.
Nia: You can complain all you want, but it doesn’t change the situation. He’s the new boss and we work for him. Get used to it.
Andy: Get used to it?! Not on your life!
Script 4 by Dr. Lucy Tse
- I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
- She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。
- The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
- The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。
- Of course,no country has the privilege of fishing in our coastal water.当然，在我国的领海内没有一个国家有捕鱼的特权。
- He never abuses his privilege.他从不滥用特权。