ESL Podcast 440 – Being a Self-Made Man/Woman
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Edgar: What a crock!
Ann: What is it?
Edgar: I’m reading an article about successful business people who were self-made men and women. I don’t believe a word of it.
Ann: What don’t you believe?
Edgar: These people didn’t pull themselves up by their bootstraps. They were all born with silver spoons in their mouths.
Ann: Not all successful people were born into money and privilege 1.
Edgar: That’s true, but it gets me riled up when people who grew up at the country club claim to have had humble 2 beginnings.
Ann: Just because some people were born with a leg up doesn’t mean they didn’t work hard to get where they are.
Edgar: Where would that hard work have gotten them if they didn’t have backers with deep pockets, or if they didn’t know people in high places? I know plenty of hard-working people who aren’t hobnobbing with the rich and famous.
Ann: That’s true enough. Who needs the rich and famous? I’ll take my hard-working man over any of them any day.
Edgar: That’s why I married you – a woman with beauty and brains!
Script 3 by Dr 4. Lucy Tse
- 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。
- In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
- Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
- It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
- The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。