时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:语言的力量


英语课
[00:01.80]Li Ka-shing and a Coin李嘉诚和一枚硬币
[00:04.19]Once while trying to reach his car key,
[00:08.79]Li Ka-shing (East Asia’s richest man and generous philanthropist)
[00:14.15]dropped a two-dollar coin,which rolled under the car.
[00:17.77]He figured that when the car started,
[00:20.50]the coin would fall into the gutter,
[00:22.47]so he squatted 1 down in an attempt to pick it up.
[00:25.63]Seeing this, an Indian attendant on duty immediately picked it up for him.
[00:31.00]Having got his coin,Li Ka-shing surprisingly gave the attendant 100 dollars as a reward.
[00:37.46]His explanation was, “if the attendant had not picked up the coin,
[00:42.38]it would have rolled into the gutterand the two dollars would have disappeared from the world.
[00:47.41]When I gave 100 dollars to the attendant,
[00:50.46]he could spend it for some useful purpose.
[00:52.76]I think money should be used, not wasted.”
[00:55.93]This incident illustrates 2 Li Ka-shing’s philosophy of economy.
[01:00.08]It also shows his way of thinking,
[01:02.61]that is, he judges whether it increases or decreases the total net income of the society.
[01:09.18]As long as the total net income of society is increased,
[01:13.55]it does not matter if he himself suffers a loss;
[01:16.82]on the contrary, if the total net income of the society is decreased,
[01:21.96]his own personal financial gain will still be a loss in a broad sense.
[01:26.12]We should not look down upon his way of considering the total net income of society
[01:31.03]—it is a big issue concerning the wealth and strength of the nation.
[01:35.65]The ideology 3 of Li Ka-shing is one that can enrich a nation.
[01:40.55]His mentality 4 is worthy 5 of our deep reflection.

1 squatted
v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。
  • He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 illustrates
给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 ); 说明; 表明; (用示例、图画等)说明
  • This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
  • Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. 阿尔弗莱德 - 阿德勒是一位著名的医生,他有过可以说明这点的经历。 来自中级百科部分
3 ideology
n.意识形态,(政治或社会的)思想意识
  • The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
  • The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。
4 mentality
n.心理,思想,脑力
  • He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
  • Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。
5 worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
学英语单词
abkary
air force cadet screening test
alphanumeric bookkeeping machine
Anacardiaceae
animal tolerance
associable design
B.Adm.Eng.
bedfellows
booked for
brushed aside
burnt coal
cathode vacuum etching
centrifugal lubricator
chemi-ionization process
cherf
chongoni
clinozoisites
comble
commercial agencies stationed abroad
coordinatively
cratylus
crowper
detonating-cartridge
dynamic fragmentation
energy-conversion device
expired gas
factorial experimentation
ferro nickel alloy
fibrae perventriculares
first press felt
fore-hand rent
Fort Saint-Pierre
Fraas breaking point
Gajisan
gammier
gastric indigestion
haliplankton
Hegar's dilator
Holboellia angustifolia
Horner syndrome
immune-related peptide
include me out
input source
lattice vibration
Leptohymenium
linearized filter
Linociera leucoclada
Lubasz
lubritory
luttmann
Marano, L.di
Marcillac-la-Croisille
material wastage rate
noncommunism
nonhaemolytic
oloron
opportunity for buying large quantity
overdramatic
overhead cableway
overhead crane with grab
parenesis
pastor sturnuss
perfluocarbon
perihelion precession
pock-mark
Polygala globulifera
powder-metallurgy
precast ribbed roof slab
propeller blade spacing
prophylaxi
pull-ring
pullbutton
radiotelegraph autoalarm
rail-slitting mill
rasing raze
reduction thickening
refrigeran
Richella
semigraphical method
sequential structure
setting circle
sigmoidaugmentationcystoplasty
stack dilution factor
steering gear assembly
supereon
syn synchronous idle
Tafel equation
thin shell surface
torricellis
trade name aspirin
trithio
tuco-tucos
turretlike
unidimensional search
urban growth
violet-tinged
wastlers (mediaeval england)
wedge beam
weighted 4-bit code
widely-accepted
winch motor