时间:2019-03-04 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文


英语课

   台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:


  How did eating popcorn 1 become a custom at movie theaters? Nowadays, movie theaters depend on popcorn. They earn about 85 percent of their profits and forty percent of their total revenue from concessions 2. That was not always the case.
  在电影院吃爆米花是怎么变成一种习俗的?时下的电影院靠着卖爆米花在赚钱,它们85%的利润及40%的总收入是来自贩卖部,但在过去却并非一直都是如此。
  电影院和爆米花的搭配
  学习重点:
  1.custom 习俗,惯例
  custom (n.) 习俗,惯例
  tradition (n.) 传统
  2.nowadays 现今、时下
  nowadays (adv.) 现今、时下
  today (adv.) 现今、当代
  3.profit 利润
  profit (n.) 利润
  profitable (adj.) 有利的
  4.revenue 收入
  revenue (n.) 收入
  income (n.) 收入

n.爆米花
  • I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时,喜欢吃爆米花。
  • He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后,嘴里塞满了爆米花。
n.(尤指由政府或雇主给予的)特许权( concession的名词复数 );承认;减价;(在某地的)特许经营权
  • The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。
  • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
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