时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语


英语课

  [00:00:01] He was once a poor man but now he is a man of means 1.

他曾经很穷现在发达了。

[00:06:16] How did he make a fortune?

他怎么发财的?

[00:08:49] He did not make any effort.

他没怎么努力。

[00:11:20] His aunt died and left him a fortune.

他姑姑死了,各塔留下了一大笔财产。

习语:a man/woman of means

讲解:means 除了有“方法,手段”的意思之外,还有“财富,自立,收入”的意思。所以,a man/woman of means在口语中表示“富人”, a man/woman of means则表示“经济困难的人”。

支持范例:Only a man of means could afford such a big house.

只有富人才买得起这样的大宅第。

She wished to exhibit 2 Jessica, who was gaining in maturity 3 and beauty, and whom she hoped to marry to a man of means.

她想借此机会炫耀一下已经出落得美丽多姿的女儿杰西卡,她希望杰西卡能嫁一个富人。

He was a man of small means.

他是一个收入微薄的人。

迷你对话:

A :He was once a poor man but now he isa man of means.

他曾经很穷现在发达了。

B :How did hemake a fortune?

他怎么发财的?

A :He didn'tmake any effort. His aunt died andleft him a fortune.

他没怎么努力,他姑姑死了,各塔留下了一大笔财产。

词海拾贝:

make a fortune:发财

You' ll make a fortune out of it.

你会从中(或靠它)发一笔财。

People who want to make a fortune, never think of retiring to the remote and poor provinces.

想发财的人,决不会退居穷乡僻壤。

We must make a fortune by means of industry.

我们必须勤劳致富。

leave sb a fortune:留给某人遗产

And you know there is generally an uncle or a grandfather to leave a fortune to the second son.

你知道,叔叔伯伯或爷爷往往会给第二个孩子留下一笔财产。

She invents these stories. As for what she has told you about a rich Aunt who will leave her a fortune, it's an old wives' tale simply because she has no Aunt.

这些故事是她编出来的。至于她对你说有一位姑母留给她一笔财产,那是无稽之谈,因为她根本就没有姑母。



1 means
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
2 exhibit
vt.展览,展出,陈列;n.展览品;陈列品
  • Next week those goods will exhibit in that shop. 下个星期,这些货物将在那家商店展出。
  • The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.9月份,经济继续呈现出衰退的迹象。
3 maturity
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
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