时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   He looked at his bank statement 1 for January. How much interest had his savings 2 account 3 earned? There was $1,036 in his savings account. The account had earned all of 11 cents interest in January. He told his wife. She laughed. "That's almost three cents a week," she said. "By December, you'll have enough interest to buy a small cup of coffee." He said that his money wasn't growing at all. "But your money's safe," she said. "You won't lose it. You won't get rich, either. Rich people make money by risking 4 money. You'll never get rich if you play it safe." He said she was right. "I'm tired of playing it safe. I'm going to buy gold. Gold prices doubled in the last four years. My $1,000 will become $2,000. We'll be rich!" She laughed. "'Rich'? $2,000 is hardly rich," she said. He said, "Compared to 11 cents, it is."



1 statement
n.陈述;声明;综述
  • The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
  • Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。
2 savings
n.存款,储蓄
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
3 account
n.叙述;帐目;帐户
  • She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
  • He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。
4 risking
vt.冒…的危险(risk的现在分词形式)
  • I thanked him for risking his neck for me. 我感谢他为我冒生命危险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I've been done down once, and I'm not risking it again. 我已经上过一次当,我不想冒第二次危险了。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
6-HES(hetastarch)
albumenizes
all cause mortality
American South
Association for the Promotion of International Trade
Bacillus coli immobilis
bearing box cover
bergander
biographizes
blather on about
blowing furnace
bonomis
broth bouillon
caffeine use disorder
candlewicks
chiyo
chromial
clientela
comcept of leaf class
communicating aqueduct
comparative statement of actual and estimated profit and loss
complement representation
cortical sinuses
cotner
cravingness
credit to
crystal enclosure
Cyclea insularis
detent plate cover
discrete probability function
distribution lines
dollar gold standard
doubleted
downhaul
driving chart swaying
drum scudding machine
ecologic replacement
elevating hopper
estimating by trees
exhaust-gas scrubber
extra weft
Exurate
feed-water and condensate plant
four wired cable
furhman
genus epilobiums
gladded
handdipping
high chopper
high-pressure orchard sprayer
honests-to-god
I only work here
i-towe
isotope container,isotope flask
ivh
Japanese giant salamander
Keur Madiabel
kinopsis
leen
line iteration methods
MacAdam's ellipse
Mengniu
metamolybdic acid
microvariations
mid-coil impedance
multidisciplined
multiperspectival
musikverein
MW IC
Nivoman
normal histogram
Onman, Mys
outdoor-equipment
patty-cake
phantastron delay circuit
phyllosticta ixeridis
Qift
remote support facility
scheduled territory
short haul cable carrier system
shortrun production
sialkots
slip-chip
smoke prevention
special information operations
statical phenomenology
suffragial
sweelincks
tamper with a document
taper matching
Ted Williams
texton
the noose
track-center distance
transmaritime
trein
typed in
vantage
visual feast
what do you say?
William S. Gilbert
yoke mounting