(单词翻译:单击)
小故事
Whom to Marry
和谁结婚
There is a man has three girlfriends, but he does not know which one to marry. So he decides to give each one of them $ 5000 and see how each of them spends it.
有一个男人有3个女朋友,可是他不知道要和谁结婚好。于是他决定给她们每人5000块钱看她们都怎么花。
The first one goes out and gets a total makeover with the money. She gets new clothes, a new hairdo, manicure, pedicure, and tells the man, "I spent the money so I could look pretty for you because I love you so much."
第一个女人用这笔钱把自己整个改头换面了一番。她买了新衣服,换了新发型,修了手指甲和脚。她对男人说:“我把这些钱花在自己身上是为了让我更漂亮,从而更配你,这都是因为我很爱你。”
The second one went out and bought new golf clubs, a CD player, a television, and stereo and gives them to the man. She says, "I bought these gifts for you because I love you so much."
第二个女人用这些钱买了高尔夫球杆、CD播放器、电视音响送给男人。她说:“我买了这些东西送给你是因为我很爱你。”
The third one takes the $ 5000 and invests it in the stock market, doubles her investment, returns the $ 5000 and reinvests the rest. She says, "I am investing the rest of the money for our future because I love you so much."
第三个女人拿了钱投入股市,又赚了5000块,她把5000块还给男人,用赚来的5000块继续投资。她说:“我太爱你了,所以我用剩下的钱为我们以后的日子投资赚钱。”
The man thought long and hard about how each of the women spent the money, and decided to marry the one with the biggest breasts.
男人长时间地仔细考虑了女人们的花钱方式,最后决定娶了那个胸最大的。
重点讲解
重点讲解:
1. There be句型
意思是“有”,表示“人或事物的存在”;
eg. There were differences of opinion, he added, on very basic issues.
他补充说,在一些非常基本的问题上存在意见分歧。
eg. There's nothing in this room; there's not a single chair, there's no bed, and not a single shelf.
这个房间空无一物,没有椅子,没有床,连个架子都没有。
2. decide to do sth.
决定,拿定主意(做)某事;
eg. She decided to do a secretarial course.
她决定修一门文秘课程。
eg. She decide to rent out a room to get extra income.
她为获得额外收入决定租出一个房间。
3. invest in
投资;
eg. He invested all our profits in gold shares.
他把我们所有的收益都投资在黄金股上了。
eg. He showed good judgment in deciding not to invest in the project.
他决定不对那项工程投资,这说明他的判断力很强。