A:大家好! 欢迎来到美语训练班, 我是杨琳!
B:我是Kat, 杨林,快介绍一下节目内容吧!
A:好! 今天,咱们要见识一下冰球守门员的风采,想想要不要雇个婚礼策划师,学学中国风水学在商务场合中的作用,还要告诉大家怎么说“炒作”。
B:Sounds good! But first, let's learn a word.
Learn A Word prone to
今天我们要学的词是 prone to. Prone is spelled p-r-o-n-e, prone; and to, t-o, to; prone to. Prone to 倾向于。Our newly-recruited quarterback is known for being prone to injury. 大家都知道,我们新签的这个四分位动不动就容易受伤。最近一项研究发现,工作时间与抑郁有直接关系。与每天正常工作8小时相比,The study found that employees who stay in the office for over 10 hours appear to be more prone to depression. 研究发现,每天待在办公室超过10个小时的员工更容易患上抑郁症。与此同时,Heavy Facebook users are also more prone to depression. 严重依赖脸谱网站的用户也更容易患抑郁症。好的,今天我们学习的词是prone to, prone to, prone to.
A:Kat, 听见没有,经常在Facebook上挂着容易得忧郁症!
B:I don't understand the link between them. Isn't social network supposed to help you stay in touch with your friends, hence become happier?
A:说得也是啊。可能这说的是那些天天闷在屋里,挂在网上的宅男宅女吧?老不出去和真正的世界接触,不和别人打交道,就容易变得 depressed.
B:Maybe. But anyway, I don't know any Facebook user who are depressed!
A:我认识的人里也没有这样的。看来,这样的报导如果想让咱俩信服,最好是能举出一个真实生活中的例子。
B:Yeah, we need a case in point!
A:还是先来学学什么叫 a case in point 吧。