A:大家好! 我是杨琳, 欢迎来到美语训练班!
B:大家好,我是Kat! 杨琳,赶快来介绍一下今天的节目内容吧!
A:没问题! 今天,咱们要去体验一下美国的高中生活,当回拉拉队,要聊聊怎么戒烟,还要告诉大家怎么用美语说“开夜车”。
B:哇!开夜车,I'm an expert on that!
A:那你等会来给大家介绍介绍你的熬夜心得吧!
B:哈哈,没问题!不过节目一开始,还是先来个简单的!
A:对,咱们先花一分种,学一个词儿!
学个词 for 03/07/2012
YangL/LIN
今天我们要学的词是 account for. Account is spelled a-c-c-o-u-n-t, account; and for, f-o-r, for; account for. Account for 意思是所占百分比。Labor accounts for only 5% of the cost of making an iPhone. 在产生苹果手机的成本中,人工仅占百分之五。上星期出台的美国零售业数据令人鼓舞。大家普遍关注零售业数据是因为,Consumer spending accounts for more than 70 percent of all economic activity. 消费者开支占了整体经济活动的70%多。美国很受欢迎的影视租赁公司Netflix表示: TV series now account for more than half of all Netflix viewing. 用户收看电视剧集的比例占全部业务的一半以上。好的,今天我们学习的词是account for, account for, account for.
A:我也来造个句,I account for 90% of the work when it comes to hosting the show...
B:(打断)What??!! You account for how much?!!
A:哈哈,别生气嘛Kat! 我跟你开玩笑呢!
B:别理我,我生气呢!
A:哎呀,那你说,怎么才能补偿你!
B:Let me see. I think a very tasty banana strawberry shake will give us the clean slate that we need.
A:啊?你是说,要一个美味的香蕉草莓奶昔? 好吧好吧...谁叫我说错话了呢!
B:哈哈,I like your attitude! 言归正传,今天的words and idioms里,我们要来学刚刚我提到的"clean slate".
A:Let's listen!
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