和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Money, Part 3

2012-07-15来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Most people enjoy working for several reasons.

work for 为……效力
例句:He's so overbearing that no one wants to work for him. 
他那么专横, 没人愿为他工作。 

2. They have to make ends meet.

make ends meet 量入为出
例句:We must pinch pennies to make ends meet. 
我们一定要精打细算, 以求收支平衡。 

3. They do not have enough money to pay for what they need.

pay for 因...受到惩罚;为...付出代价
例句:He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

4. Or they have to spend or lay out more money than they want for something.

lay out 展示;摆出
例句:He laid out his views in a speech this afternoon.
他在今天下午的发言中提出了自己的观点。

5. We had to pay money to the employee who led us to our table.

lead to 导致
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。

6. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

instead of 代替
例句:He will go instead of you.
他将代你去。