留美老师带你每天说英文 第800期:自动贩卖机的出现
2020-07-28来源:和谐英语
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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是:
There's a scarcity of low-skilled labor. So, instead of paying a sales clerk to sit and collect your money when you buy a piece of gum, they just put it in a machine and automate the whole thing.
将会出现低技能劳动力短缺的状况。所以当你去买口香糖,老板们不再是雇用店员坐在那收你的钱,而是干脆就放台机器在那,一切全面自动化。
学习重点:
1.scarcity 缺乏
scarcity (n.) 缺乏
scarce (adj.) 缺乏的
2.labor/labour 劳动
labor/labour (n.) 劳动
work (n.) 工作
3.clerk 办事员
clerk (n.) 办事员
employee (n.) 受雇者
4.collect 收集
collect (v.) 收集
collection (n.) 收集
5.automate 自动化
automate (v.) 自动化
automatic (adj.) 自动的