时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


英语课

   The owner of a Manhattan firm has offered his employees a 15-percent raise. All they have to do is tattoo 1 themselves with the firm's logo—DD. The name of the firm is Double Down. It makes pillows. The owner claims his pillows contain twice as much down as his competitors' pillows. Why did he make the offer? He said, "It's a unique way to promote our brand. Employees become walking billboards 2 for our pillows." Many employees jumped at the offer. They now have DD tattooed 3 on their hands or necks. However, others passed on the offer. One woman said, "What happens if this company goes south? Or I get fired? I'm going to be stuck with DD on my body for the rest of my life? No way! My friend Suzanne already did it. But if she gets fired, she can always say the tattoo stands for her bra size."



n.纹身,(皮肤上的)刺花纹;vt.刺花纹于
  • I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
  • He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。
n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )
  • Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
  • Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上,却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号
v.刺青,文身( tattoo的过去式和过去分词 );连续有节奏地敲击;作连续有节奏的敲击
  • He had tattooed his wife's name on his upper arm. 他把妻子的名字刺在上臂上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The sailor had a heart tattooed on his arm. 那水兵在手臂上刺上一颗心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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a dispatch rider
aeolipile,aeolipyle
anisocotyledonous
anti-positivist
antiherbivore
asterolecanium minutum
Bekkai
blenniella chrysospilos
Boftsa
calshot
casing hook
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Cerklje
chip metering
Chongchon-gang
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como-cast process
complementary non-linearity
Currier and Ives
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dimethyl dichlorosilan
diploidy number
distributive lagging model
diversified investment company
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dual system pump
egg and dart moulding
equilibrium paraboloid
feastress
field officer
finishing oven
Gabai
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grab mechanism at the end of a vertical telescoping mast
hedge one's bets
heeroplasty
heintzite
hoighty-toighty
home edition
ice tongue afloat
International Diplomatic Academy
Iodipamidum
issuances
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Korda
let down one's hair
lines of duty
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rootof thread
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