时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

I had lunch today with my friend Sam. She recently quit her job with a large company to strike out on her own. She has always been an entrepreneur in small ways, but she decided 1 to start her own business. The start- up she launched provided technology consulting services for small- to medium-sized companies.


At first, she considered becoming partners with one or two of her co-workers. She wasn't sure if she could raise the seed money she needed for the start-up costs. But, she was able to raise the capital by taking on a silent partner, her uncle who had a lot of investment capital but didn't want to be involved in the day-to-day operations of a business now that he's retired 2.


One way that Sam is able to cut down on overhead is to make this a home-based business. She converted her garage into an office where she and her employees could work. Since most of the work would be done on site at her client's office, she didn't need a lot of office space.


I asked Sam if she was nervous about quitting her job to start her own business. She said that it's a big risk but that she was looking forward to the challenge. If she fails, she said, she can always audition 3 for American Idol 4. Well, I thought, I've heard Sam sing. I really hope her business takes off!


 



1 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
3 audition
n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)
  • I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音,可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
  • At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初,他们说他太小,但后来他们叫他去试听。
4 idol
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
学英语单词
aigrets
angioconray
Arnot
baffle brick
be placed on the docket
blackamericaweb.com
bodnants
bowie-knife
brigading
brothers and sisters
buettner
c.g
carboloy battery
cellular matrix
chromate treatment
COMPR (compression ratio)
continuous items
correcting range
CrmA
daswen
Diabenide
diameter of spiral bar
Diessenhofen
discontinuous transmission
display resolution
disrespected
ducted propulsion unit
dust feeded back into kiln system
dyinbe
ECFMS
electric fryer
ensconce oneself in/on
enterprise operation conversion mechanism
Fellini, Federico
flow capacity of control valve
free-form database
gas titration
Geelbek
gentlemen's rooms
gladiator sandal
grubber
haratin
High Holiday
hunching
i-thole
indicated tractive power
inswing
Intelligent port selector.
jeffersonia dubia benth. et hook.
kaori no aji (japan)
key in
khan baghdadi (al baghdadi)
kilomaser
La Motte
lead-in groove
learning methods
lig. sternoclaviculare
liquid-sealed vacuum pump
martin's
maybirds
metabolic-rate
methanephone
Nakonde
neodymium-chromium glass
neoserixia delicata
new-right
object code program
parking braking
pereiopoda
pessundate
phosphorous bronze
pii user
political administration
principal organ
rattlesnake twist
rayless goldenrod
re-hire
Represa
rescue sling
retained business
rhodojaponin
sandwich assay
self government
sequentially closed set
sheet metal working machines
side index plate
stellar chromosphere
step bunching
street dancer
tab stop
techno-globalism
tennos
thing through
time-varying parameter
to sleep
two-man saws
two-photon excited atomic fluorescence
ulmifolia
Vietri sul Mare
water parsnip
weak shock
yupperware