英语外刊阅读精讲：美式幽默(原声音频)

2018-10-04 09:26:00来源：新东方在线

　　词汇-短语-句型

　　1.Indiana’s Thomas R. Marshal：

　　2.Somebody voiced: 发表意见、发表看法（to say what you think about a particular subject, especially to express a doubt, complaint, etc. that you have about it:）

　　3.pluck: 挑选（you pluck something from somewhere, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply from where it is）

　　4.a Hoosier humorist: Hoosier（印第安纳州居民的称号）

　　5.one of the few long-remembered utterances：发声、看法、意见和感受（Utterance is the expression in words of ideas, thoughts, and feelings）

　　6.issue from that office: 发行、流出、公开发布消息、声明（you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly）

　　7.“What this country needs is a good five-percent cigar.” 这个国家需要一根百分之五的雪茄烟

　　8.A century later, what the country needs is a $12 12-ounce cup of coffee. 这个国家需要一杯售价12美元，装在12盎司杯子中的咖啡

　　9.ounce: 盎司（约28克）（小杯8盎司，230毫升/中杯12盎司，350毫升/大杯：16盎司，479毫升/超大杯：20盎司，590毫升）（星巴克在美国的价格：tall: 4, grande：5美元）（怡宝纯净水：555毫升）

　　10.you cannot swing a dead cat without hitting a Starbuck store. 美国俏皮话，形容人多：（You cannot throw a brick without hitting someone.）；think of England, see you later, alligator. For a while, crocodile; age before monkey, man before beauty,

　　11.an elusive or exclusive experience. 1）elusive：难以捉摸的、难以言表的（is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve）；2）exclusive：独占的，排外的，唯一的（expensive and only for people who are rich or of a high social class）

　　12.pose a problem, or an opportunity：省略

　　13.a Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room

　　14.a cup of “small-batch” coffee：一组、一批、一次性生产量（an amount produced at one baking）

　　15.an experience---Starbuck sells experiences as much as coffee

　　16.of both conspicuous consumption：令人瞩目的消费行为

　　17.conspicuous connoisseurship：A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts（令人瞩目的鉴赏行为）

　　18.a pittance: 少量(a very small amount) 内涵还有“钱少”（an amount of money that is so small that it seems unfair）

　　19.a.k.a, : also known as（也可以称为…）

　　20.a skinflint will be able to buy a cold-brew coffee：if you say that someone is a skinflint, you are saying that they are a mean person who hates spending money.

　　21.infused with nitrogen gas：注入氮气（星巴克首创Nitro Cold Brew）

　　22.which sounds like an acquired taste. 逐渐培养的爱好（One that is unpleasant on immediate experience or is likeable only after being experienced repeatedly.）

　　23.Very pricey coffee: 无价的、极其贵重的（describes an object which has such a high value, especially because it is rare, that the price of it cannot be calculated: extremely amusing to see or hear）

　　24.a fresh-brewed variation：变种产品

　　25.the familiar phenomenon of positional goods. 位置的，和地位相关的（put something or someone in a particular place）

　　26.enjoyments for the few. 少数人的享受之物

　　27.affluent societies: 富有阶层

　　28.They exist because, particularly ……之所以…，是由于…

　　29.in the upper reaches of affluent societies：reaches（范围、阶层）；（富人的变相说法：above the middle class.）

　　30.it is not love that makes the world go round：并非爱心玩转世界

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