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take a walk
散步
Last evening we took a walk around the park.
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Merle starts talking to Marvin at a department store
Merle: You sure are buying a lot. You get a big Chinese New Year bonus?
Marvin:Just a little bit. How about you?
Merle: My company totally gypped us all this year. We only got two thousand NT each.
Marvin: I'm sorry to hear that. I guess that was since the economy is not doing so well?
Merle: No, our company has a moron for a manager. We've been on the verge of bankruptcy for years.
Marvin: Have you considered switching jobs?
Merle: Of course I have, but good jobs aren't as easy to find as you might think.
Marvin: I guess you may have a wife and family to consider, too.
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梅洛在一间百货公司跟马文搭讪
梅洛：你买得还真多。年终奖金拿很多吗？
马文：一点点而已。你呢？
梅洛：我的公司今年骗了我们所有人。我们每人才拿到两千新台币。
马文：我很遗憾听到这种事。我想这都是因为经济不景气吧？
梅洛：不，是我们公司有个白痴经营者。我们濒临破产边缘已经好久了。
马文：你有想过要换工作吗？
梅洛：当然想过，但是好工作没有想象中好找。
马文：我想你还得顾虑到老婆跟家人。
重点解说：
★ bonus (n.) 奖金，红利。year-end bonus是‘年终奖金’
★ gyp (v.) 欺骗，骗取
★ economy (n.) 经济
★ moron (n.) 白痴，低能者
★ on the verge of... 濒临…，即将…
★ bankruptcy (n.) 破产，倒闭
★ consider (v.) 考虑
★ switch (v.) 换。switch jobs就是‘换工作’
★ manager (n.) 经营者，经理。...has a...for a...是一个固定的用法，表示‘（某人）的（谁）是个…’，例如we have a genius for a son = our son is a genius（我们的儿子是个天才）’ | |
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Some artificial satellites are used for telecommunications, which enable us to make telephone calls to any part of the world, to see live television transmissions and to communicate via the Internet. Other artificial satellites are used for navigation, so that people on Earth can know at any moment the position of an object, within a few meters.
有些人造卫星被用于通讯，使我们可以把电话打到世界任何一个角落，收看电视直播，并通过互联网交流。有些被用于导航，这样地球上的人便可以在任何时刻都能够知道一个物体的方位，其精确度达到几米以内。 | |
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过去进行时替代一般过去时的用法 （1）
过去进行时可以用来代替一般过去时，表示更为偶然而非预定的动作：
I was talking to Tom the other day.
那天我跟汤姆聊天来着。
这里的过去进行时给人的印象是这一动作既不特殊，也不引人注目。它同时还倾向于解除主语对于这一动作所负的责任。句中谁先开口说话既不清楚，也无关紧要。要注意它与一般过去时的差异：I talked to Tom（我跟汤姆谈话了）表示主语I是主动的。类似的句子还有：
From four to six Tom was washing the car.
从4点到6点汤姆在洗车。
这通常表示一个随便的、可能是例行的活动，可与下句相比：
From four to six Tom washed the car.
从4点到6点汤姆洗了车。（表示汤姆有意的、经过考虑的行动）
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