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2025.10.15 01:44
第十一部 第六课: cash cow , tickled pink
- Larry 和李华到学校附近一家新开的墨西哥快餐店吃饭．今天李华会学到两个常用语： cash cow 和 tickled pink。
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- Wow! This place is a real cash cow! Look how crowded it is!
- Cash cow？什麼是 cash cow？我知道 cash 就是钱，现金； cow 是一头牛．哦～，我懂了， cash cow 就是一头很有钱的牛．意思就是说，这裡啊生意这麼兴隆，钱赚很多．对不对？
- That』s right! A cash cow is a business that is very profitable. This is obviously a popular place, so they must be making a lot of money.
- 没错，这家餐厅啊一定很赚钱．你看，要是这裡每小时来 200 个客人，每个人平均消费 7 美元，那就不得了哎！
- That's $1,400 an hour! This place is definitely a cash cow. I wish I owned a business like this.
- 嗯～，我也希望自己能有这样一个会赚钱的摇钱树呢。
- You know what? The new movie theater that they just opened by campus is another real cash cow.
- 对哎！学校旁边那家新开的电影院啊，是这附近唯一的一家，所以大家都上那儿去看电影．他们啊肯定也很赚钱。
- Tickets are really expensive, too, but we don't have a choice because there aren't any other movie theaters nearby.
- 真没办法，就因為他们是这儿唯一的一家电影院，儘管啊票价贵，大家也别无选择囉！他们啊就变成了赚钱的影院， a cash cow! 可是啊苦了我们这些穷学生喔！
- At least they give us student discounts on weekdays. That makes it a little bit easier on us.
- 看来啊，我们最好在星期一到星期五之间去看电影．这样呢就可以享受优惠价．不过这对戏院本身也有好处嘛！这样一来，学生就愿意在生意比较清淡的时间去看电影囉！
- You should be a businesswoman, Li Hua. It seems like you really understand these things. If you own a business, I'm sure it will turn out to be a cash cow.
- 也不见得啦！我啊其实对做生意没有太大兴趣。
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- I'm tickled pink with the food here. What do you think, Li Hua? Do you like Mexican food?
- 我很喜欢墨西哥菜，好吃极了．你说你 tickled pink？ Tickle 是搔痒的意思， pink 是粉红色，你是说这道菜太辣啦？
- No, I mean that I really like the food. To be tickled pink by something is to be really pleased by it.
- 哦～，原来， tickled pink 就是指非常高兴、很满意的意思．嗯！我也很喜欢这裡的菜． I am tickled pink too。
- Oh, I almost forgot to tell you: I got a really good job for the summer. I'm really tickled pink about it.
- 你找到了一份非常好的暑期工？那太好了，我真替你高兴．疑？那你什麼时候开始工作呢？
- I'll take a couple of weeks off after exams and then start working at the beginning of June. I told my mom and she was tickled pink too.
- 考完试休息几个星期再工作．这安排啊真是不错，别说你妈听了高兴，谁听了都会替你高兴．我啊还不知道这个暑期要干什麼呢！
- Aren't you going to visit Vancouver?
- 对，我是要去温哥华看我哥哥，但是我得先打工，赚了钱才能去呀！听说啊学校图书馆有暑期工作呢。
- That sounds good. You could sit in the air-conditioned library all summer and read and play on the Internet. You should be tickled pink to get a job like that!
- 对，要是他们要我的话，我可以一个暑期坐在有空调的图书馆裡看书，玩互联网（网际网路）．有那麼一个工作，我当然高兴啦！
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语．一个是： cash cow，这是指「非常赚钱的生意」，也就是「摇钱树」．另一个常用语是： tickled pink，是「让人非常高兴、非常愉快」的意思。
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