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2024.05.18 21:10
第一部 第14课: 请重复跟读 - 於留空之间可以顺畅唸完為止‧
- Miss Smith didn't want the job until the company sweentened the pot by offering her a higher salary and the use of a company car.
- 史密斯小姐本来不想要那份工作的．后来，那家公司提高了给她的工资，还给她一辆公司的汽车用．这样，她才接受了那个工作。
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- They've built so many new office buildings here that they have trouble renting out all the space.
- 他们在这裡盖了好多的办公楼，现在都租不出去了．...
- So some landlords sweeten the pot; they offer a company six months free rent if it signs a three-year lease.
- 所以，有的房东就设法增加一些吸引人的条件．他们对一个公司说，要是这个公司和他们签订一个叁年的租房合约，他们就可以免付半年的房租。
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- Last night I got into a poker game with these men I met in the hotel bar.
- 昨天晚上，我和几个在旅馆酒吧间裡碰到的人一起玩扑克牌游戏．...
- And I lost a thousand dollars before I realized the cards were stacked against me.
- 直到我输了一千多美元以后，才省悟到这可能是个骗局，我想要赢他们恐怕是不可能的．...
- All I could do was pick up the money I had left and walk away.
- 而我所能做的就是拿起剩下的钱转头就走。
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- I really wanted to try out for the basketball team when I was in college.
- 当我上大学的时候，我真的很想参加篮球队．
- But the cards were stacked against me,...
- 但那是不可能的，...
- I'm only five feet six inches tall and everybody else was six-two or even taller.
- 因為我的身高只有一米六，而其他人至少都有一米八以上。
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