北师大版高中英语模块4--Unit 10 Money Lesson 1-1

[00:03.22]Unit 10 Money Lesson 1 A Material World
[00:10.55]"Who wants to be a Millionaire¹?I don't."
[00:13.29]says Charles Gray
[00:15.38]Angus Deayton interviews ex-millionaire
[00:18.32]Charles Gray
[00:20.50]A lot of people are determined²
[00:22.23]to become a millionaire.
[00:24.52]They spend half their time dreaming up ways
[00:27.04]of getting rich,
[00:28.20]and the rest of their time thinking
[00:29.64]about all the enjoyable things they would do
[00:32.41]once they got rich.
[00:33.98]But do all millionaires³ find the happiness
[00:36.78]that they thought they would get
[00:38.50]when they achieve their goals?
[00:40.56]Some millionaires continue
[00:42.12]to be concerned about money
[00:43.82]when they become millionaires.
[00:46.07]They are hardworking to get all that money.
[00:49.41]Then they are hardworking
[00:51.26]to make sure they never lose it!

[00:53.68]But there are people
[00:54.98]who have turned their backs
[00:56.55]on their millions and found different ways
[00:58.60]to be happy in their lives.
[01:00.75]Charles Gray is one example.

[01:03.47]Sixteen years ago,
[01:04.46]Charles was a college professor
[01:06.23]with a huge six-bedroom house and $2 million.
[01:10.78]Today he lives in a small dormitory⁴ room
[01:13.52]where there is only second-hand⁵ furniture.
[01:16.70]There are certainly no signs
[01:18.08]that Charles was a rich man!
[01:18.59]

1 millionaire   

n.百万富翁，大富豪

参考例句：

• The millionaire put up a lot of money for the church.这位百万富翁为教会捐了许多钱。
• She wants to marry a millionaire.她想嫁给一位有钱人。

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 millionaires   

n.百万富翁( millionaire的名词复数 )；大富翁；大财主；有钱人

参考例句：

• In Chicago, whose population still ranged about 500,000, millionaires were not numerous. 在还只有大约五十万人口的芝加哥，百万富翁并不多。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Millionaires don't buy things on instalments! 百万富翁是不会分期付款买东西的！ 来自新概念英语第一册

4 dormitory   

n.集体寝室，宿舍；郊外居住区

参考例句：

• She lives in the dormitory on weekdays.平常她住在宿舍里。
• The boys were settled in their dormitory.男孩子们被安排在宿舍里住下了。

5 second-hand   

adj.用过的，旧的，二手的

参考例句：

• I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
• They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。