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。
LL: Wow! This place is a real cash cow! Look how crowded it is!
LH: Cash cow？什么是 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，这里啊生意这么兴隆，钱赚很多．对不对？
LL: 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.
LH: 没错，这家餐厅啊一定很赚钱．你看，要是这里每小时来 200 个客人，每个人平均消费 7 美元，那就不得了吔！
LL: That's $1,400 an hour! This place is definitely a cash cow. I wish I owned a business like this.
LH: 嗯～，我也希望自己能有这样一个会赚钱的摇钱树呢。
LL: You know what? The new movie theater that they just opened by campus is another real cash cow.
LH: 对吔！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。
LL: Tickets are really expensive, too, but we don't have a choice because there aren't any other movie theaters nearby.
LH: 真没办法，就因为他们是这儿唯一的一家电影院，尽管啊票价贵，大家也别无选择啰！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！
LL: At least they give us student discounts on weekdays. That makes it a little bit easier on us.
LH: 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啰！
LL: 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.
LH: 也不见得啦！我啊其实对做生意没有太大兴趣。
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LL: I'm tickled pink with the food here. What do you think, Li Hua? Do you like Mexican food?
LH: 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？
LL: No, I mean that I really like the food. To be tickled pink by something is to be really pleased by it.
LH: 哦～，原来， tickled pink 就是指非常高兴、很满意的意思．嗯！我也很喜欢这里的菜． I am tickled pink too。
LL: Oh, I almost forgot to tell you: I got a really good job for the summer. I'm really tickled pink about it.
LH: 你找到了一份非常好的暑期工？那太好了，我真替你高兴．疑？那你什么时候开始工作呢？
LL: 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.
LH: 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么呢！
LL: Aren't you going to visit Vancouver?
LH: 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。
LL: 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!
LH: 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里看书，玩互联网（因特网）．有那么一个工作，我当然高兴啦！
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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