慢速英语短文听力 生活会更好

Life Will Be Better

生活会更好

He was poor. He needed more money. He needed a good job. He had a job. But it wasn't a good job. It was a bad job. He was a waiter. He worked in a restaurant. It was a cheap restaurant. The meals were cheap. The customers were cheap. They usually gave him quarters for tips¹. Sometimes they gave him a dollar. Sometimes they gave him nothing. That made him angry. Why did they give him nothing? He was polite. He was helpful. Yet they gave him nothing. He wanted to kick those customers. But then he would go to jail1. He didn't want to go to jail². So he went to school. School was free. He wanted to be a mechanic2. He liked to fix things. He wanted to fix cars. He wanted to own a car shop. He would make money. He would hire³ other mechanics3. They would work for him. He would buy a house. He would get married⁴. He would have a family. Life would be good. Right now life was bad. But he would make it better.

他很穷。他需要有更多钱。他需要一份好工作。他有工作。但工作不好。那是一份坏工作。他是一位服务员。他在一家餐馆上班。那家餐馆很便宜。食物很便宜。顾客也很便宜。他们给他的小费通常都只有几十美分。有时候他们会给他一美元。有时候他们一分钱也不给。这让他很生气。为什么他们什么都不给？他很有礼貌。也很有帮助。但是他们一分钱都不给。他想把这些顾客揍一顿。但是那样的话他就得进监狱。他不想进监狱。所以他去学校了。学校是免费的。他想当一个技工。他喜欢修理东西。他想修车。他想拥有一家汽车店。那样他就能挣钱了。他就会雇佣其他技工。他们就会替他工作。他就能买一栋房子。他就会结婚。他会有一个家庭。生活就会很美好。现在的生活很糟糕。但是他会让它变好。

1 tips   

abbr.Tax Intercept Programs 税务拦截计划；to insure prompt service (gratuities) 确保快捷服务（赏金）；topical information packages 论题信息包n.顶端( tip的名词复数 )；倾斜；末端；（鸟或飞机的）翼尖v.（使）某物侧边提高，倾斜，翻倒( tip的第三人称单数 )；给小费；将（所盛之物）倒出；轻打

参考例句：

• the tips of your fingers 手指尖
• See Tips&Tricks for an exploit. 参见Tips&Tricks章节。 来自互联网

2 jail   

n.监狱，看守所；vt.监禁，拘留

参考例句：

• The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
• If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西，最终会被抓进监狱的。

3 hire   

vt.雇佣，租用；vi. 受雇；n.租金，租用，雇用

参考例句：

• The day's hire for the car is ten dollars.汽车每日的租金是十美元。
• We'd better hire a car for the weekend.我们最好租一辆汽车在周末用。

4 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。