英语听力：探索发现 2014-04-30 Sex for Sale -19

 during the civil war ,many people suffered from starvation,and this kind of luxery were hard to find,but customers were happy to flirt¹ a good time,  ,this is how Marien made the big bucks², the sales ,things surounding the sales were also countributing the financial success of the house, ,but originaly   is now becoming  the pretty standard operating practice in brothels and street cops for that matter,and marien hall was the  first of all for  playing this ,very innovative³ practice, marien was a very stupid business woman who amass⁴ a big fortune during her life time  ,what she made ,what she amass  was a bit of today  worth you know the millions,marien hall ripped in the  money at a time when a same citrus made one dollar a week,and women even had no right to vote,she was a woman runing  that business , and that was incredible for her to be able to  achieve that kind of notoriety and reputation and  ,in the midst of civil war, marien hall brothel was like the  oasis , people could come in to and  celebrate great ,fine ,beatiful things in life, in was visit by any body who was anybody coming to DC,today i think hall serve great serivce in a moment  people relly really needed ,and legions of soldiers never forgot the solace⁵ the brothel brought to them during  the bloodist civil war on us soil.

1 flirt   

v.调情，挑逗，调戏；n.调情者，卖俏者

参考例句：

• He used to flirt with every girl he met.过去他总是看到一个姑娘便跟她调情。
• He watched the stranger flirt with his girlfriend and got fighting mad.看着那个陌生人和他女朋友调情，他都要抓狂了。

2 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

4 amass   

vt.积累，积聚

参考例句：

• How had he amassed his fortune?他是如何积累财富的呢？
• The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。

5 solace   

n.安慰；v.使快乐；vt.安慰(物)，缓和

参考例句：

• They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难，就在宗教中寻求安慰。
• His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈，他便借酒浇愁。