英语自学网 发表于 2016-7-9 23:43:56

英语常用表达:Crash 碰撞,跌落

  Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Helen.
          Chen Li: 我是陈藜. 在 Real English 节目里,我们要学习新词语,短语和表达,那么我们今天要学的词是?
          Helen: Today's new word is 'crash' – C.R.A.S.H. – crash.
          Chen Li: Crash. 我知道这个词,意思是有事故发生,比如汽车冲撞,这个词可不那么幸运。
          Helen: You are half right, crash is also often used in business, and it
means to lose value or fail suddenly and quickly.
          Chen Li: 我明白了,这个词也可以说在短时间内失去价值或资金,那么怎么使用这个词呢?
          Helen: Well, it's a verb.
          Chen Li: 这是一个动词
          Helen: And a noun.
          Chen Li: 也可以作为名词。
          Helen: So you could say everyone lost a lot of money when the gold markets
crashed in 1987.
          Chen Li: 在这里 crash 是一个动词。
          Helen: Or as a noun I could say 'there was a big crash on the stock market
today'.
          Chen Li: 在这里 crash 又作为了一个名词。
          Helen: In both sentences, a lot of money was lost quickly and suddenly.
          Insert
          A: I hear Bill had to sell his sports car.
          B: Yes. He had all his money in coffee. The market crashed and he lost
almost everything.
          Helen: The stock market crashed in 2002 when the technology bubble
burst.
          Chen Li: 我记得,当科技泡沫破灭,股市也很快下跌。
          Helen: That's why I never gamble on the stock market.
          Chen Li: Well, good for you. 今天我们体验了崩溃的意味,可以用作动词,和名词,在商业中,他指突然失去价值或者价格。
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