华尔街高级英语Lesson 1

1. Here am I then ready for all those gorgeous¹ housewives² sitting, around at home with nothing to do!
2. Geez these things are heavy! I sure hope I manage to sell a few all of them_ soon.
3. Here we are, Chernobyl Avenue⁴. Let’s start with No.1. Oh, it’s an apartment building. Never mind,
4. I’ll start on the top floor and work my way down to the bottom⁵. Excuse me sir, where’s the elevator?
5. You’ve got to be joking, man! There’s no elevator here, You’re going to have to go up the stairs.
6. Oh, I see, thanks.
7. Top floor at last! Gee³, that nearly killed me! I guess I should have left the boxed at the bottom. Oh well here we go!
8. Well?
9. Oh!
10. Well, what is it? If it’s the rent I’ll be paying it tomorrow.
11. Hey no, it’s nothing to do with the rent. I’d just like to ask you a few questions.
12. Where the heck…? Sorry, I seem to have lost my bit of paper.
13. What bit of paper? What questions? Bill!
14. What's going on here? Who is this guy?
15. He says he wants to ask us a lot of questions.
16. Who are you? Who sent you here?
17. I was just wondering if you had a washing⁶ machine that’s all! It doesn’t matter; I think I’ll be going now.
18. Hey not so fast! Come here
19. I must go! Real nice to have met you! So long!
20. You’d better not come back!
21. Gosh! I better get out of this building as fast as I can.
22. Here we are! I’ve got my list of questions, I’ve got my machines I’m ready to go.

1 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！

2 housewives   

n.家庭主妇；家庭主妇( housewife的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This advertisement is calculated to attract the attention of housewives. 这个广告旨在吸引家庭主妇们的注意力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This factory was started around 1980 by housewives. 这家工厂是在1980年由一些家庭妇女搞起来的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

4 avenue   

n.林荫道；大街；途径，手段

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He drove slowly.The avenue was crowded with people.他慢慢地开车，因为大街上挤满了人。

5 bottom   

n.底部;屁股，臀部；adj.底部的

参考例句：

• The bottom of the cup is broken.这杯子的底破了。
• The channel must have a flat bottom.沟道的底要平。

6 washing   

n.洗，洗涤，洗衣，洗脸，洗澡，冲洗，冲刷

参考例句：

• A washing machine is run by a small electric motor.洗衣机由一台小电动机驱动。
• She hung the washing on the line to dry.她把洗好的衣服晾在绳子上。