华尔街基础英语Lesson 80

55. Gosh, it’s so darned cold in here! I had to turn off the heating¹ last month, because I can’t afford it any more.
56. And last week I even had to give up the phone; I can afford that anymore neither!
57. So now nobody can call me, even to say hello! There’s nothing left here except the TV! Take a man like me. I travel around the world. I stay in the best  
hotels. I eat in the most expensive restaurants.
58. I go out with the most beautiful woman. Now that’s a special kind of credit² card for a man like me-AMERICAN EXCESS/
59. It’s all right for some!
60. My name is Daniel Q.Biedermaier. Listen to me; this could be the most important moment in your life.
61. Do you have what you want?
62. No, I haven’t.
63. Are you a winner, or a loser?
64. I’m a loser!
65. I could change your life for you. How? The same way as I changed mine. Let me tell you my story…
66. Ten years ago I was nobody: a gas station attendant³ taking home 300 dollars a week.
67. And today I’m the president⁴ of one of American’s biggest companies.
68. I have beautiful homes in N.Y, Paris, London and Rome⁵.
69. I have a Ferrari, a Mercedes and a Rolls-Royce,
70. And best of all I have a beautiful wife who loves me very much, and three lovely happy children.
71. How did I do it? By DYNATHOUGHT! You can make DYNATHOUGHT work for you too. It starts as easily as this.
72. I’m not a loser; I’m a winner!
73. Find out all about DYNATHOUGHT!  Come to my seminar⁶ in Washday next week.
74. So start being⁷ a winner now! Mail you letter, together with a check for just $999, today! DYNATHOUGHT!
75. Gosh, that’s wonderful! I’m not a winner; I’m a loser.

1 heating   

n.加热，供暖，暖气装置；adj.加热的，供暖的

参考例句：

• They will install a heating and lighting system in our house.他们将在我们家装上供热供电系统。
• If the pressure is too low,the heating system will act up.如果压力太低，供暖系统就会出毛病。

2 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

3 attendant   

n.随从，跟班，出席者，服务员；adj.伴随的，出席的，注意的，在场的

参考例句：

• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来，打断了她的话。
• We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。

4 president   

n.总统；总裁；校长；院长；会(社)长；主席

参考例句：

• They selected him to be president.他们选举他为总裁。
• The president's speech lacked sincerity.校长的演讲缺乏诚意。

5 Rome   

n.罗马(意大利首都)

参考例句：

• I have not been to either Paris or Rome.我既没有到过巴黎也没有到过罗马。
• We're leaving for Rome next week.我们下星期要到罗马去。

6 seminar   

n.研究小组，研讨会，(大学的)研究班

参考例句：

• The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。
• The seminar was to discuss diversification of agriculture.该研讨会讨论的是农业多种经营。

7 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？