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2015年11月23日 每天半小時學英語

  • 中文素材
    每一個有能力的人,無論他們的專長是工程還是營銷,都會被企業爭搶;而擁有充足利潤空間(profit margin)以及巨大現金流(cash-flows)的大公司,願意為留存公司裡最優秀的人才或聘用聰明的畢業生而支付高薪。
  • 英文原文 from Financial Times of London
    Every capable person ,whether their forte is engineering or marketing ,will be keenly fought over;and the large companies,with their ample profit margins and huge cash-flows,are prepared to pay king’s ransoms to retain their best employees or recruit the smart graduates.
  • 中英切換
    1)Every capable【有能力的】 person ,whether their forte【專長】 is engineering or marketing ,will be keenly【強烈地】 fought over【為…爭搶】
    2)而擁有充足利潤空間【profit margin】以及巨大現金流【cash-flow】的大公司:and the large companies, [插入語with their ample profit margins and huge cash-flows],
    3)願意為留存公司裡最優秀的人才或聘用聰明的畢業生而支付高薪:are prepared to(準備好=願意) pay king’s ransoms to【支付國王的贖金=支付高額費用給】 retain【保留,留存】 their best employees or recruit【僱傭】 the smart graduates.
  • 重要語法點
    1)插入語:可從句可成分;Every capable person, [whether their forte is engineering or marketing,] will be keenly fought over. / The large companies, [with their ample profit margins and huge cash-flows], are prepared to
    2)or(and)平行結構:一樣的主語,對等的結構,形式一致;whether their forte is [engineering] or [marketing]/… to [retain their best employees] or [recruit the smart graduates].
  • 好詞好句
    1)fight over:為…爭搶;例句:Western powers 【西方列強】have intervened 【干涉】in issues of Middle East with the purpose of fighting over oil resources.
    2)profit margins:利潤空間;例句:High profit margins will attract many enterprises to enter this field.
    3)pay king’s ransoms to:支付高額的費用;例句:He has paid king’s ransoms to buy a villa 【別墅】beside the sea.