天天商务英语学习 7月16日
[table=98%][tr][td=1,1,639]天天商务词汇 [/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,459][font=Bookman Old Style][b]flaw (noun) [/b]缺点；瑕疵[/font][/td][td=1,1,179][align=center][url=http://www.youmars.com/07ttxx/20070716%20flaw.mp3][color=#0000ff][/color][/url][/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,131][align=center]解释[/align][/td][td=1,1,507][align=center][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]defect[/size][/font][/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,131][align=center]例句[/align][/td][td=1,1,507][align=center][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]There's still one major flaw: it's far too expensive.[/size][/font][/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td]天天商务报道 [/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,464][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Island shopping [/b][/size][/font][font=Bookman Old Style]有钱就买个小岛[/font][/td][td=1,1,174][align=center][url=http://www.youmars.com/07ttxx/20070716%20Island%20shopping.mp3][color=#0000ff][/color][/url][/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]You know you've always wanted your own private island escape. Turns out there are plenty of these jewels for sale... and you only have to be moderately wealthy to afford them. Chana Joffe-Walt checks out some property off the Seattle coast.[/size][/font]
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[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Scott Jagow:[/b] Marlon Brando had one. James Cagney won his in a poker game. I think Leo DiCaprio owns one too. I'm talking about private islands. Actually, these days, you don't have to super-rich to buy your own island. We decided to look into the San Juan Islands near Seattle. Here's Chana Joffe-Walt:[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Chana Joffe-Walt:[/b] Shopping for an island is like buying a house. First, you check out the property. And if you're looking for a San Juan beauty, realtor Wally Gudgell can get you there in a boat that's perfect for you. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Wally Gudgell:[/b] I have a big boat for nouveau riche kind of people 'cause they like to be pampered. And then I have a little boat for old money people. Old money people want to be treated like a regular guy. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Joffe-Walt: [/b]What boat are we gonna be taking now? [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Gudgell:[/b] We're gonna take the little boat. . . no offense. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Joffe-Walt: [/b]So you think I'm old money? [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Gudgell:[/b] Yeah you look like old money. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]Hmmm. . . must be my sweater vest. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]Anyway we jump in the regular guy boat and jet through a series of rounded, lush green islands jumping out of the water. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Gudgell: [/b]This is Little Devil Island, it's about 2 acres, well it's actually 3.5 acres. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]The couple on the island next door bought Devil a few years ago, you know, as a guest island. But they haven't used it much so it's on the market for almost $4 million. Gudgell says plenty of people can afford that: [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Gudgell: [/b]It's true the world is awash in cash. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]I can't afford to buy this private paradise, but now islands are going for as little as a couple hundred thousand. And close to home too - off the coasts of Mexico, Canada and Connecticut. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]Private island realtors say they're getting more calls and some increased sales. Wally Gudgell says duh. Security and privacy are increasingly scarce. Plus . . . [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Gudgell: [/b]Most men would kill to live on their own island. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]And now there are always cell phones, satellites and crackberries to keep you company. But you can turn it all off and be here, among the wildflowers. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]Well, I'm sold. That is, until I finish off my water bottle. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Joffe-Walt:[/b] So I have one other question: Is there a bathroom? [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Gudgell:[/b] Oh, no you just go in the woods. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Joffe-Walt: [/b]I'll wait. Thanks. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]That's the thing about buying an island. There's nothing here, no bathroom, no septic system, no electricity. It's up to the buyer to set that stuff up. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]On this island, Gudgell said it'd run $250,000 to put all that in. [/size][/font]
[/td][/tr][/table] i'm in a good mood
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