read the story carefully and then translate the phrases which are marked in red or write down what you get from the story to gain the score. 试着翻译红色的部分或者发表自己的看法.
① Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance.
It wasn’t long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones was having a staggeringly high success-rate, selling insurance to nearly 100% of the recurits he advised.
② Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jone’s sales pitch.
Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits, and then said: “If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don’t have GI insurance, and you go into battle and get killed, the government only has to pay a maximum of $6000.”
“Now,"he concluded,"③ which group do you think they are going to send into battle first?"
① Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance.
1、飞行员琼斯被派到就职中心去指导新兵关于政府的福利,尤其是军人保险;
② Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jone’s sales pitch
2、长官不是去询问,而是站在房间的后面去听琼斯的演讲
③ which group do you think they are going to send into battle first?
你们认为他们会最先送谁去战争?
What a clever insurance salesman Jone is!作者: evaxiaofan 时间: 2010-7-14 15:05
① Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance.
飞行员琼斯被派到就职中心去指导新兵关于政府的福利,尤其是军人保险方面;
② Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and listened to Jone’s sales pitch
长官没有直接询问他,而是站在房间的后面听他的介绍
③ which group do you think they are going to send into battle first?
你们认为他们会最先送谁去战场?