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2024.04.24 02:13
第一部 第14課: 請重複跟讀 - 於留空之間可以順暢唸完為止‧
- Miss Smith didn't want the job until the company sweentened the pot by offering her a higher salary and the use of a company car.
- 史密斯小姐本來不想要那份工作的．後來，那家公司提高了給她的工資，還給她一輛公司的汽車用．這樣，她才接受了那個工作。
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- They've built so many new office buildings here that they have trouble renting out all the space.
- 他們在這裡蓋了好多的辦公樓，現在都租不出去了．...
- So some landlords sweeten the pot; they offer a company six months free rent if it signs a three-year lease.
- 所以，有的房東就設法增加一些吸引人的條件．他們對一個公司說，要是這個公司和他們簽訂一個三年的租房合約，他們就可以免付半年的房租。
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- Last night I got into a poker game with these men I met in the hotel bar.
- 昨天晚上，我和幾個在旅館酒吧間裡碰到的人一起玩撲克牌遊戲．...
- And I lost a thousand dollars before I realized the cards were stacked against me.
- 直到我輸了一千多美元以後，才省悟到這可能是個騙局，我想要贏他們恐怕是不可能的．...
- All I could do was pick up the money I had left and walk away.
- 而我所能做的就是拿起剩下的錢轉頭就走。
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- I really wanted to try out for the basketball team when I was in college.
- 當我上大學的時候，我真的很想參加籃球隊．
- But the cards were stacked against me,...
- 但那是不可能的，...
- I'm only five feet six inches tall and everybody else was six-two or even taller.
- 因為我的身高只有一米六，而其他人至少都有一米八以上。
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