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AI Capone was one of the most famous criminals in American history.

Criminal 罪犯

Crime 罪行

He came from an immigrant family.

Immigrant:移民? 名詞

Immigrate:移民動(dòng)詞

His parents came from Italy, and his fatherwas a barber.

他的父母來自意大利，父親是一位理發(fā)師（只給男士剪發(fā)）

Hairdresser 理發(fā)師

I got my hair cut. 我剪了頭發(fā)

His mother was a seamstress.

裁縫

As a boy, he belonged to a street gang.

Belong to 某個(gè)組織的成員

小時(shí)候，就是街頭團(tuán)伙的一員

Gangster 黑幫成員，歹徒

He quit school after finishing the 6thgrade.

他上完6年紀(jì)就退學(xué)了

Drop out 退學(xué)==? quit

He built his career as a crime boss inChicago.

Career 職業(yè)，事業(yè)

As…引出事業(yè)

Crime boss 犯罪老大

He became boss at 26 when the previousleader was nearly killed.

當(dāng)之前的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)差點(diǎn)被殺，他變成了老板在26歲

His crime organization made a lot of money,more than 100 million dollars a year.

他的犯罪組織掙了很多錢，超過1億一年

Most of the money came from illegalactivities, especially the sale of illegal liquor.

illegal?不合法的，違法的

illegal liquor:違法活動(dòng)

賣酒

His organization was also involved ingambling and prostitution.

他的組織涉及賭博和賣淫

Be Involved in sth 牽涉到某事里

Capone was a flashy dresser who enjoyedbeing famous.

Flashy 穿著奢華? 土豪的奢華

他穿著奢華享受出名

He protected himself by bribing police andpublic officials.

他通過賄賂警察和政府官員保護(hù)他自己

Bribe 行賄，賄賂

?Bribesb with sth.賄賂某人做某事

To get the boy’s WeChat, I bribed hisfriend with a dinner.

Bribe n.?

Bribery 行賄的行為

Though he was involved in the deaths ofmany, he was never convicted of a serious crime.

雖然他牽涉多個(gè)命案，他從未被定過嚴(yán)重的罪。

Convict 定罪

Be convicted of 被….定罪

When he was finally arrested, it was forminor crimes.

Arrest 逮捕，拘留

In 1929, he and his bodyguard were arrestedfor carrying deadly weapons.

Bodyguard 保鏢

致命性武器被捕

For that they were sentenced to a year inprison.

Sentence 判決

Be sentenced to +刑罰?? 被判…刑

被判一年罪行

Capone was released in nine months for goodbehavior.

9個(gè)月后他因表現(xiàn)良好被釋放

Public Enemy No.1

頭號(hào)公敵

In 1930, Capone was public Enemy NO.1 inChicago.

A year later he was arrested for failure topay taxes.

一年后因?yàn)槁┒惐徊?/p>

The government had finally found a way tocatch him.

政府最終找到了方法抓捕他

After a trial, he was found guilty andsentenced to 11 years in prison.

Trial 法院審判，審訊

Guilty 犯了罪的，有罪責(zé)的

Be found guilty of 被判某罪

He spent the first two years of hissentence at a prison in Atlanta,Georgia.

他前兩年再Atlanta,Georgia監(jiān)獄服刑

Then he was sent to Alcatraz, the country’smost famous prison.

At Alcatraz, he was diagnosed with adisease that began to take over his brain.

Diagnose 診斷

With 引出疾病

他被診斷出一種疾病，開始侵占他大腦的疾病

As a result, he spent much of his time inthe prison hospital.

By the time he was released from prison in1939, he was no longer able to lead his organization.

到他1939年被釋放出獄，他不在有能力領(lǐng)導(dǎo)他的組織

He died of a stroke and pneumonia in 1947.

Stroke

Pneumonia

他死于中風(fēng)和肺炎。

Soup kitchen

Economic Terms經(jīng)濟(jì)術(shù)語

Legal terms 法律術(shù)語

Scientific terms 科學(xué)術(shù)語

Economic 經(jīng)濟(jì)

Income is money received for a work or from

investments.收入是工作或投資所得的錢。

For a company to survive, its income needs

to be more than its expenses.一個(gè)公司要生存，收入必須大于支出。

People who earn a good salary can buy what

they need to survive.收入高的人可以買到他們生存所需要的東西。

A receipt is given to you after you have

paid for something.你付了錢之后，就會(huì)收到收據(jù)。

A receipt for sth 某物的發(fā)據(jù)

A receipt is a proof that you have paid for

something.收據(jù)是你付過錢的證明。

A receipt shows that something has been

paid for.收據(jù)表明某物已付過款。

After paying for something, be sure to get a

receipt.付款后，一定要有收據(jù)。

Be sure to do sth. 一定要，務(wù)必

An invoice is a request for payment.發(fā)票是一種付款要求

An invoice lists the prices and products

being bought.發(fā)票列出了購買的價(jià)格和產(chǎn)品。

To invoice someone means to give them a

bill for products or services.給某人開發(fā)票是指給他產(chǎn)品或服務(wù)的帳單。

Once an invoice is paid it can be used as a

receipt.發(fā)票一旦付款，就可以當(dāng)作收據(jù)使用。

Taxes are what we pay to the government for

government services.稅收是我們?yōu)檎?wù)向政府支付的費(fèi)用。

Taxes pay for many services such as

education, police and health care.稅收用于教育、警察和醫(yī)療保健等許多服務(wù)。

An income tax is a tax on your income.所得稅是對你的收入征稅。

In some countries, income taxes are very

high.在一些國家，所得稅很高。

Interest is what we pay to lenders when we

borrow money.利息是我們借錢時(shí)付給貸款人的錢

If someone lends you money, you pay

interest for the use of that money.如果有人借給你錢，你要為這筆錢的使用支付利息。

Get a loan 獲得貸款

Borrow sth from sb. 借入，向…借貸

Personality types 性格特點(diǎn)

Emotional people often show their feelingsand have a bad temper.

情緒化的人經(jīng)常表現(xiàn)出他們的感情并且脾氣很壞。

He’s in a bad temper. 他正在氣頭上。

He has a really bad temper. 他脾氣很壞。

Lose my temper。我發(fā)火

They made decision based on their feelingsmore than facts.

Base…on… 基于，以….為基礎(chǔ)

Sometimes, these people make bad decisionbecause of their emotions.

Leaders are people who take responsibilityand are trusted by others.

領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者是承擔(dān)責(zé)任和被其他人信任的人

Responsibility 責(zé)任

Take responsibility 承擔(dān)責(zé)任

Good leaders make good decisions and getthings done.

In many situation, others look to them forleadership.

Look to sb. for sth.

希望某人提供某物

Loyal people will act to support thedecisions of the group.

Act to do sth. 做事;采取行動(dòng)

Loyal people can be depended on to followtheir leader.

Be depended on 依賴，信賴

They will support and protect their leadersand friends.

A strong team needs a good leader and loyalfollowers.

Independent people can do things on theirown.

獨(dú)立的

On one’s own 獨(dú)立地

They often prefer working by themselves.

Sometimes they had difficulty working in agroup.

Creative people come up with new ideas andways of doing things.

有創(chuàng)造力的人提出新主意和做事的想法

Come up with 提出

They often have a good imagination and cansee things in different ways.

Many artists and musicians are very creative.

A Video Project

Congratulations Lisa!

Congratulations for what?

We just heard the news.

What news? Don't keep me in suspense. 別吊我胃口了

Suspense 焦慮，懸念

QuickServe has accepted your videoproposal.

Proposal提議，提案

Already？I just submitted ita week ago.

Submit a proposal 接受/提交一項(xiàng)建議

Submit an application/a report 遞交申請

Maybe so, but they like it so much thatthey made a quick decision.

They want you to get started on it as soonas possible.

That's great news. But I'm still working onsome other projects.

Have you finished your assignment? 作業(yè)寫完了嗎？

No, but I’m working on it . 還沒有，我正在寫著呢？

On it 正在解決某個(gè)事，或解決某個(gè)工作。

They need to be finished first.

Can't you delay some of our other projects?你就不能延期我們的其他項(xiàng)目嗎？

I'm not sure, how important is this project?我不確定，這個(gè)項(xiàng)目重不重要？

They are putting a lot of pressure on usnow, especially since they read your proposal.

They really like it.

It's a very creative way of presenting their company.

展示他們公司創(chuàng)意方案

It had everybody laughing.

Yes, that was the idea. ==? that was the plan.

我們就是這么計(jì)劃的

It was fun to do, and our whole teamthought it was funny.

Well, great job.

I think it's the best work your team hasever done.

When can you get started on the project?

Are they going to pay extra? 他們會(huì)額外付錢嗎?

Pay extra 額外付費(fèi)

You have to pay extra for breakfast. 早餐需要額外付費(fèi)

In my proposal, I said the earliest startdate would be one month after signing the?contract.

簽合同后一個(gè)月

Was that in the proposal?

Yes, it was. Have they signed the contractyet?

他們簽合同了嗎？

No, they haven't, but I'm sure they willright away

我確定他們很快會(huì)簽。

They'll also need to make an advancepayment.

他們需要支付預(yù)付款。

Advance payment 預(yù)付款

That was in the proposal, too.

We can't stop everything else just becausethey are excited.

OK, I'll?get back to them?and letthem know.

Get back to sb. 給某人回話

我會(huì)和客戶聯(lián)系，給他們這些信息

Yes, please do, I've been through this kind of thing before.

我之前經(jīng)歷過這樣的事情。