英语口语练习小对话 第84期:任人唯亲

英语口语练习小对话 第84期:任人唯亲  

迷你对话：,A:This small town has many serious problems.,这个小镇存在很多严重的问题。,B:What's the case?,什么原因呢？,A:The mayor and high officialspractice cronyismand a large number of guys who are good at nothing occupy many important positions.,市长和官员们任人唯亲，一大批不学无术之人占据了很多重要的职位。,B:I see why it lags behind other towns.,我明白这个城镇为何落后于其他城镇了。,地道表达：,cronyism,解词释义：,这是从cronyism派生而来的一个词语。Crony的本义是“亲密的伙伴”，而cronyism则派生为“友谊，交友，能力”，引申为“任人唯亲”。,支持范例：,Eg. Many small town mayor and city official practice cronyism.,许多小镇的市长和大城市的官员都有任人唯亲的行为。,词海拾贝：,1.a large number of：大量的，很多的,Eg. During the economic recession the factory terminated a large number of workers.,经济衰退时期这家工厂解雇了许多工人。

Eg. A large number of books have been stolen from the library.,图书馆遗失了很多书.,Eg. The library contains a large number of foreign language reference books.,图书馆有大量的外文参考书。,Eg. He transacts business with a large number of stores. 他与很多商店进行交易。,2.be good at：擅长,Eg. I am not good at sports, but I like to watch them.,我不擅于运动，但我喜欢看。,Eg. He is good at managing money matters.,他很会理财。,Eg. He's well-intentioned but not very good at getting things done.,他常常是好心办不出好事.,Eg. She is good at smoothing these little problems out.,她善于妥善解决这一类小问题。,3. occupy many important positions：占据很多重要职位,4. high officials：高级官员,5. has many serious problems：存在很多严重问题,特别声明：该节目迷你对话精选自口语书籍，其余部分为恒星原创，未经授权请勿转载。