課前想一想
1. What is Buffett's investment indi-cator of a company?
2.How to say“置身事外”in English?
詞匯裝備庫
1.foundation/fa?n'de??n/(n.)基金會
2.temptation/temp'te??n/
(n.)引誘忽刽，誘惑
resist the temptation 抵制誘惑give way to/yield to temptation屈服于誘惑
3.overt/O?'V?:rt/
(adj.)公開的，明顯的，毫不隱瞞的
4. frippery / fr?p?ri/
(n.)俗麗的裝飾品陶衅；無用的物件
5.intellect/'?nt?lekt/
(n.)智力浴井，理解力钦讳，思維能力
6.condense/k?n'dens/
(v.)將講話或文章壓縮
The whole chapter could be con-densed into a few paragraphs.
這一整章可以壓縮成幾個段落鲫剿。
7.charlatan/'?ɑ:rl?t?n/
(n.)江湖騙子银室，充內(nèi)行的騙子
詞句兵工廠
And the trick in investing is just to sit there and watch pitch after pitch to go by and wait for the one right in your sweet spot.
投資的技巧就是坐在那里觀察球場涂佃，等待那個在你最佳擊球區(qū)域的球。
Note:
1.trick/tr?k/(n.)訣竅蜈敢，秘訣辜荠；技巧tricks of the trade 行業(yè)訣竅
On page 21, some tricks to speed up your beauty routine.
第21頁介紹了日常快速化妝的技巧抓狭。
To get you started,we have asked five successful writers to reveal some of the tricks of the trade
為了幫你起步伯病，我們請了5位成功作家來揭示一些訣竅。
2.pitch/p?t?/(n.)投球
a good/bad pitch 質(zhì)量好/差的投球
3.go by(在空間上）經(jīng)過否过；(時間）逝去
You can watch the trains going by from this window.
你可以從這個窗口看過往的火車午笛。
You can't let an opportunity like that go by - it's too good to miss .
你不能放過這樣一個機會——良機不容錯過惭蟋。
4.sweet spot/'swi:t spɑ:t/(n.)甜蜜點；甜區(qū)
(高爾夫?qū)I(yè)術(shù)語药磺，表示最佳擊球位置）
詞句兵工廠
I'm enormously bullish on America over the future and part of the reason is that we, by some rather stupid de-cisions, essentially put half our talent on the sidelines.
我對美國的未來很看好告组，一部分原因是，由于一些很錯誤的決定与涡，讓我們一半的人才成為了旁觀者惹谐。
Note:
1 . enormously / ?'n?:rm?sli /
(adv.)非常持偏，極其
He is an enormously successful actor.他是一位極其成功的演員驼卖。
2.bullish/'b?l??/
(v.)對未來有信心的，樂觀的
He is very bullish about the com-pany's prospects
他對公司的前景充滿信心鸿秆。
3.essentially/?'sen??li/
(adv.)本質(zhì)上酌畜，根本上
4.on the sidelines旁觀，置身事外put sb on the sidelines
將某人排除在外卿叽，使某人成為旁觀者stand/stay/remain on the sidelines事不關(guān)己桥胞，置身事外
You can't stay on the sidelines for-ever; it's time you got involved.
你不能一直袖手旁觀，該你介入了考婴。
If you want the boss to notice you,you can't just stay on the sidelines during these meetings. Speak up and suggest some ideas!
如果你想讓老板注意到你贩虾，你就不能在會議期間袖手旁觀。大膽發(fā)聲沥阱，提出一些想法缎罢！
詞句兵工廠
-What are the key indicators you'd look for within companies before making an investment?
你在進(jìn)行投資前，會看公司的什么關(guān)鍵指標(biāo)考杉？
-Well , I look for something that does give them a moat around it
我會尋找周圍有護(hù)城河的公司策精。
Note:
1. indicator/'?nd?ke?t?r/(n.)指標(biāo)，指示物崇棠；指示器咽袜，指示針
economic indicator經(jīng)濟指標(biāo)
performance indicator
績效指標(biāo)或業(yè)績指標(biāo)
power indicator 功率指示器
Commodity prices can be a useful indicator of inflation, he claimed.
他聲稱，商品價格可以作為一種有用的通貨膨脹指標(biāo)枕稀。
2.make an investment做投資
在某方面做投資询刹，后面跟介詞in
If you make an investment in the stock market, you are lucky when you break even
如果你投資股票市場，能做到不盈不虧就算走運了萎坷。
3.moat/mo?t/
(n.)護(hù)城河凹联；墩溝護(hù)城河
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat.如果你是城堡，我就是你的護(hù)城河食铐。
詞句兵工廠
In the late 1960s, there were just a flood of accounting shenanigans and mergers built upon false accounting and misleading people.
在60年代后期匕垫，許多賬目詐騙和建立在偽造賬目上的兼并誤導(dǎo)了群眾。
Note:
1.a flood of 大量的...
The UN appealed for help with the flood of refugees crossing the border.大量難民涌入邊界虐呻，聯(lián)合國呼吁援助象泵。
2.shenanigans/??'n?n?g?nz/
(n.)詐騙寞秃，欺騙；惡作劇偶惠，詭計
*經(jīng)常以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn)
business shenanigans 商業(yè)詐騙accounting shenanigans 賬目詐騙
3.merger/'m?:rd??r/
(n.)公司或組織等的合并春寿，兼并
a merger with sb/sth與...合并
a merger of/between...某兩者或兩者以上的合并
a merger between two of the largest software companies
兩家最大軟件公司的合并
4.mislead/,m?s'li:d/
(v.)將...引入歧途，誤導(dǎo)
Don't be misled into thinking that scientific research is easy.
不要受人誤導(dǎo)忽孽，以為搞科學(xué)研究很容易绑改。mislead sb about/over sth
在某事情上誤導(dǎo)某人
Politicians have misled the public over the dangers of these chemicals.
政客們在這些化學(xué)品的危險性問題上誤導(dǎo)了民眾。
mislead的形容詞是misleading,
表示誤導(dǎo)的兄一，讓人產(chǎn)生錯誤觀念的misleading information 誤導(dǎo)人的信息misleading statements 誤導(dǎo)人的說法
語法輕知識
關(guān)于seat的俗語
Marker sentence :
Took me right out of my seat. My wife was with me.
帶我走出座位厘线，我的妻子和我一起。
take sb out of seat表示使某人或者帶某人離開他/她的座位出革。
關(guān)于seat的俗語：
1 . take a back seat to sb / sth
退居次要位置
Foreign policy will take a back seat to domestic problems for a while.
外交政策暫時要排在國內(nèi)問題之后了造壮。
2. on the edge of your seat
心情緊張地等待，興奮地等待某事
This movie has been keeping me on the edge of my seat.
這部電影一直讓我屏息等待骂束。
3.be in the hot seat
處境尷尬耳璧，身負(fù)難任
“Hot seat”的原義是“電椅”。如果某人“in the hot seat”展箱，那么這個人很有可能會因自己的處境招致責(zé)難旨枯。
There's a new manager in the hot seat today .
新來的經(jīng)理面臨著重大而艱難的局面。
4.be in the driving seat
處于控制地位
We're trying to put young people in the driving seat.
我們盡量讓年輕人來當(dāng)家作主混驰。
實戰(zhàn)練兵場
(2015年6月英語六級聽力真題）
Section B. Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A.Childhood and healthy growth.
B. Pressure and heart disease.
C.Family life and health.
D. Stress and depression.
重點解析：
這道題是一道推理判斷題攀隔。短文開篇即提到了stress和heart disease,接下來，短文提到有研究表明账胧，大多數(shù)心臟病患者的發(fā)病都與壓力相關(guān)竞慢。在短文后半部分，以John O'Connell的個人經(jīng)歷說明治泥，他所經(jīng)受的壓力對他的心臟產(chǎn)生了嚴(yán)重的影響筹煮。
正確答案：B
文化加油站
Fun fact about Warren Buffett
1.Warren Buffett loves to eat at Mc-Donald's, especially for breakfast.
沃倫·巴菲特喜歡在麥當(dāng)勞吃東西，尤其是早餐居夹。
2.Warren Buffett was a troublemaker in high school.
沃倫·巴菲特在高中時是個麻煩制造者败潦。
3.Warren Buffett loves to live Omaha,Nebraska, it helps him focus.
沃倫·巴菲特喜歡住在內(nèi)布拉斯加州的奧馬哈，這有助于他集中精力准脂。
4. Warren Buffet's two rules of invest-ing:(1)Never lose money,(2)See rule#1.
沃倫·巴菲特的兩項投資規(guī)則：
(1)永遠(yuǎn)不要虧錢（2)參見規(guī)則1
5.Warren Buffett now gives 99% of what he earns to people who can use it沃倫·巴菲特現(xiàn)在將其收入的99%分給可以使用它的人劫扒。
6. He loves junk food and his favorite meal is a cheeseburger with a Cherry Coke.
他喜歡垃圾食品，最喜歡的一餐是芝士漢堡和櫻桃可樂狸膏。
7.He joined Twitter in March 2013 and his first tweet was "Warren is in the house".
他于2013年3月加入Twitter,他的第一條推文是“沃倫在屋里”沟饥。
8.He has sent only one email in his entire life and uses an ancient Nokia flip phone.他一生只發(fā)過一封電子郵件，用的是一3老式諾基亞翻蓋手機。
主題打包盒
1.蘇西使沃倫改變了他的政治觀點贤旷，逐漸將他從一名共和黨人轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榱艘幻裰鼽h人广料。沃倫會和蘇西一起去聽演講，他認(rèn)為馬丁路德金所做的演講是最鼓舞人心的幼驶。
2.泰德·威廉姆斯寫了本書叫作《擊球的科學(xué)》艾杏，沃倫將他的股票操作比喻成擊球。投資的技巧就是坐在那里觀察球場盅藻，等待那個在你最佳擊球區(qū)域的球购桑。在股市中有讓人頻繁進(jìn)行操作的誘惑，僅僅是因為他們太容易改變氏淑。而沃倫巴菲特會待在自己的能力圈里勃蜘。他認(rèn)為明確你在哪些地方有優(yōu)勢是至關(guān)重要的。
3.沃倫在進(jìn)行投資前夸政，會看公司的什么關(guān)鍵指標(biāo)呢元旬？答案是他會尋找周圍有護(hù)城河的公司榴徐。因為價格在一定程度上是無形的守问，如果你有一座經(jīng)濟城堡，人們會占領(lǐng)城堡坑资，把你趕走耗帕，因此公司最好擁有一個護(hù)城河。
