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AI Capone1

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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  名词

Immigrate:移民动词

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

他的父母来自意大利，父亲是一位理发师（只给男士剪发）

Hairdresser 理发师

I got my hair cut. 我剪了头发

His mother was a seamstress.

裁缝

As a boy, he belonged to a street gang.

Belong to 某个组织的成员

小时候，就是街头团伙的一员

Gangster 黑帮成员，歹徒

He quit school after finishing the 6thgrade.

他上完6年纪就退学了

Drop out 退学==  quit

He built his career as a crime boss inChicago.

Career 职业，事业

As…引出事业

Crime boss 犯罪老大

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

当之前的领导差点被杀，他变成了老板在26岁

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

他的犯罪组织挣了很多钱，超过1亿一年

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

illegal 不合法的，违法的

illegal liquor:违法活动

卖酒

His organization was also involved ingambling and prostitution.

他的组织涉及赌博和卖淫

Be Involved in sth 牵涉到某事里

Capone was a flashy dresser who enjoyedbeing famous.

Flashy 穿着奢华  土豪的奢华

他穿着奢华享受出名

He protected himself by bribing police andpublic officials.

他通过贿赂警察和政府官员保护他自己

Bribe 行贿，贿赂

 Bribesb with sth.贿赂某人做某事

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

Bribe n. 

Bribery 行贿的行为

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

虽然他牵涉多个命案，他从未被定过严重的罪。

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 保镖

致命性武器被捕

For that they were sentenced to a year inprison.

Sentence 判决

Be sentenced to +刑罚   被判…刑

被判一年罪行

Capone was released in nine months for goodbehavior.

9个月后他因表现良好被释放

Public Enemy No.1

头号公敌

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

A year later he was arrested for failure topay taxes.

一年后因为漏税被捕

The government had finally found a way tocatch him.

政府最终找到了方法抓捕他

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

Trial 法院审判，审讯

Guilty 犯了罪的，有罪责的

Be found guilty of 被判某罪

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

他前两年再Atlanta,Georgia监狱服刑

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 诊断

With 引出疾病

他被诊断出一种疾病，开始侵占他大脑的疾病

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年被释放出狱，他不在有能力领导他的组织

He died of a stroke and pneumonia in 1947.

Stroke

Pneumonia

他死于中风和肺炎。

Soup kitchen

Economic Terms经济术语

Legal terms 法律术语

Scientific terms 科学术语

Economic 经济

Income is money received for a work or from

investments.收入是工作或投资所得的钱。

For a company to survive, its income needs

to be more than its expenses.一个公司要生存，收入必须大于支出。

People who earn a good salary can buy what

they need to survive.收入高的人可以买到他们生存所需要的东西。

A receipt is given to you after you have

paid for something.你付了钱之后，就会收到收据。

A receipt for sth 某物的发据

A receipt is a proof that you have paid for

something.收据是你付过钱的证明。

A receipt shows that something has been

paid for.收据表明某物已付过款。

After paying for something, be sure to get a

receipt.付款后，一定要有收据。

Be sure to do sth. 一定要，务必

An invoice is a request for payment.发票是一种付款要求

An invoice lists the prices and products

being bought.发票列出了购买的价格和产品。

To invoice someone means to give them a

bill for products or services.给某人开发票是指给他产品或服务的帐单。

Once an invoice is paid it can be used as a

receipt.发票一旦付款，就可以当作收据使用。

Taxes are what we pay to the government for

government services.税收是我们为政府服务向政府支付的费用。

Taxes pay for many services such as

education, police and health care.税收用于教育、警察和医疗保健等许多服务。

An income tax is a tax on your income.所得税是对你的收入征税。

In some countries, income taxes are very

high.在一些国家，所得税很高。

Interest is what we pay to lenders when we

borrow money.利息是我们借钱时付给贷款人的钱

If someone lends you money, you pay

interest for the use of that money.如果有人借给你钱，你要为这笔钱的使用支付利息。

Get a loan 获得贷款

Borrow sth from sb. 借入，向…借贷

Personality types 性格特点

Emotional people often show their feelingsand have a bad temper.

情绪化的人经常表现出他们的感情并且脾气很坏。

He’s in a bad temper. 他正在气头上。

He has a really bad temper. 他脾气很坏。

Lose my temper。我发火

They made decision based on their feelingsmore than facts.

Base…on… 基于，以….为基础

Sometimes, these people make bad decisionbecause of their emotions.

Leaders are people who take responsibilityand are trusted by others.

领导者是承担责任和被其他人信任的人

Responsibility 责任

Take responsibility 承担责任

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;采取行动

Loyal people can be depended on to followtheir leader.

Be depended on 依赖，信赖

They will support and protect their leadersand friends.

A strong team needs a good leader and loyalfollowers.

Independent people can do things on theirown.

独立的

On one’s own 独立地

They often prefer working by themselves.

Sometimes they had difficulty working in agroup.

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

有创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. 别吊我胃口了

Suspense 焦虑，悬念

QuickServe has accepted your videoproposal.

Proposal提议，提案

Already？I just submitted ita week ago.

Submit a proposal 接受/提交一项建议

Submit an application/a report 递交申请

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? 作业写完了吗？

No, but I’m working on it . 还没有，我正在写着呢？

On it 正在解决某个事，或解决某个工作。

They need to be finished first.

Can't you delay some of our other projects?你就不能延期我们的其他项目吗？

I'm not sure, how important is this project?我不确定，这个项目重不重要？

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.

展示他们公司创意方案

It had everybody laughing.

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

我们就是这么计划的

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? 他们会额外付钱吗?

Pay extra 额外付费

You have to pay extra for breakfast. 早餐需要额外付费

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

签合同后一个月

Was that in the proposal?

Yes, it was. Have they signed the contractyet?

他们签合同了吗？

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

我确定他们很快会签。

They'll also need to make an advancepayment.

他们需要支付预付款。

Advance payment 预付款

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. 给某人回话

我会和客户联系，给他们这些信息

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

我之前经历过这样的事情。