L7 The Model Millionaire
1. Unless one is wealthy there is no use in beingmight be called an occupational disease of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Like most diseases，it has its own symptoms
there /it is no use （in）doing：做……是沒(méi)有用的/沒(méi)有意義的
eg：There is no use in complaining without doing anything.光抱怨不做事是沒(méi)用的。
2. Romance is the privilege of the rich，not the profession of the unemployed.
This company has the privilege of dealing the import and export of chemicals.
這家公司有經(jīng)營(yíng)化工產(chǎn)品進(jìn)出口的特權(quán)：deal with處理
3. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realized.
truth道理，真理
4. All of us depend for our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues，often without our conscious awareness
depend on sb./sth. （for sth.）：依靠，依賴(lài)……而獲得
eg：The country depends on its oil-rich neighbours for its oil supply這個(gè)國(guó)家依靠其石油豐富的鄰國(guó)供應(yīng)石油。
have sth. as one's food以什么為主食eg： Most southern people live on rice.多數(shù)南方人以大米為主食。
5. He never said a clever or even an ill-natured thing in his life.
ill-natured：unpleasant or unkind懷著惡意的，脾氣壞的eg：He is an ill-natured old man.他是個(gè)壞脾氣的老人。
6. He was as popular with men as he was with women and he had every quality except that of making money.
popular with/among：受歡迎的，討喜歡的，流行的
eg：The young teacher is very popular among the students. 這位年輕的教師很受學(xué)生的歡迎。
7 His father，on his death had left him his sword and a history of a particular war in fifteen volumes.
on（sb.'s death）：剛一……
8. lived on two hundred pounds a year that an old aunt allowed him.
live on：A. depend on sth. for financial support依靠什么作為經(jīng)濟(jì)來(lái)源：
eg：The five people family had to live on Father's salary of 500yuan a month.
這個(gè)五口人的家庭僅僅靠父親一個(gè)人每月500元的工資生活。
eg：The people in that country are always grumbling about the dry weather
那個(gè)國(guó)家的人們一直干旱的天氣。
9.He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months； but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears？
bulls and bears指有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的股票投機(jī)者。
eg：a bear market：when the value of business shares is falling 熊市
a bullish market牛市
10. but he had soon tired of that.
Tire of 厭倦，厭煩
eg：His interest in the stock exchange soon wore off，and he tired of the business.
他對(duì)股票交易的興趣很快消失，對(duì)此感到厭倦。
1. Unless one is wealthy there is no use in beingmight be called an occupational disease of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Like most diseases，it has its own symptoms
there /it is no use （in）doing：做……是沒(méi)有用的/沒(méi)有意義的
eg：There is no use in complaining without doing anything.光抱怨不做事是沒(méi)用的。
2. Romance is the privilege of the rich，not the profession of the unemployed.
This company has the privilege of dealing the import and export of chemicals.
這家公司有經(jīng)營(yíng)化工產(chǎn)品進(jìn)出口的特權(quán)：deal with處理
3. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realized.
truth道理，真理
4. All of us depend for our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues，often without our conscious awareness
depend on sb./sth. （for sth.）：依靠，依賴(lài)……而獲得
eg：The country depends on its oil-rich neighbours for its oil supply這個(gè)國(guó)家依靠其石油豐富的鄰國(guó)供應(yīng)石油。
have sth. as one's food以什么為主食eg： Most southern people live on rice.多數(shù)南方人以大米為主食。
5. He never said a clever or even an ill-natured thing in his life.
ill-natured：unpleasant or unkind懷著惡意的，脾氣壞的eg：He is an ill-natured old man.他是個(gè)壞脾氣的老人。
6. He was as popular with men as he was with women and he had every quality except that of making money.
popular with/among：受歡迎的，討喜歡的，流行的
eg：The young teacher is very popular among the students. 這位年輕的教師很受學(xué)生的歡迎。
7 His father，on his death had left him his sword and a history of a particular war in fifteen volumes.
on（sb.'s death）：剛一……
8. lived on two hundred pounds a year that an old aunt allowed him.
live on：A. depend on sth. for financial support依靠什么作為經(jīng)濟(jì)來(lái)源：
eg：The five people family had to live on Father's salary of 500yuan a month.
這個(gè)五口人的家庭僅僅靠父親一個(gè)人每月500元的工資生活。
eg：The people in that country are always grumbling about the dry weather
那個(gè)國(guó)家的人們一直干旱的天氣。
9.He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months； but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears？
bulls and bears指有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的股票投機(jī)者。
eg：a bear market：when the value of business shares is falling 熊市
a bullish market牛市
10. but he had soon tired of that.
Tire of 厭倦，厭煩
eg：His interest in the stock exchange soon wore off，and he tired of the business.
他對(duì)股票交易的興趣很快消失，對(duì)此感到厭倦。