首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、Introducing a topic. B、Telling a joke. C、Making a complaint. D、Making a decision. C在这句话之前讲话提到:“美国人和其他国家的人一样,也总是想拥有更多金钱。美国人表达这一
A、Introducing a topic. B、Telling a joke. C、Making a complaint. D、Making a decision. C在这句话之前讲话提到:“美国人和其他国家的人一样,也总是想拥有更多金钱。美国人表达这一
admin
2022-07-26
32
问题
I would like to talk about interesting words that have something to do with money today.
Almost every language in the world has a saying that a person can never be too rich. Americans, like people in other countries, always want more money. One way they express this is by protesting that their jobs do not pay enough. A common expression is, "I am working for chickenfeed." It means working for very little money. The expression probably began because seeds fed to chickens made people think of small change. Small change means metal coins of not much value, like nickels which are worth five cents.
An early use of the word chickenfeed appeared in an American publication in 1930. It told about a rich man and his son. Word expert Mitford Mathews says it read, "I’ll bet neither the kid nor his father ever saw a nickel or a dime. They would not have been interested in such chickenfeed."
Chickenfeed also has another interesting meaning known to history experts and World War Ⅱ spies and soldiers. Spy expert Henry S. A. Becket writes that some German spies working in London during the war also worked for the British. The British government had to make the Germans believe their spies were working. So, British officials gave them mostly false information. It was called chickenfeed.
The same person who protests that he is working for chickenfeed may also say, "I am working for peanuts." She means she is working for a small amount of money. It is a very different meaning from the main one in the dictionary. That meaning is small nuts that grow on a plant. No one knows for sure how a word for something to eat also came to mean something very small. But, a peanut is a very small food.
The expression is an old one. Word expert Mitford Mathews says that as early as 1854, an American publication used the words peanut agitators. That meant political troublemakers who did not have a lot of support.
Another reason for the saying about working for peanuts may be linked to elephants. Think of how elephants are paid for their work in the circus. They receive food, not money. One of the foods they like best is peanuts.
When you add the word gallery to the word peanut you have the name of an area in an American theatre. A gallery is a high seating area or balcony above the main floor. The peanut gallery got its name because it is the part of the theatre most distant from where the show takes place. So, peanut gallery tickets usually cost less than other tickets. People pay a small amount of money for them.
19.What does "a person can never be too rich" mean according to the talk?
20.What’s a person’s purpose of saying "I am working for chickenfeed"?
21.What can we learn about the German spies in World War II, according to the talk?
22.What is the talk mainly about?
选项
A、Introducing a topic.
B、Telling a joke.
C、Making a complaint.
D、Making a decision.
答案
C
解析
在这句话之前讲话提到:“美国人和其他国家的人一样,也总是想拥有更多金钱。美国人表达这一欲望的一种方式就是抗议他们的工资低。”再结合这句话的字面意思“我为挣点鸡食而工作”,即表明自己工作所获取的报酬只能买鸡食,而鸡食会让人们很容易想到零钱,所以说这句话的目的是抱怨工资低,故选C。其他三项都不符合讲话内容。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/QCaFFFFM
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositionentitledStudyingOverseas.Youshouldwriteatleast150words
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteacompositiononthetopicEmpty-nestSyndrome.Youshouldwriteatleast150
中国的发展离不开世界。同样世界的繁荣需要中国。中国顺应经济全球化的发展趋势,坚持在更大范围、更广领域和更高层次上参与国际经济技术合作,积极推动经济全球化向有利于各国共同繁荣的方向发展。互利共赢是当今国际贸易发展的主流。中国坚持实行互利共赢的对外开放战略,把
移动互联网(mobileInternet)的出现改变了我们的生活,智能手机的普及则颠覆了传统的支付方式。随着移动智能手机的普及,手机变身“移动钱包”。如今,中国大部分城市的居民几乎都在使用智能手机支付。作为一种以手机为主要工具对所消费的商品或服务进行支付
A、Doubtful.B、Reserved.C、Indifferent.D、Supportive.D从选项预测本题询问的是态度。女士在采访结束时说人们可能对该组织做事的方式持不同看法,但他们做的事情很了不起,希望他们继续并祝他们好运,故选D。长对话
A、Hetellsherhonestlywhathethinksaboutit.B、ShecantellbyhisnonverbalexpressionsC、Hethrowsitawayaftermakingit
A、Enormoussizeofitsstores.B、Numerousvarietiesoffood.C、Itsappealingsurroundings.D、Itsrichandcolorfulhistory.B男士说
A、Enormoussizeofitsstores.B、Numerousvarietiesoffood.C、Itsappealingsurroundings.D、Itsrichandcolorfulhistory.B男士说
A、Keeptheminfamily-baseddaycarecenters.B、Letthemstaywiththeirparentsorteachers.C、Askelderlyadultstoattendthe
随机试题
(2010年10月)进行非正式合作的各方在进行努力时,通常遵循一些行事规则,林德布洛姆认为其中最主要和最普通的规则是_________。
二妙散的适应证是防己黄芪汤的适应证是
此时证属()如寒邪较甚,苔薄白,脉浮紧,病属刚痉,治宜()
A.氯喹B.甲硝唑C.乙胺嘧啶D.吡喹酮E.伯氨喹主要用于控制疟疾症状的药物是()。
为政府、金融机构和企业提供筹集资金的渠道是()的基本功能。
企业按期计提车船税时,下列分录正确的是()。
—位教师在讲“摩擦力”一节时,一开始就提出:“把一个一吨重的铁球放在地面上,一只蚂蚁能不能推动它?”在学生响应后,接着问:“如果地面非常光滑呢?”这位教师在教学中运用的原则是()。
要坚持党的领导,必须不断改善党的领导。当前改善党的领导,应着力解决的问题有
Whilewe’veknownforsometimeaboutthemanylong-termbenefitsofexercise,newresearchshowsaerobicexercisealsomayhave
管理信息系统的概念结构是指管理信息系统是各职能子系统的一个联合体。每个子系统包含执行控制、【】及战略计划等三个信息处理部分。
最新回复
(
0
)