作者:城市网 来源:城市网学院 更新日期：2013-1-24
A: 美语训练班上课啦！大家好，我是杨琳！
B: 我是Kat! 杨琳，快说说咱们今天都要学什么？
A: 好！ 今天，咱们要去party上吃个大餐，看看接受媒体采访要注意些什么，看看怎么说船到桥头自然直，还要告诉大家怎么用这个流行的BFF！
B: Yanglin, you are totally my BFF!…the kind of real BFF that would get me a new Macbook Pro 3 for my birthday…
A: 大家瞧Kat的梦做得多美呀！好了好了，言归正传，我们赶快先来进入第一个单元，Learn a Word!
Learn A Word mandatory
今天我们要学的词是mandatory. Mandatory is spelled m-a-n-d-a-t-o-r-y, mandatory. Mandatory指“强制性的，必须的”。比如，mandatory retirement age 强制退休年龄。Bulgaria's Minister of Regional Development is calling for the introduction of mandatory insurance for private residencies and all privately-owned buildings. 保加利亚地区发展部部长提出，应要求该国的私人住宅和全部私有建筑一律购买保险。The New York City Council is considering a new bill that will make it mandatory for all bikers to wear helmets.纽约市市议员正在考惮7b一项新议案，硬性要求纽约市每个骑自行车的人都必须佩戴头盔。好，今天我们学习的词是mandatory, mandatory, mandatory…
B: Ugh- mandatory things stress me out! I hate mandatory classes in school, I'd rather be more flexible and do what I want when I want!
A: 我也不喜欢上有些必修课，就像什么毛泽东思想邓小平理论的……太无聊了！不过我倒是觉得，像数学啊，物理阿什么的，虽然我都不喜欢，可是毕竟对以后还是有用的嘛！
B: Well, as I always say, all the hard questions are for FUTURE KAT! I just don't think it's worth it to worry about things- if there's a problem, I will just cross that bridge when I #e to it …
A: 你真是个随性的人呀！ 不过你刚才提到了一个很好的词儿，cross that bridge when one #es to it, 咱们一起来听听这个习惯用语的用法！
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