英语翻译第15课MoneyTalksPeopleoftensaythatmoneytalks.Theymeanthatapersonwithalotofmoneycansayhowheorshewantsthingsdone.Butitisnoteasytoearnenoughmoneytogainthiskindofpower.Askanyoneinabusiness.Theywil
英语翻译
第15课MoneyTalks
Peopleoftensaythatmoneytalks.
Theymeanthatapersonwithalotofmoneycansayhowheorshewantsthingsdone.Butitisnoteasytoearnenoughmoneytogainthiskindofpower.
Askanyoneinabusiness.
Theywilltellyouthatitisajungleoutthere.
Theexpressionprobablybeganbecausethejungleisfilledwithwildanimalsandunknowndangersthatthreatenpeople.
Sometimespeopleinbusinessfeelcompetingbusinessesareasdangerousaswildanimals.
Andtheyfeelthatunknowndangersinthebusinessworldthreatenthesurvivaloftheirbusiness.
Peopleinbusinesshavetobecarefuliftheyaretosurvivethejungleoutthere.
Theymustnotbeledintomakingbogusinvestments.
Bogusmeanssomethingthatisnotreal.
Nobodyissurehowthewordgotstarted.
ButitbegantoappearinAmericannewspapersintheeighteenhundreds.
AnewspaperinBoston,Massachusetts,saidthewordcamefromacriminalwhosenamewasBorghese.
ThenewspapersaidBorghesewrotecheckstopeoplealthoughhedidnothaveenoughmoneyinthebank.
Afterhewrotethechecks,hewouldfleefromtown.
So,peoplewhowerepaidwithhischecksreceivednothing.
ThenewspapersaidAmericansshortenedandchangedthecriminal'snameBorghese,tobogus.
Peopletryingtoearnmoneyalsomustbeawareofbeingrippedoff.
Apersonwhoisrippedoffhashadsomethingstolen,oratleasthasbeentreatedveryunfairly.
Awriterforthemagazine"AmericanSpeech"saidhefirstsawtheexpressionusedinnineteenseventy-one.
Itwasonasignthatastudentcarriedduringaprotestdemonstrationatauniversity.
Themessageonthesignwasthatthestudentfeltrippedoff,orcheated.
Perhapsthebestwaytopreventgettingrippedoffinbusinessistonottrytogetrichquickly.
Tobesuccessful,apersoninbusinessworkshardandtriestogetdowntobrasstacks.
Thisexpressionmeanstogettothebottomormostimportantpartofsomething.
Forexample,asalesmanmaytalkandtalkabouthisproductwithoutsayingtheprice.
Yougetdowntobras