Economic life 研究生英语第二学期教材.pptVIP

Para 9: at the expense of: 归...付费, 在损害...的情况下 The corrupt official used to take his family to restaurants at the company’s expense. Would you stop making jokes at my expense? Para 9: pang: (肉体上的一阵)剧痛 (精神上)极度痛苦, 悲痛, 苦闷 the pangs of the toothache 一阵阵的牙痛 the pangs of conscience 良心的苦责 Para 9: A drop in the bucket: n. 九牛一毛, 沧海一粟 It is a large sum of money for me ,but for you ,only a drop in the bucket. Whereas the repair bill would be but a drop in the bucket for Flash Electronics or Nikon, it would represent Jeannie’s entire food budget for a week. Paraphrase the sentence. Alth