New Words medium n. exchange v.,n. load n. accept vt. realistic adj. grocery n. business n. confident adj. 单词媒介,手段交换,互换负载量;满载相信,接受现实(主义)的 <美>食品杂货店, 食品, 杂货买卖;交易自信的, 确信的 Phrases and Expressions medium of exchange boat-load:a full load of boat in exchange do business 短语与词组交换媒介一船负载量(常与for连用)作为交换for 做生意,做买卖
Notes
1.If there is any doubt about whether or not the suit-seller will accept it for a suit,then I will not accept it for my fish.如果对卖服装的人是否愿意用一套服装换这一船鱼有怀疑,我就不会与之相交换
(1)accept vt.to regard as proper, usual, or right相信,接受:被认为是正当的、一般的或正确的
例:Such customs are widely accepted.
这样的风俗是被普遍认同的
2.So whatever he accepts in exchange for his fish can not be something acceptable only to the suit-seller.因此,无论他用这船鱼换到什么物品,这件物品不能仅仅是这位卖衣服的人愿意接受,还必须是所有其他人都愿意接受的物品。
(1)此句中的whatever he accepts in exchange for his fish是主语从句。
whatever pron. everything or anything that无论什么,任何东西,一切事物
例:Do whatever you please.
你喜欢做什么就做什么
(2)acceptable only to the suit-seller是由形容词acceptable引导的"形容词短语",做后置定语,修饰前面的不定代词something。
3.When everyone is confident that everyone else will accept something as money, then that something becomes generally acceptable. 当大家认识到人人都愿意接受某种物品为货币时,这时它就会被普遍接受。
(1)be confident that…:相信…;认识到…
(be confident) that…,(then) that…:是两个并列的宾语从句。
(2)become generally acceptable被普遍接受
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