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01 沃尔玛

Walmart

小偷：男子扮“奶牛侠盗”爬进沃尔玛偷牛奶

? Perhaps he was thirsty, or it was because he never got enough calcium as a child, or maybe he had a thing for dressing like a farm animal.

也许他是渴了，也许因为他小时候缺钙，也许他对装扮成农场动物情有独钟。 ? Whatever the reason Stafford sheriff’s authorities say a man donned a cow costume and not walked,but crawled into a Walmart store on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.

不管什么原因，斯塔夫郡政府报道说有一个人穿着奶牛的服装，不是走着，而是爬着进入北斯塔夫Garrisonville路的沃尔玛超市。

? On two feet, security guards inside the store said the upright cow was caught on video tape placing 26 gallons of milk—about $92 worth of the moo-cow juice—into a shopping cart, and then simply rolled it out of without paying.

超市保安说他们从录像中看到一个双脚直立行走的奶牛把价值约92美元的26加仑的牛奶放入购物车，然后没有付钱就推走了。

? He then attempted to give the milk away to customers outside the store, and tried to flee the scene by skipping away, police said.

警察说，他试图将牛奶分发给超市外的顾客，随后连蹦带跳的逃离了现场。 ? Jonathan Payton, 18, of North Stafford was issued a summon for shoplifting, and was released on his own recognizance.

家住在北斯塔夫的18岁的乔纳森·佩顿，因商场盗窃罪名被当地警方起诉，随后在他本人担保下被释放。

? As for the milk: a store manager found it sitting in a shopping cart outside the store. The cow costume was also recovered.

至于牛奶，超市经理发现牛奶被放在超市外的购物车里，同时发现了那身奶牛装。

? 词汇（Vocabulary）:

thirsty 口渴的，干燥的，渴望的 行，斥责

calcium 钙 upright垂直，树立；正直的，合乎正don 先生，导师，西班牙人；穿上，道的

披上 skip 跳，蹦，跳绳；跳来跳去，蹦蹦crawl 爬行，缓慢的行进；在??上爬跳跳

shoplifting 商店行窃 recognizance保证书，保释金，保证金

? 语言点（Language points）:

1. have a thing for 对??十分喜欢/厌恶，特别恐惧

? I always have a thing for cowboys.

我总是很迷牛仔。

? Why do all men have a thing for manipulation?

为什么所有的男人都有控制欲？

? All right, look, I do. I have a little thing for him. Just…

好吧，你说的没错 我对他是有点感觉，只是??

2. don v. 穿上

? Bankers don aprons and become expert barbecue chefs.

银行家穿上围裙，就成了专业的烧烤厨师。

3. give away 赠送，分发

? What can Santa give away and still keep?

什么东西圣诞老人可以分发送去，本身却也还留着？

? With the best kind of work, you always feel like you give it away to the audience.

创作最好的作品，你总是感觉象把礼物分发到观众的手中。

4. issue 颁发，发给，一般是比较官方或正式的时候用（比如：issue a passport/certificate/document/business license/cash card/check/invitation...）

5. recognizance 保证金，所以release on one's own recognizance就是某人交了保证金然后被释放的意思。

6. as for 关于，至于

? As for climate, food, and entertainment, I think home is best.

至于气候、食物和娱乐，我认为国内是最好的。

? As for your payment term, is they down payment or unasked payment?

贵公司的付款条件是下定金呢还是分期付款？

? 人物介绍（Profile）:

Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was a businessman and entrepreneur, best known for founding the retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. Sam Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy "Nannie"Lee near Kingfisher, Oklahoma on March 29,1918. There, he lived with his parents on their farm until 1923.

萨缪尔?摩尔（萨姆）?沃尔顿（1918年3月29日—1992年4月5日），商人、企业家，他建立了沃尔玛零售公司和萨姆俱乐部。萨姆?沃尔顿1918年3月29日出生于俄克拉荷马州Kingfisher附近，父母亲分别为托马斯?吉布森?沃尔顿和南希?李。在那儿，他随父母一同生活在农场里，直到1923年搬走。

? 文化链接（Tips）:

沃尔玛公司（Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.）（NYSE：WMT）是一家美国的世界性连锁企业，以营业额计算为全球最大的公司，其控股人为沃尔顿家族。总部位于美国阿肯色州的本顿维尔。沃尔玛主要涉足零售业，是世界上雇员最多的企业，自从2001年登上《财富》杂志世界500强排行榜榜首以来，已经五次登上了这个最具光环的位置。

沃尔玛百货有限公司由美国零售业的传奇人物山姆·沃尔顿先生于1962年在阿肯色州成立。经过五十多年的发展，沃尔玛公司已经成为美国最大的私人雇主和世界上最大的连锁零售企业。沃尔玛在全球27个国家开设了超过10,000家商场，下设69个品牌，全球员工总数220多万人，每周光临沃尔玛的顾客2亿人次。