VOA慢速英语 手头很紧: 经济困顿的痛苦

日期:2010-04-27
分类:英语新闻

  手头很紧:经济困顿的痛苦

  I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

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  In the nineteen thirties, a song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was very popular in the United States. It was the time of the big Depression. The song had meaning for many people who had lost their jobs.

  A dime is a piece of money whose value is one-tenth of a dollar. Today, a dime does not buy much. But it was different in the nineteen thirties. A dime sometimes meant the difference between eating and starving.

  The American economy today is much better. Yet, many workers are concerned about losing their jobs as companies re-organize.

  Americans have special ways of talking about economic troubles. People in businesses may say they feel the pinch. Or they may say they are up against it. Or, if things are really bad, they may say they have to throw in the towel.

  A pinch is painful pressure. To feel the pinch is to suffer painful pressure involving money.

  The expression, feel thepinch, has been used since the sixteenth century. The famous English writer William Shakespeare wrote something very close to this in his great play "King Lear."

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