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棒球baseball[英]['beɪsbɔ:l] [美][ˈbesˌbɔl] 中英文对照：工作运气（5） 很可能是文化差异——受挫经济学家的最终避难所在起作用。经济学家曾经认为，一旦工人赚的钱足以维持他们基本的生活需求并且可以支付一些奢侈品之后，他们的工作动力就会逐渐消退，就像狮子在捕食猎物后需要休息一样。但是人类比狮子更容易受到广告的诱惑。或许高明的营销手段已经保证"基本需求”如对配有内置电视的淋浴间以及火箭驱动汽车等的需求——持续增长。购物已经成为最受美国人欢迎的消遣方式之一。但是这种消遣是需要钱的，因此他们工作时间更长，空闲时间则更少。或者也可以这样想：电视节目没什么好看的，棒球和曲棍球又总是打出界。也许王尔德说的对，美国人找不到更好的事可做了。 Perhaps cultural differences——the last refuge of the defeated econo¬mist—are at play. Economists used to believe that once workers earned enough to pro¬vide for their basic needs and allow for a few luxuries, their incentive to work would be e- roded, like lions relaxing after a kill. But humans are more susceptible to advertising than lions. Perhaps clever marketing has ensured that “basic needs”—for a shower with built in TV, for a rocket propelled car—expand continuously. Shopping is already one of America's most popular pastimes. But it requires money——hence more work and less leis¬ure. Or try this： the television is not very good, and baseball and hockey keep being wiped out by strikes. Perhaps Wilde was right. Maybe Americans have nothing better to do. 中英文例句 1. Baseball is america's favorite pastime. 棒球是美国人最喜欢的娱乐活动。 2. She's not a baseball or basketball player. 她不是一个棒球或篮球运动员。 3. Then it's off to the baseball game. 然后我们观看了一场棒球赛。 4. I thought I'd never play baseball again. 我以为我再也不能打棒球了。 5. But my first love was baseball. 然而，我的第一个爱好是棒球。 |
