splash the cash 挥霍钱财
status symbol 身份和地位的象征
black hole (吸金的)无底洞
pecking order 等级排序
conspicuous consumption (贬义)炫耀性消费
billionaire 亿万富翁
cost the earth 花费天价
测验与练习 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. What do you need to buy to win the lottery?
2. True or false? Super-rich people are thought to have more than $30 million in cash.
3. According to the article, why does a super-rich person buy a yacht?
4.Which country is expected to have the fastest growth of super-rich over the next 10 years?
5. What chance is there of you becoming super-rich?
2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。
1. The company was in financial trouble and had to sell $30 million of its ______ to pay off its debts.
lottery banknotes assets black hole
2. My husband took me to London for my birthday where we stayed in a ______ hotel.
millionaire splash the cash swanky loaded
3. Fine wines are becoming seen as a ______ in Nigeria, with sales doubling in volume over the past six years.
status symbol state symbol symbol status status symbolic
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