Larry 和李华到学校附近一家新开的墨西哥快餐店吃饭。今天李华会学到两
个常用语：cash cow和tickledpink.

    LL： Wow！ This place is a real cash cow！ Look how crowded it is ！

    LH： Cash cow ？什么是cash cow？我知道cash就是钱，现金；cow 是一头
牛。噢，我懂了，cash cow就是一头很有钱的牛。意思就是，这里生意这么兴隆，
钱赚很多。对不对？

    LL： That is right！ A cash cow is a business that is very profitable.
This is obviously a popular place ， so they must be making a lot of money.
LH：没错，这家餐厅一定很赚钱。你看，要是这里每小时来200 个客人，每人平
均消费7 美元，那就不得了了！

    LL： That's $1，400 an hour ！ This place is definitelya cash cow.
I wish I owned a business like this. LH ：嗯，我也希望自己能有这样一个
赚钱的摇钱树呢。

    LL： You know what？ The new movie theater that they just opened by
campus is another real cash cow. LH ：对耶！学校旁边那家新开的电影院，
是这附近唯一的一家，所以大家都上那儿去看电影。他们肯定也很赚钱。

    LL： Tickets are really expensive ， too， but we don't have a choice
because there aren't any other movie theaters nearby. LH：真没办法，就
因为这是这儿唯一的一家电影院，尽管票价贵，大家也别无选择！他们变成了赚
钱的影院，a cash cow！可苦了我们这些穷学生！

    LL： At least they give student discounts on weekdays. That makes
it a little bit easier on us. LH：看来，我们最好在星期一到星期五之间去
看电影。这样可以享受优惠价。不过这对戏院本身也有好处么！这样一来，学生
就愿意在生意比较清淡的时间去看电影喽！

    LL： You should be a businesswoman， Li Hua. It seems like you really
understand these things. If you own a business， I'm sure it will turn
out to be a cash cow. LH：也不见得啦！我其实对做生意没太大兴趣。

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    LL： I'm tickled pink with the food here. What do you think ， Li
Hua ？ Do you like Mexican food ？

    LH：我很喜欢墨西哥菜，好吃极了。你说你tickled pink？Tickle是搔痒的
意思，pink是粉红色，你是说这道菜太辣了？

    LL： No ， I mean that I really like the food. To be tickled pink
by something is to be really pleased by it. LH：噢，原来，tickled pink
是指非常高兴，很满意的意思。嗯，我也很喜欢这里的菜。I am tickled pink
too.

    LL： Oh ， I almost forgot to tell you： I got a really good job for
the summer. I'm really tickled pink about it. LH：你找到一份非常好的暑
期工？那太好了。我真替你高兴。那你什么时候开始工作呢？

    LL： I'll take a couple of weeks off after exams and then start work
at the beginning of June. I told my mom and she was tickled pink too.
LH：考完试休息几个星期再工作。这安排真是不错。别说你妈听了高兴，谁听了
都会替你高兴。我还不知道暑期干什么呢！

    LL： Aren't you going to visit Vancouver？

    LH：对，我是要去温哥华看我哥哥，但是我得先打工，赚了钱才能去呀！听
说学校图书馆有暑期工作。

    LL： That sounds good. You could sit in the air-conditioned library
all summer and read and play on the Internet. You should be tickled pink
to get a job like that！

    LH：对，要是他们要我的话，我可以一个暑期坐在有空调的图书馆里看书，
玩互联网。有那么一个工作，我当然高兴啦！