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Cut在习语中

不一定是切东西的意思哦

Cut a deal 意思是

最后达成决定性的协议


Cut a Deal 来自平和英语村


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Today's business English idiom is Cut a deal. If you cut a deal, you make a contract or come to an agreement that everybody agrees with. Two companies competing for the same customers a business may cut a deal to share the profits instead of competing with each other.  Some examples:

CNN and FOX cut a deal to broadcast on the same cable systems. 

She cut a deal to give his company and edge in the negotiations.

Cut a deal can also be used outside the business world. And an example might be:  He cut a deal with the press to stay out of the newspapers. This is normal business language anywhere in the English speaking world now.

Kelly.M


高频词汇 Vocabulary

make a contract  签约

come to an agreement 达成协议

competing 竞争

share the profits 分利润


例句

CNN and FOX cut a deal to broadcast on the same cable systems. 

CNN电视台与FOX电视台在使用相同电缆系统上达成一致协议。

She cut a deal to give his company and edge in the negotiations.

她给他的公司让步，并为自己争取到了谈判中的优势。

He cut a deal with the press to stay out of the newspapers.

他和媒体达成了协议，让报纸不要写关于他的事情。

文化差异
 FUN FACT

美国的孩子到了十六岁就可以获得驾驶执照。在十六岁之前，不管要到哪里去他们得靠父母，或者是朋友接送。可是有了驾驶执照而没有车的话并不等于完全自由，因为他们还得向父母借用车。所以，有一辆自己的汽车对这些孩子来说简直好像插了翅膀一样。

My dad has not been happy with my grades at school. But yesterday I promised him to work harder. Finally, we cut a deal. He said if I got all A's this semester, he'll let me go to the summer camp, or buy me a new car.

这个男孩子说：我爸爸对我在学校的成绩不太高兴。但是，昨天我向他保证要更用功念书。最后，我们达成了一个协议。他说，要是这学期我每门功课都得A的话，他就让我去夏令营，或给我买一辆新车。




Kelly.M是平和英语村名副其实的元老级教师。性格率真爽朗，是一位对生活充满热情和追求的现代女性，曾于加拿大经营个人创业公司超过10年，积累了丰富的商业经营和管理经验。现任平和英语教师招聘和培训总监、英语教师培训导师，被形象誉为“英语教师的师傅”。擅长商务英语，英语教师培训和移民、留学面试培训。


学习技巧：

第一次听：关注意思，关注停顿；

第二次听：加深高频词汇印象，

第三次听：裸听。