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A: 大家好! 欢迎来到American English Mosaic! 我是杨琳！
B: 我是Kat! 杨琳，赶快来介绍一下今天的节目内容吧！
A: 没问题! 今天，咱们要继续聊聊写简历找工作，，要看看如何给客服打电话，还要告诉大家怎么用美语说“摆臭脸”和“卖萌”。
B: 卖萌？什么是萌？是吃的吗？
A: 哈哈，这可是个时髦词儿，等会儿听了节目你就明白啦！
B: 那好吧！ 咱们先赶快进入第一个单元，Learn a word!
Learn A Word #1470 SHORT OF
今天我们要学的词是 short of. Short is spelled s-h-o-r-t, short; and of, o-f, of. Short of 指达不到的，缺少的。The project was set aside because we are short of funding. 这个项目下马了，因为我们资金不足。麦当劳三月上旬表示，由于欧洲部分地区的恶劣天气和中国农历新年的原因，For February, global revenue for restaurants opened at least 13 months fell short of expectations. 二月份全球开业13个月以上的所有分店总收入低于预期水平。在今年的NCAA美国大学生篮球联赛中，Saint Louis has fallen short of upsetting number one seed Michigan State. 圣路易斯大学没能爆出冷门，输给了头号种子密歇根州立大学队。 好的，今天我们学习的词是 short of, short of, short of.
A: 让我也来造个句。Whenever I'm in the mall seeing tons of nice clothes, I always feel I'm short of money. 每次看到商场里头的那些漂亮衣服，我就觉得我缺钱。
B: Haha, I feel the same way! And whenever I’m in front of my closet, I always feel like the clothes I have fall short of my expectations─I feel like I dress like an old woman!
A: 我也是我也是！不如咱们今天下了班就去逛街！
B: Today...today might be a bit hard for me..
A: 嗯？你怎么这么犹犹豫豫的？What's going on, Kat? You sound shady. Are you hiding something from me?
B: Well, let's discuss this later! 你刚才提到了shady这个词儿，在下面的流行美语里，我们就来看看Larry和李华碰到了什么shady的情况！
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各位听众，现在播送《流行美语》。最近李华看到朋友Kevin经常向大家要用过的吸管，觉得奇怪，便决定和Larry一起探个究竟。李华会学到两个常用语：shady 和 to stock up。
LH: Larry, Kevin 在做什么啊?
LL: Hmmm...that's a good question.
LH: 他最近总是在收集大家不要的吸管。啊！他们家是不是破产了。所以要收集吸管，再拿去卖啊？
LL: I don't think so, Li Hua. If they really went broke, he would just sell his Mercedes or iPhone.
LH: 说的也是。他看起来还是特有钱的。
LL: But it's a bit shady what he's doing. Why would someone collect straws?
LH: 你说shady 是什么意思啊？
LL: Shady means suspicious or questionable. Kevin collecting a bunch of straws is definitely suspicious.
LH: Shady 是可疑的意思。嗯， 我也这么觉得。那我们要不要问他看看？
LL: Rather than asking him, why don't we sit back and observe him for a couple of days, and see what he's up to.
LH: 你说要观察几天？ 好啊！我们就做一回侦探！
