"布朗尼加分"口語課堂:骨灰級老闆

可可網友們大家好。今天Rose爲大家介紹的這個人可是個超級大好人。好到什麼程度呢？您聽的時候，別忘了同時猜測一下其中四個含有“人”的習慣用語。

Our boss Virgil is a very originAl person. He started a business from nothing, and now he's a millionaire. Although he is such a man of means, he remains a sincere, helpful person. If any of his frinds needs help, he's the first to give it. He's a ture friend, the real McCoy.

He does all sorts of jobs in his company, from typing out his own letters to repairing big machines. He's a jack of all trades. And he doesn't bother about keeping up with the Joneses. He doesn't care what people think of his life-style; he doesn't have to have a lot of expensive things. He still drives the old car that he bought ten years ago, and he sometimes wears jeans to work.

遇到像Virgil這樣very original person，非常本色的一個人做老闆，手下的日子可就好過了。Virgil是 a man of means，也就是a rich man“一個富人”的意思。比如：Only a man of means could afford to travel abroad. 只有有錢人才能花得起去國外旅行。

即使有錢，依然樂於助人。所以他是一個true friend, the real McCoy. The real McCoy意思是“貨真價實的”。再比如：This silver dollar is the real McCoy. 這枚銀幣是純銀的。I prefer leather gloves the real McCoy , not plastic rubbish. 我喜歡皮手套，但要真正的皮貨，不要人造革的垃圾貨。

雖然是公司老闆，但是什麼事兒都做，也都會做，所以Virgil還是一個Jack of all trades. 一個什麼都懂的人。再比如：Todd is a real jack of all trades. He can fix your car, your watch, or your television if it breaks. 託德真是個多面手，能修車，還能修表，如果你的電視機壞了，他也能修。

除了以上所說的，更加難得的是Virgil doesn't bother about keeping up with Joneses. Joneses意思是“鄰居；與自己社會地位相等的人”。 Keep up with the Joneese意思是 want the same nice things that other people have，也就是“攀比，鬥富”。再比如：To keep up with Joneses , Mrs. Smith bought a Ming vase that was bigger and more expensive than theirs . 爲了和鄰居叫勁，史密斯太太買了一個比他們的更大更貴的明朝花瓶。

好了，人物介紹到這裏，聽好今天的goodbye-question: If someone is a man of means, what does the person has a lot of?