英语流利说Level6 Unit2 Part2 Game Rea
One thing Walter is considering is to sell his shares in the company.
He could begin to sell a little at a time and reinvest the money somewhere else.
But where would he invest?
He doesn't know much about investing,and several of his friends have lost a lot by making bad investments.
The company Walter works for is a pharmaceutical company.
It develops new drugs,which is a risky business, and sells them worldwide.
It's expensive to develop new drugs, and it can take a very long time to get a new drug approved.
Without government approval, it can't be sold, which can result in a huge loss.
My boyfriend and I have just had another fight.
I think I'm going to break up with him.
Hey, you've said that before.
Calm down. Is that you really what you want to do?
Yeah, I think so. I don't see any future in our relationship.
Machu Picchu is one of the world's most impressive histrical sites.
The city was almost forgotten until 1911 when it was discovered by an American historian, Hiram Bingham, after he heard rumors of its existence.
Bingham was led to the site by local farmers and was amazed by what he saw, which seemed like an unbelievable dream.
He wondered if anyone would believe what he had found.
Another contributing factor in sports injuries is fatigue.
Doctors believe that fatigue is an important warning sign that the body has reached its limit.
When fatigued it is more difficult for the body to protect itself.
Therefore it's good idea to stop an activity at the first sign of fatigue.
Last week John got some bad news.
His company is downsizing and moving its head office to another city.
It's moving because it can no longer afford to do business where they are now.
Expenses are too high, especially salaries, so it's more difficult to compete with other companies.
Located in the Andes Mountains of Peru, at 8,000 feet above sea level, the "City of the Incas" was mysteriously abandoned just 100 years after its construction.
This was when the Spanish were beginning their conquest of the Inca Empire, in the 1530's.
There is no evidence that the Spanish invaders ever attacked or even reached the mountaintop city, so many believe that the city's inhabitants abandoned the city because of an epidemic.