1 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 美国海运学院

2 oil-tanker fleet 邮轮队

3 a great career ahead of me 未来前途远大

4 yet表示对照或对比时，语气比较强烈，出人意料，可以用and yet。but比较轻松自然。

e.g.  She is American,yet she knows little about American history. 

       It’s true that 诚然 he is young,but he is diligent and honest.

5  Marine Corps 海军陆战队

6 devastated 彻底破坏的，极为震惊的

7 cargo runs 货运 freighter货轮 passenger ships客轮

8 party举办聚会   fraternity联谊会，友爱

9 cliche陈词滥调 there is an old cliche that goes常言道

10 apply to 适用于 e.g. Unfortunately,I would say that the saying applies to millions of people.

11 live within their means 量入为出 means 方法，财力

12 recommend sb to sb 把某人介绍给某人 recommend sth to sb 像某人推荐某物  recommend sb to do 建议某人做某事

13 seek for追求 more than不仅仅 e.g. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn,more than what they will earn.

14 look down the road 掂量，规划 at存在地点，场合 e.g. Look down the road at what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession

and before getting trapped in the “Rat Race”.

15 lifelong 毕生的

16 hamster 仓鼠 metal wheel 铁轮

17 furry 毛皮的 furiously 猛烈地

18 come tommorrow morning到了明天早上

19 business system 运营体系 know little or nothing about 几乎一无所知

20 All too often 在很多情况下

21 focus on doing   rather than             e.g. They focus on prefecting their skills at buiding a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling销售 and delivering the hamburger.

22 capable of 能力   e.g. They earn less than they are capable of.

23 not .. but 不是 而是   not because of what they know but because of what they do not know.