"布朗尼加分"口语课堂:骨灰级老板

可可网友们大家好。今天Rose为大家介绍的这个人可是个超级大好人。好到什么程度呢？您听的时候，别忘了同时猜测一下其中四个含有“人”的习惯用语。

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这样very original person，非常本色的一个人做老板，手下的日子可就好过了。Virgil是 a man of means，也就是a rich man“一个富人”的意思。比如：Only a man of means could afford to travel abroad. 只有有钱人才能花得起去国外旅行。

即使有钱，依然乐于助人。所以他是一个true friend, the real McCoy. The real McCoy意思是“货真价实的”。再比如：This silver dollar is the real McCoy. 这枚银币是纯银的。I prefer leather gloves the real McCoy , not plastic rubbish. 我喜欢皮手套，但要真正的皮货，不要人造革的垃圾货。

虽然是公司老板，但是什么事儿都做，也都会做，所以Virgil还是一个Jack of all trades. 一个什么都懂的人。再比如：Todd is a real jack of all trades. He can fix your car, your watch, or your television if it breaks. 托德真是个多面手，能修车，还能修表，如果你的电视机坏了，他也能修。

除了以上所说的，更加难得的是Virgil doesn't bother about keeping up with Joneses. Joneses意思是“邻居；与自己社会地位相等的人”。 Keep up with the Joneese意思是 want the same nice things that other people have，也就是“攀比，斗富”。再比如：To keep up with Joneses , Mrs. Smith bought a Ming vase that was bigger and more expensive than theirs . 为了和邻居叫劲，史密斯太太买了一个比他们的更大更贵的明朝花瓶。

好了，人物介绍到这里，听好今天的goodbye-question: If someone is a man of means, what does the person has a lot of?