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[오디오 듣기] Cash Cow
오늘의 영어 표현은: Cash Cow입니다.
Let’s pretend you are in a major U.S. city. You are listening to an American English conversation and you hear this: Cash Cow. What does this mean?
Cash Cow
Lydia: Hey Bob, Ever since you opened your coffee shop, you have been very busy. Is the business going well and making money?
Bob: Yeah! I can’t believe it. It’s going really well. In fact, my coffee shop has become a real cash cow for me.
Lydia 가 Bob에게 “Hey Bob, Ever since you opened your coffee shop이봐 Bob, coffee shop을 열고서 "you have been very busy. 정말 바빠진 것 같네”라고 얘기하고 있습니다. Coffee shop은 음악을 들으면서 주로 Coffee나 음료를 마시고 간단한 식사를 할수있는 곳이죠. 친구들과 만나서 커피 마시며 얘기하기에 아주 좋습니다. 그러면서 “Is the business going well and making money? 장사는 잘 되니? 돈도 많이 벌어?”라고 묻고 있어요. Bob은 기분 좋게 “Yeah! I can’t believe it. 그래 정말 믿을 수 없을 정도야. It’s going really well. 정말 잘 되고 있어”라고 대답합니다. 또 Bob은 “In fact, my coffee shop has become a real cash cow for me. 사실, coffee shop이 황금알을 낳는 거위야” 라고 덧붙이더라고요.
Now let’s listen to a portion of today’s conversation.
Cash Cow
Lydia: Is the business going well and making money?
Bob: Yeah! I can’t believe it. It’s going really well. In fact, my coffee shop has become a real cash cow for me.
오늘의 영어 표현은 Cash cow/ Cash, C A S H / cow C O W 입니다. Cash는 ‘돈, 현금’ 이고요 Cow는 ‘암소’ 입니다. Cash Cow는 많은 흑자를 내는 물건 혹은 사업들을 가리킬 때 쓸 수 있는 표현입니다. ‘Cash Cow’ is an idiom used to describe a business or a part of a business that makes a lot of profit and has an easy and dependable source of income. Here are a few example sentences: Windows is the cash cow that made Microsoft a huge company / His new idea is the company’s new cash cow. 이 말은 사업상의 대화에서뿐 아니고요 평소에도 쓸 수 있는 표현입니다. Cash Cow는 ‘Milk Cow’ 즉 ‘암소’와 관련이 있는데요. 암소를 한 마리 사서 여물을 잘 주면 질 좋은 우유가 생기죠. 이 우유를 시장에 내다 팔거나 치즈로 만들어서 돈을 벌 수 있을 거고요. 이렇게 계속 돈을 많이 벌 수 있는 경우에 쓰는 표현이 바로 Cash Cow입니다. 이솝우화에 나오는 ‘황금알을 낳는 거위’와 비슷하다고 볼 수 있겠네요.
Cash Cow
Lydia: Hey Bob, Ever since you opened your coffee shop, you have been very busy. Is the business going well and making money?
Bob: Yeah! I can’t believe it. It’s going really well. In fact, my coffee shop has become a real cash cow for me.
오늘의 영어 표현, ‘Cash cow 황금알을 낳는 거위 많은 돈을 벌 수 있는 상품이나 사업 a product or service that makes a lot of money for a business. Cash cow . Do you know of any business that is a cash cow? Try using this phrase with your friends!
