عبارت انگلیسی
target
معنی و توضیح
The word “target,” in this podcast, means something or someone that one is looking for or aiming at, especially to attack: “If you can throw the ball and hit the target, you get a prize.” A “target” can also be a goal, or something that one wants to reach or achieve: “They have a sales target of $40,000 per month.” A “target audience” or “target market” is the group of people that a company wants to reach through marketing so that the people buy its products or services: “The toy company’s target market is young girls, ages 4-6.” Finally, when one is translating, the “target language” is the language that one is translating a text into: “We need to find someone to translate this brochure into our target languages of German and Italian.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Hiring a Hitman». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 475: Hiring a Hitman.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 475. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in the beautiful City of Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com. You can find some additional courses in business and daily English there, along with a Learning Guide for this episode that will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Hiring a Hitman.” It’s sort of a funny dialogue about a woman who wants to get rid of someone. Let’s get started.
Gus: Are you Shirley?
Shirley: Yeah, thanks for agreeing to meet me here. I’m told you’re the best sniper in the business and you can be discreet. I need a hitman who can do a job, then make himself scarce.
Gus: I’m your man. Tell me about it.
Shirley: There’s someone who’s been a thorn in my side, keeping me up at night, and it’s time to take him out.
Gus: Taking care of problems is my specialty. I’ll need a down payment now and the balance when I finish him off. We shouldn’t meet again, so I’ll tell you later
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.