Jungle Cruise is the fourth Disney film for both Johnson and Blunt. Yet they weren't the first choices for their parts in the movie. In 2011, it was announced that Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would star in the film. By 2015 the plans had changed, and Dwayne Johnson was cast in Jungle Cruise. Emily Blunt joined the cast in 2018.
Dwayne Johnson plays Frank, a riverboat captain who knows the river better than anyone else. Emily Blunt's character, Lily, is a scientist. She's in search of a tree that's believed to possess healing powers.
Johnson describes Lily as "the female version of Indiana Jones." Frank is much more relaxed and only cares about his money and his cat. Everything changes when Lily convinces him to take her and her brother on a dangerous mission. As Johnson describes it, the journey is "the adventure of a lifetime!"
I can't wait to experience the adventure of watching Disney's long-awaited Jungle Cruise. Watching it in theaters will bring me back to the excitement of visiting Disneyland as a child.
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Cash is king, cash flow, hard cash
Welcome to Info Cloud. Let's talk about something most of us use every day: money.
There are lots of English words to describe money. But today we're going to talk about the word cash.
You know, some say cash is king.
I've heard that before. It is often used in business to describe cash flow or the money you have coming and going.
If you invest a lot of money in the stock market, for example, the funds may not be easily available to you at any time.
So one piece of advice is to make sure you have money, or cash, set aside to buy things, pay your staff or cover other business expenses.
Does that mean hard cash?
Well, hard cash means physical money that is available to use. But having a cash flow available means you have money in the bank and not tied up in investments or other things.
So if your money is tied up, it can't be withdrawn or used right away, and that affects your cash flow. And that could affect a lot of things in your business. We all know that the economy can change very quickly. So it's important to have access to the money you need, or in other words, cash is king.
今天跟大家介紹幾個跟投資理財有關的用語，第一個是 Cash is king. 意思就是有能夠活用的現金才是王道。如果錢都拿去投資，需要用的時候可能沒那麼快能夠拿回來。因此，有足夠的 cash flow 現金流，讓錢可以進進出出的，是比較理想的狀態。另外，很多人覺得手中握有 hard cash，也就是白花花的鈔票，會比較有安全感，因為他們不喜歡把錢拿去做投資，因為有可能被 tied up 套牢，或是暫時沒有辦法活用的意思。
Language Lab
cast v. 被選來演舞台劇或是電影裡的某一個角色
a : to assign roles for (a play, movie, etc.) to actors
to assign (an actor or actress) a role in a film, play, etc.
- The director wanted to cast his daughter as the main character in the play.
導演想要選他女兒來演舞台劇的主角。
cast v. 扔出去
to throw or move (something) in a forceful way
- The fisherman cast his net into the water.
漁夫把漁網扔進水裡。
cast v. 投射光線/影子
- If you want to take a selfie, you should move away from that tree branch because it is casting a shadow on your face.
如果你要自拍，最好離那根樹枝遠一點，因為它會在你臉上投射陰影。
cast n. 一部戲的全體演員
the actors in a play, film, or television show
- The play was an expensive production because it had a huge cast.
那部戲的製作成本很高，因為他的全體演員人數很多。
heal v. 癒合、治療
to become healthy or well again
- The vet said the wound on the dog isn’t serious and that it will take a few days to heal.
獸醫說小狗身上的傷口不嚴重，幾天後就會癒合。
- Dennis isn’t happy because he had seriously injured his leg and will need several months to heal.
Dennis 心情不好，因為他的腿傷的很嚴重，需要好幾個月才會好起來。
heal v. 情感方面或心理方面的癒合
- After Melody’s boyfriend dumped her, Melody wondered if her broken heart would ever heal.
Melody 的男朋友甩了她後，不知道她破碎的心是否能夠癒合。
heal v. 兩者之間原本不好關係的好轉
to make (someone or something) healthy or well again
- The two families have been fighting for years until two of their children married each other, and that began the healing process for both sides.
兩個長年敵對的家族，因為孩子們結了婚，而開始修補雙方之間的關係。
mission n. 任務
a task or job that someone is given to do
- The spy was on a dangerous mission and he discovered where the secret weapons of the enemy were kept.
這個間諜在進行一項危險的任務，而找到敵方藏秘密武器的所在。
- The fighter jets were sent on a mission to destroy the enemy ships.
戰鬥機的任務是摧毀敵方的船隻。
mission n. 個人的使命或天職
a task that you consider to be a very important duty
- Some people traveled around the world to discover themselves and to find their mission in life.
有些人環遊世界，為了更認識自己，並找到他們的使命。
- Jeremy told Lisa that his mission in life is to make her happy, but then Jeremy met Michelle and he changed his mind.
Jeremy 之前跟Lisa說，他的使命就是要讓她快樂，但是後來Jeremy認識了Michelle，他就改變想法。
journey n. 旅行、旅程
an act of traveling from one place to another : trip
- Since all the the flights were cancelled, our only way to get to our destination was a three-day journey to the mountains by bus.
因為所有的航空班次都被取消，我們唯一抵達目的地的方法就是搭巴士開三天的山路。
- After his long journey, Cranston was happy to get a shower and a nice dinner.
長途旅行後，Cranston 很高興能夠好好沖個澡，又吃一頓大餐。
journey v. 旅行
to go on a journey : travel
- The refugees told the reporters their story of how they had to journey across the border to get away from the war.
難民們告訴記者們他們是如何跋涉越過邊界來逃避戰爭。
- Every spring, traders from the south would journey on camels to the capital city where there are goods to sell.
每年春天，南方的商人們會騎著駱駝帶著貨物，旅行到首都去賣。
