英语学习 2009-08-04 22:42:03 阅读4 评论0 字号:大中小
Saudi offers camel burgers 沙特推出小骆驼肉汉堡 A fast food restaurant in Saudi Arabia is offering baby camel burgers as the latest way for the camel-crazed country to enjoy on
Matchmaking gets divine help日“剩男剩女”兴拜神相亲。
Japanese singles with a problem in finding Mr. / Mrs. Right are turning to the gods for help,
Reuters reported Thursday. A priest at the Imado Shrine, which honors Japan’s indigenous Shinto gods of marriage, said that over 1000 people have registered for the matchmaking event at the shrine. The participants, many in their 30s and 40s, will first solemnly pray to the gods, then move to a room where men and women chat and switch partner every 4 minutes.
据路透社9日报道,日本的剩男剩女兴起拜神相亲,希望把自己的终身大事交给神灵来决定。供奉日本婚姻之神的今户神社神职人员表示,目前已有超过1000人参加了神社的配对活动参与者年龄大多在三、四十岁,敬拜神灵后,男女两两交谈,每4分钟更换一次交谈对象。
Matchmaking 做媒
Priest 神职人员
Shrine 圣地、庙
Indigenous 本土的
例句:
Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia. 袋鼠为澳大利亚所产。
Register 注册
例句:
The car was registered in my name. 汽车是用我的名字登记注册的。
Solemnly 严肃地、庄严地
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方法1:找共同点
So what brings you here? 你为什么来这里/什么风把你吹来了?
How do you know Bob? 你怎么认识鲍勃的?
方法2:赞美他人
What a wonderful dress you’re wearing! 你的裙子真漂亮!
Was it expensive? 这个很贵吧?
方法3:与他人有关提问
So what do you do for living? 你是做什么的?
Where are you originally?你从哪里来?
方法4:介绍自己
Hi,my name is John . I’m a friend of Bob’s from high school.
嗨,我叫约翰。我是鲍勃的高中同学。
We used to have the same math class together, remember?
咱们曾经一起上过数学课,记得吗?
方法5.评论事物
This is a great party.
这聚会真棒。
What a lovely house this is!
多漂亮的房子啊!
Education in the US 美国的教育制度
Commonly debated topics include whether teachers should be allowed to say prayers, whether student should learn about sex, and whether it is right to hit students as a punishment.
Sometimes the debate ends up in court, and courts usually say that no student should be forced to do something that is against his or her beliefs. Education for people who come to the US from other countries is also a much discussed topic. In states like California where there are many people whose first language is not English, there is debate over what languages should be used in schools.
广泛的争论议题包括,是否应该允许教师在课上祈祷,学生是否应该学习有关性的知识,以及打学生作为惩罚手段是否合理。有时纠纷闹到法院,法院常说,不能强迫学生做违背他们信仰的事。如何教育来自其他国家的人的问题也引起讨论。在加利福尼亚等州,有许多的人第一语言不是英语,于是人们就争论应该在学校使用哪种语言。
Prayer 祷告
Debate 辩论、争论
例句:
We debated for several hours before taking a vote.
我们辩论了好几个小时才投票。
End up 以……结束
We were going out, but ended up watching videos.
我们原计划外出,但结果却是在家里看录像。
Belief 信仰
与“生产”有关的英语词汇
Input 投入
Output 产出、产量
Producer 生产者、制造者
Consumption goods 消费品
Manufactured goods 制成品
Raw product 初级产品
Semi-finished goods半成品
By-product 副产品
Raw material 原料
Supply 供给、补给
Productivity 生产率
Overproduction 生产过剩
Dog-and-pony show
超市中往往有商家为做促销现场展示商品性能。在英语中,这种商品演示可用俚语dog-and-pony show 来表示,指为公共关系或者推销等目的而安排的表演。
请看例句:
My company asked me to do a dog-and-pony show about the new product in the exhibition next month.
公司让我下个月在博览会上做一个新产品的展示。
考试达人:
1."smoking is bad for your health."
"Yes I know. But I simply can’t give up.”
解析:give up 放弃、戒掉 ;give in 投降(不可接宾语);give out分发。
2. His mother had thought it would be good for his character to give away from home and earn some money on his own.
解析:get away 逃开、逃脱、逃避;take away 带走(后面要接宾语);keep away from 不要靠近。
3. If you run into any problems when you arrive at the airport,give me a ring.
解析:run into 遭遇(困难或者问题)、偶遇某人;come up with找出答案、提出办法;set about 开始(某事)
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