有道英语每日一个话题,学习笔记。
2018.10.23
chart and graph
- line graph
- ==pie chart== 饼状图
- ==bar chart== 柱状图
- ==plateau==(n.)持平,状态稳定
- ==rise(v.)== 上升
- ==fall== 下降
- ==percentage== 百分比
- ==lactobionic acid== 乳糖酸
- ==SLS:SodiumLaurethSulfate== 起泡剂
- ==As you can tell from the graph== 从这表中可以看出
- ==We can see a trend/pattern here== 我们可以看出这么一个趋势
- ==It’s obvious/apparent from the figures== 从这个表可以明显的看出
- ==This graph/chart needs no explaining(it’s obvious)== 无需解释,从这个表我们可以看出
- ==The graph provide some interesting data regarding…== 这个表格提供了关于…的一些有趣的数据
- ==The graph shows the changes in the number of … over the period from … to …== 该图描述了在…年至…年之间的数量变化
- ==The bar chart illustrates that …== 该柱状图展示了…
- ==When A goes down ,so does B, When A goes up, so does B.== B随着A的增加而增加,减少而减少。
2018.10.24
超市
- Visa versa 反之亦然
- fram to table culture 新鲜食材文化
- hypermarket 大卖场
- supermarket 超市
- grocery 食品杂货铺
- department store 百货公司
- shopping list 购物清单
- fridge 冰箱
- freezer 冷冻室
- pantry 食品储存室
- shopping cart 购物车
- basket 购物篮
- delicate items 易碎物品
- AILES (教堂、戏院、火车等座位间或超级市场货架间的)走到,过道
- checkout counter 收银台
- coupons 优惠券
- cashier 收银员
- “Paper or plastic?” 请问是要纸袋还是塑料袋?
- “Plastic is fine, Thanks “ 塑料袋就好,谢谢。
- specials 特价商品
2018.10.25
壹句
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?
人生来就是为了出众的,你为什么要老费劲去和群呢?
#《女孩要什么》Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. –May Sarton
孤独源于自我意识的缺乏;独立源于自我意识的充盈。
2018.10.26
壹句
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies.
希望是件好事,也许是世间最美好的事物,而且美好的事情永不磨灭.
#《肖申科的救赎》 A man can be destoryed but not defeated. 一个人可以被毁灭,但不能被打败。
history
- Wiil go down in the history 这将被载入史册
- That is ancient history 家喻户晓的故事,陈年老账,旧闻
- HIstory in the making 历史正在被创造
- Rewriting the history books 他们正在篡改历史
- History repeats itself 历史会重演;历史往往重演
- I am history 我已成为历史。再见。
- make history 创造历史,做出值得载入史册的重要事情
- The rest is history 其他的都众所周知了,接下来的事情大家都知道了
2018.10.29
壹句
Live boldly, push yourself, don’t settle.
2018.11.22
- bottleneck 瓶颈
- I’m in a bottleneck at work. 我工作遇到了瓶颈。
- brainwash 洗脑
- The children were brainwashed by their parents. 这个孩子被父母给洗脑了
- Blacklist 黑名单 -If you don’t pay at a restaurant, you would be blacklisted at that restaurant. 如果你吃饭不给钱,你就会被这个餐厅列入黑名单。
- Time flies 时光飞逝
- Time flies when you’re having fun! 快乐的时光总是过的很快!
- kill two birds with one stone 一石二鸟
- Strike while the iron is hot 趁热打铁
- We have to strike while the iron is hot, no other company has this idea! 我们必须要趁其他公司还没有发现这个点子之前,趁热打铁。
壹句
The sky knows when its time to snow,don’t need to teach a seed to grow, it’s just another ordinary miracle today.
天知道雪落之期,种子萌芽无需刻意,这只是今天又一个平凡的奇迹。
2018.11.26
- chase rainbows 做白日梦,追求一些遥不可及的事情
- natural phenomenon 自然现象
- sunrise 日出
- sneak the sunrise past the rooster: means to do something extremely diffcult or impossible. 字面意义是逃过公鸡的日出。因为清晨日出公鸡先知,没有日出逃得过公鸡的眼睛的。所以用它来比喻表示尝试做不可能的是或者狡猾地暗中做某事。
- rain cats and dogs: it means it’s raining very heavily. 倾盆大雨,瓢泼大雨。
- lightning 闪电
- as swift as ligntning 风驰电掣,快如飞箭。
- thunderstom 大雷雨;雷电交加的暴风雨
- sit there like a dying duck in thunderstom 惊慌失措的样子,要死不活的样子
- fog 雾
- somebody is in a fog:mean sthe person is confused.表示某人非常疑惑不清楚
- flood 洪水
- flood the market 充斥市场
As long as we have faith in our cause and that unconquerable willpower, salvation will not be denied us.
只要我们对自己的事业有信仰和不可战胜的意志,我们就能取得胜利。
2018.11.27
- 通常用to的情况:
(1)destination 目的地
We are going to Paris. (2)distance 距离
It’s about ten meters from my house to the university. 从我家到大学也就十米。
(3)giving 给
I gave the book to Mumu for reading. 我把书给木木读。 - 通常用for的情况:
(1)benefits影响(好处/坏处)
Yogurt is good for your stomach.
酸奶对你的胃好。
Too much sun lignt is bad for your skin. 晒太多的太阳对你的皮肤不好。
(2)Period of time 时间段
I have been doing podcasts for 8 months now.
我已经录了8个月的节目了。
(3)scheduling 安排
I made an appointtment for the 30th of March.
我在三月三十号有个约会。
(4)doing something to help someone 帮助
Could you carry these book for Mumu?
你可以帮木木搬这些书吗?
我用这个枕头枕着睡觉
I am using this pillow for sleeping.
I am using this pillow to sleep.
2019.1.18
If you do what is easy, your life will be hard; but if you do what is hard, your life will be easy.
遇难而退,兜兜转转方见万壑千岩;迎难而上,淬炼重生方见光芒万丈。
- gossip 八卦;流言蜚语,谣言; 爱讲闲话的人; 谈话,闲话; 关系亲密的伙伴
- intriguing 激起好奇心的
- tempting 诱人的,有吸引力的
When we want to begain with gossip, we need to use quesstion that intrigue.
当我们想要开始八卦的时候,我们需要使用能够激起好奇心的开场白。
Did you hear (taht…)? 诶!你有没有听说(。。。)?
kiss and tell - to tell others about a sexual encounter, usuall in order to brag about it. 八卦风流韵事
Here is the lates kiss and tell about his affair. 这是他最新的风流韵事!
most girls avoid Johnny because they know he loves to kiss and tell. 很多女孩子都回避Johnny,因为她们知道他很喜欢到处讲那些私密的事情。
有个句子叫做: a gentleman doesn.t kiss and tell.
So, what did you gays do last night? 所以,你们昨晚…发生了什么?嗯?
A gentleman doesn’t kiss and tell. 君子不分享吹嘘自己的私密之事。
- blabbermouth 多嘴多舌的人,大嘴巴
Don’t you have that friend that can never ever keep a secret? Well, now you know what to call that . 你们难道没有那种永远无法保守秘密的朋友吗?现在你们知道怎么形容他们了!
Damn! Dillon is such a balbbermouth! 天哪!Dillon真是个大嘴巴!
- spill the beans 泄露秘密
When someone is just making you excited for somenews and they still don’t tell you about it and you want them to share the serect. 如果有人一直拿八卦吊你的胃口,但是又不告诉你,你就可以对他讲这句话,意思是“快说快说”! Oh! Can you just spill the beans already?! 拜托!你就不能就快讲啊!
- dish the dirt 散布流言蜚语
When we have something negative to reveal about someone we use this phrase. 当我们抖出一些人不好的事情的时候,可以用这个短语。
MY lips are sealed. 我的嘴巴被封住了。 形容我的嘴巴很严,我是不会讲的。
Cara,aren’t you going to dish the dirt about Jack? Cara ,你不抖一点Jack的脏事出来么? My lips are sealed! Don’t you even try! 我的嘴巴很紧的!你想都别想!
You have to take this secret to your grave. 你必须把这个秘密带进你的坟墓!你死都不能说! I’ll take this secret to my grave! 我会把这个秘密带进我的坟墓!
2019.1.19
A book like a magic garden,carried in your pocket.
书中自有黄金屋。
- Hello, may I ask who is speaking. 你好,请问您是?
- Hello,Jack speaking. 你好,我是Jack。
- Sorry,not interested. 不好意思,不感兴趣。
- He hung up on me. 他挂我电话。
- I’m hanging up,don’t call me here again please. 我要挂电话,请不要再给我打电话了。
- Somebody gave me a prank call in the middle of class. 有人在我上课的时候给我打了一个恶作剧电话。
- Prank call: When somebody gives you a call trying to make a joke,usually by pretending they are somebody else 恶作剧电话:通常是有人想要戏弄你的情况下
- Who was it? 刚才谁打的电话?
- Just another cold call. 又是一个陌生来电。