午休英语 English Break

clock change

daylight-saving time
- the practice of advancing clocks during the lighter months so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn.

summer time

winter time (standard time)


spring forward - fall back
- This term is meant to trigger your memory to set your clocks forward 1 hour in the spring at the start of DST, and 1 hour back in the fall when DST ends.

gain 1 hour, lose 1 hour
- The expression “lose an hour here, gain an hour there” also describes the start and end of DST.

white people ️
black people ️

yellow people???
Asian people

tan
pale

chocolate

cocoa beans 可可豆
cocoa powder 可可粉
cocoa butter 可可脂


dark chocolate
- produced by adding fat and sugar to the coca mixture
- extra-dark chocolate

white chocolate
- formed from a mixture of sugar, cocoa butter and milk solids

milk chocolate
- sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk

unsweetened chocolate
- pure chocolate liquor, also known as bitter or baking chocolate

almond 杏仁
hazelnut 榛子
raisin 葡萄干

suck

吮吸
- suck the thumb
- She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw.

吞没
- The waves came crashing over my head and I could feel myself being sucked under by the currents.

糟糕透顶
- It sucks!
- Man, this job sucks!

sucker
- They really took advantage of her, she turned out to be a real sucker. 上当受骗的人

banking

withdraw/ make a withdrawal 取款
deposit/ make a deposit 存款
- save money 省钱
transfer 转账

debit card 借记卡
credit card 信用卡
check 支票

balance 余额
bank statement 流水单
interest rate 利率

automatic teller machine 自动取款机

PIN = personal identification number 密码
- Press/ Enter your pin here please.

(WHO, 3.11）We have therefore made assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

pandemic （疾病）大流行

n. a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease/ adj.

- (Nature) Time to use the p-word? Coronavirus enters dangerous new phase.

- But there is no need to assume that it is the next pandemic.
- But the word pandemic was very much on the minds of the TED community.
- But public health officials have also had to consider the risks if the public overreacts to a pandemic declaration.

cataclysm
1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

【例句】
- The eruption of the volcano was an unexpected cataclysm.
- The city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood.
- Then followed a comparatively long hiatus due to completely understandable causes resulting from the sociopolitical cataclysms.

【近义词】
- disaster 普通用词，指大破坏，灾难
- misfortune 普通用词，外在因素导致的不幸
- calamity 个人的不幸，更严重
- catastrophe 语气最强

accessories 饰品
jewelry （珠宝）首饰

necklace 项链
She bought a necklace of crystals.

bracelet 手链
- Whenever David saw the bracelet, he remembered his promise, and would reassure me that the time was coming soon when he would keep it.

ring 戒指（finger ring）
- She desires the golden ring for herself.
- the Lord of the Rings 指环王

earrings 耳饰（耳环）
- Her earrings and diamond watch were taken to make it look like a robbery.
ear studs 耳钉
ear drops 耳坠

如何不卑不亢地拒绝别人？

1. I’m good.
A：Would you like some coffee?
B：I'm good. Thanks.

2. I’ll think about it.
A：You look so good with it on! I can give a discount if you really want one.
B：Thank you, but I'll think about it.

3. I’d love to, but...
A：Come and join the party！
B：I'd love to, but I've had a few things come up.

4 I don’t feel like...
A：Isn't it time to go to home?
B：I don't feel like leaving yet.


P.S. 少说 Sorry
- Pardon me, please. 没听清
- Excuse me. 引起注意
- Behind you!