时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:美语训练班


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美语训练班124


      B: Welcome to American English Mosaic 1, I'm Mike Bond!


  A: And I'm Lin Yang.


  B: Wanna know the differences in business culture between American and Chinese companies? We will offer you some great tips on how to perform in an international business environment.


  A: 中国人到底有多要面子? 我们在下面的节目中为你介绍。


  B: And in words and idioms, we will learn what "slippery slope" and "small potatoes" mean!


  A: All coming up on this edition of American English Mosaic!


  B: Now let's go into our first segment, Learn a word!


  Learn A Word 1828 expired


  今天我们要学的词是expired. Expired is spelled e-x-p-i-r-e-d, expired. Expired 形容词,意思是过期的。He was pulled over by the police and got a ticket for having an expired registration 2. 他开车时被警察拦下来,因为车子注册已经过去,吃了一张罚单。Flushing expired medicines down the toilet is a source of pollution. 把过期药品从马桶里冲走,会对环境造成污染。A Chinese woman accused of defacing The Washington National Cathedral was traveling on an expired visa. 被控在美国华盛顿国家大教堂上胡乱涂抹,破坏建筑外观的一名中国女子所持有美国入境签证已经过期。好的,今天我们学习的词是 expired, expired, expired...


  B: I always look at the expiration 3 dates when I go grocery shopping. I guess that's a good habit.


  A: I think you should pay more attention to the calorie chart instead!


  B: Very funny, 杨琳,very funny.


  A: I'm sorry! You know I'm kidding! It's just I've been eating a lot lately since the weather is getting colder, and I need to look at those numbers carefully!


  B: Actually I can see that...sounds like you are already on a slippery slope! (A: Hey!) Let's listen to today's words and idioms, slippery slope!


 


  Words and Idioms 871 slippery slope



1 mosaic
n./adj.镶嵌细工的,镶嵌工艺品的,嵌花式的
  • The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
  • The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。
2 registration
n.登记,注册,挂号
  • Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
  • What's your registration number?你挂的是几号?
3 expiration
n.终结,期满,呼气,呼出物
  • Can I have your credit card number followed by the expiration date?能告诉我你的信用卡号码和它的到期日吗?
  • This contract shall be terminated on the expiration date.劳动合同期满,即行终止。
学英语单词
accounting reference period
acylative
affine congruence
albula vulpess
Altiagac
amnonia liquor
audio annotation
azmi
Bacillus pestifer
baldinucci
ballocking
basic immediate execution mode
bean sprouts medium
bionic optics
Bovey Tracey beds
brine-shrimp
busted a move
by-pass leakage
carried on
cartilages of the tongue
Cedrus Mill.
chloranil
clerically
concrete hatch door
Cumacay
Dial-A-Soap
dietary factor
difference signal
dos receptitia
elevated temperature ageing
EPCG
ergometers
exputation
extended binary tree
Fartak, Jab.
flighted
foalhood
fuel make up
gas sensitive leak locator
grabby
hamsins
hoylands
humanify
hydrogeochemical background value
in need
instrument chart
integration loss
junction-transistor integrator
Kollsman number
laser shot
loading plant
martingale method
Mayet's paste
measuring principle
Miller law
moneyspinning
moolaade
narrow angle luminaire
neurolinguistical
Nilivaara
non structure
nonmiscibility
one's level best
orbital angular momentum
ostrya rehderiana chun
out oars
oxygen inleakage
path deviation
philosopher-king
photographic intelligence
pipe erecter
plasmablastic
plaster bed
pounding the pavement
preparation function
priority number
profit-sharing plans
quail ass
retention water
rhynchospermum secalis davis
scuppernongs
sense-datum
serpentining
silver limes
smooth-rough(S-R)variation
snow medano
spiral fold
Sporomusa
stage director
strong-motion seismograph
sulphurworts
surveillance equipment
teletext data-line
tricycler
true turpene
United States Supreme Court Reports
unsaturated synthetic rubber
Vernonia chunii
whitefeller
wiping them out
yield limit
YPrPb