2009年4月1日 星期三

hit the nail on the head

最近的重點擺在聽力。
目前周一到周五的白天下載加拿大CBC "the world at six"28分鐘,
美國cbs "evening news with Katie Couric"22分鐘,
還有cnn student news 10分鐘,
晚上,則看加拿大cbc多倫多線上新聞一個小時。

I'm going to be coming back onshore from a rig in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow. Didn't really need to read this story tonight.
rig a large structure that is used for getting oil from the ground under the sea
AmE informal a large truck


She had this sort of outgoing, bubbly, vivacious personality, a caring person
Someone who is bubbly is very lively and cheerful and talks a lot.

vivacious --someone, especially a woman, who is vivacious has a lot of energy and a happy attractive manner - used to show approval

hit the nail on the head--- To identify something exactly;
to arrive at exactly the right answerto be absolutely correct or accurate

bust a move--這是美國的新聞記者在播報新聞,兩人一起做一些好笑的動作。

cash for clunkers----AmE informal (這是美國汽車的剌激方案)
an old car or other machine that does not work well

it's so kinky-----(這是英國某部長的先生買色情dvd用公費報帳)
informal having or showing unusual ways of getting sexual excitement
kinky sex videos

pistachio--開心果(最近美國加州有很多食物中毒的案例)

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