2013年8月28日 星期三

The Zack Files Season 1 - Episode 6: Total Rewind

state of the `art current state of development of a subject, technique, etc 
 ie the most advanced one available 


high/low resolution
(=how clear or unclear the picture is)

Cam : how did you dad spring for that?
to pay for something

if it is in someone's power to do something, they have the authority or ability to do it

VCR
a machine you use to record television programmes or play videotapes

take one's breath away
to be extremely beautiful or exciting
 The view from the top will take your breath away.

Vernon has set his heart on it
set your heart on sth
to want something very much
 His father bought him the bike he had set his heart on.
 She had set her heart on becoming a hairdresser.

trade in
 Trade in ivory has been banned since 1990.

 program AmE v
to set a machine to operate in a particular way

you boys might enjoy the fun of program this yourselves

I thought you can program a NASA Mars landing 
 a US government organization that controls space travel and the scientific study of space

MUTE-SILENT
VEDIO影像
AUDIO聲音
INPUT輸入
TRANSMIT---to send out electronic signals, messages etc using radio, television, or other similar equipment

mother|board /m'ʌðərbɔːrd/ (motherboards)
In a computer, the motherboard is the main electronic circuit board to which the microchips that perform important functions are attached.

brochure  /ˈbrəuʃə, -ʃuə US brouˈʃur/ n [C]
a thin book giving information or advertising something

Cam, please hook me up!
hook sb up with sth
to help someone get something that they need or want
= fix up with
 Do you think you can hook me up with some tickets for tonight?

invade
to enter a country, town, or area using military force, in order to take control of it

Bill Gates--a very rich person

Gobi Desert - 

The Gobi is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. 

Inca--an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest(500 years ago)

ET will drop by soon.
the alien will come to visit  us soon
drop by
to visit someone you know, usually without arranging a particular time
 I just dropped by to see how you were getting on.
 
intercept the signal with the VCR you bought.
If you intercept someone or something that is travelling from one place to another, you stop them before they get to their destination.

broadcast
to send out radio or television programs

sci-fi show 科幻表演節目

whatever happened to the minister in the movie
後來在戲裡他怎麼樣了

stash n [C]
an amount of something that is kept in a secret place, especially money, weapons, or drugs

What do you propose?
suggest

exploit
to try to get as much as you can out of a situation, sometimes unfairly

I learn something important from these aliens.
Always to be happy with what you have.
And you can't bluff a girl with a death ray.

A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.














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