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很多景点已经在5月1日陆续开放了,这个五一节很多人都憋了好久,北京疫情也降级了,终于可以出去玩一玩,据说降级当天机票预定暴涨了15倍,你有没有心仪的旅行目的地呢?我们来听听Joy and Chris的对话来学习一下怎么用英语聊五一吧! J: Hi guys. I’m Joy. C: And I’m Chris. J: Today is the May Day holiday. Did you know that Chris? C: Oh yeah. What is this holiday all about? J: Well, I think it’s celebrated as an international holiday because many countries in the world have the same holiday. You know, to celebrate for the labor people have done. C: Yeah, there’s a Labor Day in America too. But it’s on the first Monday in September, not on May 1. I think one of the reasons to choose this day is to add a holiday in the long gap between Independence Day and Thanksgiving. J: Right. Independence Day is on July 4 and Thanksgiving is in November. So people can have another holiday to take a break in September, right? C: Yup. On Labor Day, people in America do a lot of Barbequeing, spend t...
昨天我们学到的习语"busy beaver",可以说"busy beaver"们的时间一定经常很紧张,有人可能觉得“时间紧张”也可以用“Time is tight”,这是比较简单的一种用法,那还有其他地道的表达方式吗? C: Hi guys. I’m Chris. J: And I’m Joy. The idiom we’ll be covering today is: pressed for time. It means that someone is in a hurry and has limited amount of time. You can use...
Published 07/21/20
你的生活是不是开始忙碌起来了呢?很多人的工作上现在可能忙着开始新的项目,也有人可能忙着计划接下来该去哪里玩一玩,那在形容自己或者别人超级忙碌的时候,除了用”I’m so busy.”或者”You are so busy.”还有没有其他地道的表达方式呢? C: Hi guys. I’m Chris. J: And I’m Joy. We’ll be talking about another idiom today that is: busy beaver or busy as a beaver. It means that someone is very busy,...
Published 07/21/20
今天的习语”put your heads together”,字面的意思看起来好像真的是“把头放在一起”,但是我们想一下如果几个人把头放在一起能产生什么效果呢?你们能猜到这个习语的意思吗? C: Hi guys. I’m Chris. J: And I’m Joy. The idiom we are covering today is: put our heads together. It means to work together in order to come up with an idea or solution. It’s usually used for...
Published 07/21/20