午休英语 English Break X_Zero

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

finger 手指

little finge/ pinky 小拇指
- pinky swear 拉钩

ring finger 无名指

middle finger 中指

index fingle/ forefinger 食指

thumb 大拇指
- thumb up 点赞

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.