时间:2019-01-17 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   时差


  说起“时差”大家或许立马会想到:
  Time difference
  但它只能用来描述地理上的时间差异:
  What's the time difference between New York and Shanghai? 纽约和上海时差多少?
  谈到具体的时差,中文里会说快、慢了多久,但英文里用的是:
  Ahead of: 在…之前
  Behind: 在…之后
  Shanghai is 12 hours ahead of New York. 上海比纽约快12个小时。
  New York is 12 hours behind Shanghai. 纽约比上海慢12个小时。
  时区
  为了某一地区的人们使用统一的时间,人们划分了不同的时区:
  Time zones: 时区
  这是一个固定说法,不能说成time areas或time places。
  跨经度很大的国家通常会有好几个时区:
  6 time zones in America: 美国有6个时区
  美国大陆地区:
  EST = Eastern Standard Time: 东部标准时间
  PST = Pacific Standard Time: 太平洋标准时间
  MST = Mountain Standard Time: 山区标准时间
  CST = Central Daylight Time: 中部标准时间
  3月初到11月初,北美中部标准时间会调整使用夏令时CDT = Central Daylight Time,但即便如此人们还是都习惯说CST。
  美国大陆以外的地区:
  HAST = Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time: 夏威夷-阿留申时区
  AKST = Alaska Standard Time: 阿拉斯加标准时间
  如果坐飞机到了另一个时区,一定能听到飞机广播中说到这个词:
  Local time: 当地时间
  The local time in New York is 16:00. 纽约当地时间是16:00。
  What's the local time now? 现在的当地时间是几点?
  标准时间
  全世界的时间标准,也是国际上最常见的时区缩写:
  GMT = Greenwich Mean Time: 格林威治时间
  注意Greenwich的读音:/?ɡren?t? /
  中国是GMT+8,统一使用东八区作为标准时间:
  BST = Beijing Standard Time
  很多国家都会在天亮较早的夏季将时间调快:
  Daylight savings 1 time: 夏令时,夏时制
  Turn the clocks forward/back: 将时钟调快/调回
  倒时差
  如果要说时差很厉害,需要倒时差,一定要用到的表达:
  Jet lag: 时差反应
  怎么用:
  I feel so jet-lagged.
  I've got crazy jet-lag.
  The jet lag is killing 2.
  通常说到“jet lag”都是指一种不好的反应,需要去克服它:
  To get over jet lag. 倒时差
  很多人会服用一些帮助入睡的补充剂来帮助他们倒时差:
  Melatonin: /mel.??to?.n?n/ 褪黑素
  Sleep aid supplement: 辅助睡眠的补充剂

n.存款,储蓄
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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