时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

Every year, I tell myself that I won't procrastinate 1 in doing my holiday shopping. And, every year, I end up with a shopping list as long as your arm and about 24 hours to get it all done. Waiting until the last minute means that I have to brave the crowds out doing their last-minute shopping.


First, I have to find a place to park in the parking lot, which is always packed. Then, I have to fight off the bargain hunters who are there for the holiday markdowns. With so many shoppers, the shelves are usually a mess and a lot of items are out of stock. When I've finally picked out what I want to buy, there are usually long lines at the register. Just when I'm about to check out, I always remember that I've forgotten one last thing. It never fails!


When I get home with the presents, I have to wrap them. Hopefully, I haven't forgotten to get gift wrap, ribbons and bows, and holiday cards. By the time I'm finished, I'm exhausted 2 and I feel like Scrooge. Ba humbug 3!


Why do I do this to myself every year? Next year, I'm starting my holiday shopping in September. Then again, I said that last year.




 



v.耽搁,拖延
  • Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.面对不想做的事情,我们经常拖延。
  • It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
n.花招,谎话,欺骗
  • I know my words can seem to him nothing but utter humbug.我知道,我说的话在他看来不过是彻头彻尾的慌言。
  • All their fine words are nothing but humbug.他们的一切花言巧语都是骗人的。
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air movement column
alstones
auerswald
bateaux
Battlesden
beccariola fulgurata
belaboring
beneficiary of a transferable credit
Beyle, Marie Henri
binuclei
blagojevich
blood mole
boldoin
bottle - nosed dolphin
brogh
buellia erubescens
Bunce
centre suspensioncord
chamber drying
chromosome dyad
close type spring
coil impedance
composite sole
counter-gobony
counterorders
cryogenic stage
cyberathletic
diversi-
dopes
e-commercial
edumetrics
Emu Cr.
encoding method
forge ifre
fte
glass-filled shielding window
Greenaway
gta
hair-follicle naevus
harmonic compensation
helical lamp
hood moulding
hopper type
hori-hori
indian grackles
intelligent patch panel
jlg
journaler
khawiasis
matrix matching
McDonald Peak
mediterranean hackberries
minimal detectable activity
Mittelstandsbank
modulated laser diode
multiple layer sandwich radome
N-methyl butylamine
narcotine
Natal Downs
non-participant observation
oil emulsion adjuvant
paperworker
parcels of land
PCI Express Mini
PDRL
pea-sized
peeno
pennate, pennated
percussive transition
Pinozin
Polish sausage
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reference model system
regio suprasternalis
relay coil
rhynchoelaps australiss
Richmond crown
RMUI
RP (radiological protection)
sacramental oil
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sonochemical
sporting lives
subsidiary air attack
system management monitor
Sφrfjorden
Talguharai
temperature indicating strips
the last person
theory of cycles
Tittabawassee R.
transparency vitreous silica
turkey corn
up warp
verbal command
versional
warfare of poison gas
Weyarn
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