时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:趣谈英语


英语课

Pre-Listening Vocabulary
 
selfie: a self-portrait taken with a smartphone or webcam
forum 1: a space to have a discussion about a specific topic
spike 2: to increase suddenly by a large amount
smartphone: a mobile phone that connects to the Internet and acts like a mini computer

 
“Selfie” Is The Word Of The Year
Oxford 3 University Press declared “selfie” the word of the year for 2013. “Selfie” refers to a self-taken photograph. Selfies are usually taken on a smartphone or webcam. The word was first seen in an online forum in Australia. Usage of the word became widespread in 2012. The word was chosen as Oxford’s Word of the Year because its usage spiked 4 17,000% in 2013. Social media sites, such as twitter, Instagram, and Flickr helped popularize the word. When taking a selfie, people are advised to tilt 5 their heads up slightly to avoid a double chin. Holding the camera as far away from the face as possible is also advised.

1 forum
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
2 spike
n.长钉,钉鞋;v.以大钉钉牢,使...失效
  • The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
  • They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
3 Oxford
n.牛津(英国城市)
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
4 spiked
adj.有穗的;成锥形的;有尖顶的
  • The editor spiked the story. 编辑删去了这篇报道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. 他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。 来自辞典例句
5 tilt
v.(使)倾侧;(使)倾斜;n.倾侧;倾斜
  • She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
  • The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平,有点儿歪.
学英语单词
a master of ceremonies
amount of water injected
analog-to-digital (a/d)converter
anthocyathus
articulating furrow
audio post production
backswimmers
bantustans
bat's feces
batcorders
beesianus
bell and plain end joint
belt grinder
bethroots
Bills of Exchange Ordinance
biomass yield
bit track
careening
cassette unit
certificate of audit
class files
co-activating
combined action of accelerators
condensed tannins
constitutive promoter element
contraction heat
control interval
count up to
cueings
cupproduct of thecohomology group
d-adonitol
defects of concrete
defleur
depreciation-percentage of original cost
Ditricheae
dredging tube
Edward The Black Prince
engine inspection hatch
equity-linked policy
fag hags
fahlun (falun)
family Atherinidae
feel one's legs
FGD
fire-insurance
fixed zone barrage
genus tadaridas
gilsdorf
heliozoans
hendy
heraclenol
homothetic solutions
Incerta
index register allocation
intellectual-property
interpolation of contours
justo daract
kalandras
kowie r.
labeff
labialla
Lake River
languisht
laudabler
Leping Formation
lithium (li)
lunch breaks
mail-enable application
modified chord
mons ureteris
narrows
nonrelation
notice of non-payment
Nuangan Jian
obscurement
of the same mind
ordnance depot
panchromatic rendition
permanent panel for experimental research
permission to land
planar pivot four bar mechanism
point tool
portable emergency transceiver
powerholder
Purcell
purver
QWK
rabbited on
rankyll
Raritan
reacquisitions
rotatory-inversion axis
rowdydows
samplingtube
shielded cubicle
space communication
suh
sweet nothings
ten end of month terms
uninnocence
wave thrust
well-compensated