极客专属课堂4.22
口语高频词汇
1.rotate
A:I’m so excited about starting our own company.
B:Yes, this is so exciting.
C: It really is, and now I can be the boss and make all the decisions.
A:No, I am going to be the boss and make all the decisions.
B:No, I want to be the boss.
C:okay, okay, Let’s not argue. I have an idea. Why don’t we _______?
A+B: rotate?
C:Yes, each week we each have a different responsibility.
A:You mean we change jobs?
B:That’s right,
Rotate轮流,这里指change jobs each week.
Rotate还有:旋转,循环,使转动的意思
The earth rotates around the sun.地球绕着太阳转。
(当然rotate around还可以用move around, run around来代替)
The seasons rotates perpetually季节更替
Day shifts白班,night shifts夜班.三班倒:three shifts
Work on the night shift上夜班或者be on the night shift.
I worked on the night shift that day./I was on the night shift that day.
2.relish sth /doing sth.享受、喜欢(做)什么
A relish开胃菜,同appetizer(更专业)
In Italy, we took time relishing the local cuisines.
在意大利,我们慢慢地品尝当地的料理(take time doing 不急的,慢慢地做某事,take time doing)
3.impart给予(part表示离开)
Impart sth to sth.赋予某物某种特质
The music imparts a lively air to the club.这首歌给这个俱乐部增添了热闹的气息
4.be gratified to do sth做…很心满意足,很高兴
She is gratified to see her song doing well at school.
看到自己的儿子在学校表现很好,她很心满意足
Gratifying令人心满意足的
A gratifying win to everybody一次令每个人都心满意足的胜利