卡卡英语学习报 第2期
每日一词
zero n.
零点；零度.普通用语.是指没有数量和大小等意义时人们喜欢用的词.
His chances of success sank to zero.
他成功的机会降到了最低点。
It was fifteen degrees below zero..
气温是零下十五度。
近义词synonym
cipher n.
零号;指0-9的任何一个阿拉伯数码,表示"无"时,具有象征意义.
One followed by two ciphers is 100.
一的后面跟两个零是一百。
nil n.
"零".多用于体育或新闻领域.
The result of the game was three-nil.
比赛结果是三比零。
词性变化 word-activity
zero v.
对准，注意
The children zeroed in on the display of toys in the store window.
孩子们的注意力都集中在商店橱窗里陈列的玩具上。
每日一句
It has snowed for four straight days.
已连续下了四天雪了。
straight有直的意思，也可表示连续的,无间断的。
例句：
He failed the college entrance examinations for four straight years.
他连续四年高考落榜。
每日会话
no ifs or buts(no excuses)
不要再如果可是了
A: I know the proposal is urgent. But I'm kind of busy right now.
我知道这个企划案很急，可是我现在很忙。
B: No ifs or buts this time, please. I need it NOW!
拜托不要再说可是，我现在就要！
每日背诵
Football is played in all weathers, including rain and snow. It is played in the mud and on unbearable hot days. Players break their heads and their knees just to catch a dirty piece of leather.
我们可以在各种气候下玩橄榄球，包括雨天和雪天。可以在泥地里踢，也可以在难耐的大热天里踢。选手们撞破了头和膝盖就为了抢到那个脏皮球。
每日一图
Cabbage coral provides refuge to a bigeye fish in Great Astrolabe Reef off Fiji's Kadavu Island. More than 330 islands speckle Fijian waters, which hold nearly 4,000 square miles (10,350 square kilometers) of reef, a vital trove of marine biodiversity.
笑话天地
Buy a Parrot
A preacher is buying a parrot.
"Are you sure it doesn't scream, yell, or swear?" asked the
preacher.
"Oh absolutely. It's a religious parrot," the storekeeper
assures him.
"Do you see those strings on his legs? When you pull the
right one, he recites the lord's prayer, and when you pull on
the left he recites the 23rd Psalm."
"Wonderful!" says the preacher, "but what happens if you
pull both strings?"
"I fall off my perch, you stupid fool!" screeched the parrot.
传教士买鹦鹉
一个传教士在买鹦鹉。
“你确信它不会尖叫，大叫或诅咒别人吗？”传教士问。
“哦，绝对不会。它是一只虔诚的鹦鹉。”店主保证说。
“你看见它腿上的这些细绳了吗？当你拉动右面的这根，它会背诵天主经，当你拉动左面的 那根，它会背诵赞美诗”
“太棒了！”传教士说，“但是如果我同时拉动两条绳子，会发生什么呢？”
“我会从树干上掉下去的，你这个笨蛋！”鹦鹉尖声说道。
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