每日英文2013.06.16

1.charge  /tʃɑː(r)dʒ/ n.費用 v.索價

(1).Please charge this purchase to my account 這筆消費請從我的帳戶扣款。

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a.purchase /ˈpɜː(r)tʃəs/ v.

to buy something

 

(2)If you order totals more than five hundred dollars,you will not have to pay the shipping charges.如果你訂購的總價超過五百元以上，就不需要支費運費。

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a.shipping /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/ n.

the business of carrying goods,especially in a ship

 

2.chech in v.報到;到達登記

(1)As soon as you enter the hotel, you may check in at the front desk

 

(2)All seminar participants are asked to check in with hotel registration

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a.seminar /ˈsemɪˌnɑː(r)/ n. 研討會

a meeting at which a group of people discuss subject

b.participant /pɑː(r)ˈtɪsɪpənt/ n.參與者

someone who takes part in something

c.registration /ˌredʒɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/ n.登記, 註冊

the process of recording names or information on a official list

 

3.choose /tʃuːz/ v.選擇;挑選

(1)Many readers choose The New Yorker for its excellent fiction.所多讀者選者<<紐約客>>是因其傑出的故事

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a.excellent /ˈeksələnt/ adj.

extremely good

b.fiction /ˈfɪkʃ(ə)n/ n.

books and stories about imaginary events and people.

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imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ adj.

not real but only created in your mind

 

(2)Because of his scandalous reputation, voters did not choose him to be mayor.

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a.scandalous  /ˈskændələs/ adj

involving stories about dishonest or immoral things that someone has done

b.reputation /ˌrepjəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ n.

the opinion that people have about someone or something because of what has happened in the past

c.mayor  /ˈmeɪər/ n.

the persion who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city