Accumulation topic(0) 词伙搭配、口语表达、本地文化

Collocation

collocation
obesity epidemic	肥胖趋势
hone the skills	磨练技术 /həʊn/	She honed her debating skills at college.
by leaps and bounds	飞速(类似于adv)
flip around	调换顺序	What if you flipped this process around. 调换过程的顺序
myraid problems	大量问题
… make up the bulk of …	…占…的大部分	German cars make up the bulk of imported cars to the United Kingdom.
blame … for …	认为 … 产生 … 问题	For decades health professionals blamed dietary fat for causing myriad health problems, including the obesity epidemic in America.

Native Expression

口头表达

Come on, check it out. 进来参观一下吧。

So when folks come by to visit, usually the first thing they notice and ask about are the pet portraits. 人们；大家

I creep in here all the time 'cause I love it. 悄悄溜进来

If you wanna … 让对方做某事

热词俚语

I’ve been living paycheck to paycheck. 月光族

The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power. 副总统现在必须承担起最高权力的重任。

“衣钵相传”的近似表达，take up/on the mantle (拿起/接受披风)，语出《圣经》。先知以利亚曾用自己的披风分开约旦河水。后来他被接引。上天后留下了这件披风，他的继承者拾起披风，借此同样分开了约旦河水。所以mantle在西方文化中被视为法力或权力传承的媒介。西方魔术师的标准行头里就少不了一件mantle。

Long story short, … 长话短说

固定场景

描述人物

She has so much going for her. 她有很大的潜力

描述事物

This dish, though it originated in North African countries, has grown extremely popular beyond the continent.

描述数据

Japan averages 320 eggs eaten per person annually.

v. 计算...的平均数

Earnings are averaged over the whole period. 所计算的是整个时期的平均收入。

v 平均为

Drivers in London can expect to average about 12 miles per hour. 估计伦敦的驾车者平均时速为12英里。

Economic growth is expected to average 2% next year. 明年经济增长预计平均可达2%。

The death toll continues to mount. 死亡人数持续增加。

The official death toll has now reached 7 000.

Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the losses caused by yesterday’s earthquake.

Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines rose to 3,637, after the strongest storm this year destroyed the central part of the country on Nov. 8, 2013. 2013年11月8日，今年最强的台风“海燕”袭击了菲律宾中部地区，造成3637人死亡。

Brand

name brand 名牌

Anthropologie /ˌænθrəˈpɑːlədʒi/

美国休闲风格的高端品牌，销售服装、鞋子、配饰、家居用品、家具和美容产品。