Daily Dictation 113
Post-It Super Stick Notes hold on stronger and longer, but of course, remove cleanly.
Post-It Super Stick Notes hold on stronger and longer, but of course, remove cleanly.
It is maddening – texting while walking. One town is saying it’s time to level fines against people who walk into the streets heads down – everybody else trying to dodge them. maddening adj.令人发狂的;使人恼火的 dodge v.闪开,躲开;巧妙躲避,施计回避;按变换序列鸣钟;(冲洗或放大时)局部遮光
Keeping future resources intact means keeping present consumption in check. And that’s why we promote green ways of living and working. intact adj.完好无损的
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Even from very early on when we were just building this thing for, for one school, there was this concept of what it could turn into. We just weren’t sure then that we would be the ones who did it. very early = the beginning
One of Switzerland’s predominant cities, Basel sits on the Swiss border of France and Germany. predominant adj.明显的;占主导地位的,占支配地位的
Gonna eat that? Have at it. Did you just ask my permission before you took my food? Have at it = help yourself
When you can’t smoke, if you stand and stare out of the window on your own, you’re an anti-social, friendless idiot. If you stand and stare out of the window on your own with a cigarette, you’re a fucking philosopher!
One of his 1st trips will be to the US for a NATO summit where he will announce that he is pulling French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year. NATO abbr.北大西洋公约组织(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit n.(政府间的)首脑会议,峰会;山顶,顶峰 troop n.[军]部队;[军]军队 Afghanistan n.阿富汗(国家名称,位于亚洲)
J: Alright, what’s your name? K: I’m Karl Fuentes. J: Karl. Karl with a “K”, correct? K: Yep. Karl with a “K”. J: Karl with a “K”, a bird in the hand is worth… K: A million? J: No.