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BBC 6 Minute English

2009年1月7日 星期三

truth and truce

truce: 停火 休戰 停戰

Gaza truce: 加薩走廊停火協議

Israel and Hamas

The truth behind the truce is truely truant.

桶裝瓦斯的英文

[Q] 桶裝瓦斯的英文怎麼講?

[try]
gas 瓦斯 天然氣
natural gas 天然氣
Russia stops natural gas deliveries to Europe via Ukraine.

gasoline 汽油

桶裝瓦斯也就是液化石油氣,英文縮寫為LPG (liquified petroleum gas)
LPG Australia

petroleum 石油
crude oil 原油

food and energy prices increase

LPG also belongs to "food and energy", doesn't it?

2009年1月1日 星期四

stave off

(v) stave off :
to prevent the occurrence of; to prevent from happening;
to keep or hold off; to repel;
to delay (something) for a short time;

to stave off this ultimate threat of war
to stave off the job loss crisis

(n) stave == stanza
五線譜?
比賽中的一節?

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