Lesson 96 The dead festival

Words ans expressions

1. The dead are said to return to their homes

有关“据说”的表达:

Evidently: means according to what people say

E.g. Evidently, he has been two-timing his wife.

Reportedly

E.g. His company had failed reportedly.

Seemingly

E.g. Seemingly, he owes the bank $2 million.

So the story goes/the story goes...

E.g. She never goes back to her hometown--or so the story goes.


2. Lay sth out: it means to spread sth out so that it can be seen easily or is ready to use.

E.g. She laid the book out on the desk.


3. 描述一个场景很壮观,景色美,除了用beautiful以外还可以用:spectacular, magnificent, splendid,great.


4. All-night: means through the night

E.g. Stay up all-night, an all-night store

5. Handmade: means made by a person using their hands rather than by machines (machine-made)

Home-made: means made at home, rather than produced in a factory and bought in a shop.


6. Fully booked 客满

E.g. You need to make an appointment in case the fancy restaurant will be fully booked.


7. Digest verb.

E.g. You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to digest.

Digest noun.

E.g. News digest


8. Edible: means fit or suitable to be eaten.

E.g. Those flowers are edible as a traditional Chinese medicine.


9. Express (adjective) means travelling very fast

E.g. An express train/bus

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