15-11-11 Fakeation is the unusual practice of staying at home but telling everyone you're away. 假装度假指明明待在家里,却告诉别人你出去玩了。 Some take a selfie that looks like they're on holiday and post it on social media, some go so far as applying tanni...
15-05-17 A Chinese company has treated 6,400 members of staff to a four-day holiday in France, booking 140 hotels in Paris and 4,700 rooms on the Cote d'Azur. 中国某公司带着6400名员工在法国进行了豪华四日游,旅行团下榻巴黎140家酒店,订下蓝色海岸4700个房间。 T...
15-04-03 Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a holiday. One day he was not feeling well, so he went to the clerk at the desk of his hotel and said, I want to see doctor. Can you give me the name of a good one? The clerk looked in a...
15-03-22 Our top-level cultural relics need first-class management and preservation. Where is the root of the traditional Chinese culture if we tear down all the relics? Our descendants would blame us. 中国顶级的文物古迹急需顶级的管理、研究和保护。中华传统文...
15-02-25 Statuscation is a new word coined to characterize the now commonplace activity of sharing your holiday plans on social networks. The idea is that by communicating your plans to others, from the point you book through to unpacking your suitcase when...
15-02-25 The newly coined term pre-cation refers to a holiday taken by a new employee on joining a company. In complete contrast to the conventional scenario of a new recruit not daring to request time off until they've learnt the ropes and proved themselves...
15-02-07 Sofa Sunday is the Sunday after the United States Thanksgiving holiday, when people relax at home and purchase goods online or on TV. 沙发星期日是美国感恩节假期过后的那个星期天,人们在家休息进行网购或电视购物。 The app Catalog Spree coined the term...
14-12-28 Europe is a varied continent with plenty of different Christmas traditions. For example, some in the west of the continent may not have heard of the Krampus - St Nicholas' demonic assistant who beats bad children with a stick. 在欧洲,不同的地区有许...
14-12-23 Haycation is a holiday or vacation spent on a farm. 农场假期即在农场度过的假期。 Example: Their family took a two-night Haycation at the farm. 他们家在农场度过了一个两天的农场假期。...
14-12-19 This is one of the ugliest Christmas seasons in recent memories -- and that's the way some clothing retailers want it. 今年的圣诞季将会是近年来最丑的一次,但这正中许多服装零售商的下怀。 Sales of Christmas sweaters purposely designed to be ugly are l...