22-11-25 This chimpanzee is about to send a message. 这头黑猩猩马上就要发送一个信息。 The drumming can travel 1km through the jungle. 敲打声可以在丛林中传播一公里。 Drumming on tree roots allows them to say where they are and what theyre doing. 敲打树根可以...

22-01-25 shoot这个词，我们的第一反映是射击，但它在美国人的日常口语中还有更丰富的用法： ①Just shoot me a message on WeChat. 微信上发我信息吧。 *在此场景中，shoot比send更口语化。 ②-I have a question for you. -Shoot. -有个问题要问你。 -请说。 *在这个语境中，s...

21-10-27 Hello, this is Jerry. 你好，我是杰瑞。 May I speak to John? 我可以和约翰通电话吗？ I will get him. Hold on please. 我去叫他，请稍等。 I am sorry. John is out of the office today. Would you like to leave a message? 抱歉，约翰今天不在公司里。你需要留...

21-08-19 To try to persuade people who already agree with you. 例句： The men who really need to hear the message dont come to the meetings, so Im just preaching to the choir. 真正需要听到消息的人不会来开会，所以我只是白费口舌。...

21-06-10 乍一看，Ten-four好像是10：4之类的，但其实它表示肯定或承认。 相当于：Roger that /Message received/You got it! 这个短语起源于手机普及前，人们用的CB无线电（citizens band民用频带电台）通讯的暗号。 例： A: Im going to pull over up ahead. A：我要在前面停...