VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

vice versa (adv) :used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order反过来也一样，反之亦然
E.g.: He doesn’t trust her, and vice versa (= she also doesn’t trust him).他不信任她，她也一样不信任他。

come {here}. go {there}

midnight－午夜
noon-中午

shift (n): 1-a group of workers who do a job for a period of time during the day or night, or the period of time itself轮班职工；班；轮班
E.g.： As the night shift leave/leaves, the day shift arrive/arrives.
夜班工人下班时，白班工人来上班。
E.g.： Are you on the night shift or the day shift? (= Do you work during the night period or the day period?)
你上夜班还是白班？

take (something) over (v): 1-to start doing a job or being responsible for something that another person did or had responsibility for before接任；接管，接手
E.g.: He took over from the previous headmaster in February.
他2月份接手了前任校长的工作。
E.g.: She took over as manager two weeks ago.
她两周前接任经理一职。

takeover (n): 1-a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of its shares接管，收购（公司）
E.g.: The company has decided not to go through with the takeover of its smaller rival.

return the favor (v): 1-When someone does something nice for you, and you do something nice back to them, you call that “returning the favor”:
E.g.: You’ve helped me out so much, so I just wanted to return the favor.

out of context-If words are used out of context, only a small separate part of what was originally said or written is reported, with the result that their meaning is not clear or is not understood.脱离上下文
E.g.: The reporter took my remarks completely out of context.
记者引用我的话完全是断章取义。

We back up our computer files at work on a daily basis.
我们每天都要对工作电脑文件进行备份。
on a daily basis.-每天
on a monthly basis-每月
on a yearly basis-每年

On a daily basis I need to send out 3 reports