Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

restriction (n): an official limit on something
受（尤指官方）限制的，受约束的
import/export/currency restrictions
进口／出口／货币限制
speed/parking restrictions
速度／停车限制
At the turn of the century, Congress imposed/placed a height restriction of 13 storeys on all buildings in Washington.
在世纪之交，国会对华盛顿的建筑实行了不得超过13层的高度限制。
The president urged other countries to lift the trade restrictions.
总统敦促其他国家取消贸易限制。

catch-22-an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing
第22号军规；进退维谷的局面，两难情形
a catch-22 situation
两难的处境

There have been many film festivals in Shanghai recently.–最近上海有很多的影展

feature film/movie-故事片

Science Fiction-Sci-Fi-科幻片
mystery-悬疑片

Horror-/恐怖片

the butterfly effect
a situation in which an action or change that does not seem important has a very large effect, especially in other places or around the world
蝴蝶效应，连锁反应
Chaos theory relies on the idea of the “butterfly effect”, that even slight imbalances in starting conditions lead to huge final variations in outcome because of the fundamental instability of the system.
“混沌理论基于“蝴蝶效应”的概念，即由于系统根基不稳，即使起始条件的微小不平衡也会导致结果的巨大变化。
And so we had the butterfly effect that was US households defaulting on their loans quickly causing chaos around the world.
于是我们看到了蝴蝶效应，就是美国家庭拖欠的贷款迅速在全球范围内造成了混乱。