Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Business is always slack at this time of year.
每年的这个时候生意都很清淡。

slack off-to work less hard or to be less than is usual or necessary:
Workers tend to slack off on Mondays and Fridays.

disaster (n): (an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
灾难，大祸
An inquiry was ordered into the recent rail disaster (= a serious train accident).
有关方面下令调查最近这起铁路灾难事故。
It would be a disaster for me if I lost my job.
对我而言，如果丢了工作那将是一场灾难。
This is one of the worst natural disasters ever to befall the area.
这是该地区所经历的最严重的自然灾害之一。
Heavy and prolonged rain can spell disaster for many plants.
大量持续的降雨会对很多植物造成巨大的危害。
Everything was going smoothly until suddenly disaster struck.
灾难突然降临之前一切进行得都很顺利。

peanut butter-花生酱

mold/mould (n): a soft, green or grey growth that develops on old food or on objects that have been left for too long in warm, wet air
霉；霉菌
There was mould on the cheese.
这块奶酪发霉了。