今天我們要學(xué)的詞是countdown。 Countdown是倒計時的意思。美國每次航天飛機(jī)發(fā)射升空前,控制中心都會countdown to the launch。 每年新年前夜,紐約時代廣場都會擠滿人,"getting ready for the official countdown to midnight," 準(zhǔn)備參加新年到來前的倒計時。
星期三晚上,北京天安門廣場上人山人海。媒體報導(dǎo)說,"people were celebrating the start of the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games," 慶祝北京奧運會倒計時一周年。好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是countdown...