臺灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是:
The US has one of the best, most reliable power grids in the world, so people aren't saying 'let's knock out this entire grid.' You could just have one converter box in your house, and that way you're not converting AC to DC at the level of every single device.
美國擁有世界上最好、最可靠的電網,所以人們不會嚷嚷著“把整個電網砍掉。”你只要在家里裝上一個轉換器,這樣你就不用針對每個電子產品逐一地去把電流從交流電轉換成直流電。
學習重點:
1.reliable 可信賴的;可靠的
reliable (adj.) 可信賴的;可靠的
relevant (adj.) 有關的
2.grid 電力網
grid (n.) 電力網
grip (v.) 握牢;掌握
3.knock out 一拳擊昏某人; 打敗; 淘汰
knock out (ph.) 一拳擊昏某人; 打敗; 淘汰
4.convert 轉變,變換
convert (v.) 轉變,變換
converse (v.) 溝通
5.device 裝置
device (n.) 裝置
deviate (v.) 脫離;越軌