二月的節日: 一年當中最短的月份有許多節日活動
In the West, February brings Valentine's Day to mind. Indeed, Americans alone exchange over 150 million Valentine's cards annually. In addition, over 58 million pounds of chocolate candy are sold around this celebration of love. Maybe that is why February is National Chocolate Lover's Month in the U.S.!
In the East, people think of Lunar New Year, which often occurs in February. Most return home to celebrate this important holiday with their families.
While Groundhog Day, February 2, would not count as an important holiday, people enjoy the fun. A groundhog or other furry creature predicts the coming of spring on this day. If it sees its shadow, people can expect six more weeks of winter! If it doesn't see its shadow, an early spring will come.
February's flower is the violet, which represents faithfulness and humility. The amethyst, February's birthstone, represents sincerity. Every four years there is a February 29, but February still remains the shortest month.
School children learn this through an English rhyme:
30 days hath September, April, June and November;
all the rest have 31 excepting February alone,
which has 28 days clear and 29 in each Leap Year.
Grammar Gym
* brings to mind: "makes people think of"
"... February brings Valentine's Day to mind."
=> February makes people think of Valentine's Day.
* To many Americans, talking about Chinese food brings fortune cookies to mind.
* The mentioning of Paris brings the Elffel Tower to mind.
Info Cloud
chocoholic 巧克力愛好者
* Maybe that is why February is National Chocolate Lover's Month in the U.S.!
chocolate lover 也可以用 chocoholic 巧克力愛好者
這個字來自 alcoholic 酗酒者, 自從這個字成為英文單字後,
就有許多不同的字採用這個字的字尾 -aholic 來表示有某種癖好
像是 workaholic 工作狂, shopaholic 購物狂
但 chocoholic 並沒有 alcoholic 這麼嚴肅, 通常用於詼諧的場合
Language Lab
annually adv. 每年底, 一年一次地
ann 字根有年的意思
* Job performance is evaluated annually in this company.
這家公司每一年底都會評估員工的工作表現
annual adj. 年度的, 每年一次的
* annual budget 每度預算
* annual income 年收入
in addition adv. phrase 除此之外, 況且, 另外
addition 增加
通常前面的句字會有個敘述, 後面的句字是用來補充前面的句子
* Peter is the head of three companies. In addition, he's also the chairman of many charity organizations.
Peter 是三家公司的老闆, 除此之外, 他還是慈善機構的主席
predict v. 預測, 預料
pre 這個字首有提早的意思
* It's hard to predict which team will win the game.
很難預測這場比賽哪個隊伍會贏
prediction
* The woman made a prediction about the date of the end of the world.
這個女性對世界末日的日期做了預言
humility 不可數n. 謙虛, 謙遜
* The movie star's humility made his fans love him even more.
這位電影名星的謙虛, 讓他的影迷更加愛護他
humiliate v. 侮辱, 或使丟臉
* The boy was beaten and humiliated by the bully for years.
這個男孩每年都被這個惡霸歐打並且侮辱
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