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外教新词堂:time vampire

  这期有个很好玩的新词time vampire,它可以指电脑、游戏机,还可以指让你爱不释手的书和你最爱的人等等,请我们的外教Angie upgrade一下大家的词库吧!
  
  1. fave 大爱,喜欢的
  A shortened version of the word “favourite”.
  e.g. That Japanese restaurant we went to last night is my new fave.
  
hipster  2. hipster 小嬉皮;爵士乐迷
  An urban young adult with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, i.e. alternative[另类的] music, indie rock, independent film, etc.
  Originally from the 1940s to describe someone who lived the life of a jazz musician.
  e.g. Maria is a complete hipster—I’ve never even heard of half the movies she owns.
  
  3. to fan the flames 火上浇油
  To act in a way that makes a problem either bigger or worse.
  e.g. Her parents are already mad about her grades and she’s just fanning the flames by coming home late every night.
  
  4. That’s a good question. 问得好,我也想知道答案。
  A statement used to show that the speaker has no idea how to answer the original question.
  e.g. –So, what are you doing here?
   –That’s a good question.
  
  5. time vampire 吸时鬼
  Someone or something that takes up or “sucks” all your time.
  e.g. My computer broke again yesterday and I spent all night trying to fix that time vampire!

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