Thur 10/28

Question 1

Impersonal

Answer 1

沒有人情味的；冷漠的

Question 2

Carbohydrate

Answer 2

碳水化合物

Question 3

Give sb. a slap/
slap sb. in the face/
Slap the ears

Answer 3

賞巴掌/

打耳光

Question 4

Extrapolate

You can’t really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample.

Answer 4

外推；推斷（to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known）

Question 5

House plant

Plastic plant

Answer 5

居家植物

塑膠植物

Question 6

Defeat the object

Answer 6

Has the opposite effect from what’s intended

Question 7

Gardening

Answer 7

園藝

Question 8

Lattice

Answer 8

格子

Question 9

A trend for house plants

Answer 9

居家植物的趨勢

Question 10

Give sth away

Answer 10

送給別人

Question 11

Swiss cheese plant

= Monstera plant

Answer 11

龜背芋

Question 12

Getting out of control

Answer 12

逐漸失控

Question 13

There’s no sign of this popularity decreasing

Answer 13

沒有退流行的跡象

Question 14

A spider plant

Chlorophytum

Answer 14

吊蘭

Latin name

Question 15

Foliage

Answer 15

葉子 leaf

Question 16

Repotting

Answer 16

翻盆、移植

Question 17

Customer service

Answer 17

客服

Question 18

Poor
Atrocious 
Terrible
Unprofessional 
Horrendous 
Appalling 
Unacceptable 
Shocking
Lousy
Sub-par
Disappointing
Inadequate 
Mediocre

Answer 18

很差的（服務）（多個形容詞）

Question 19

The internet site breaks down or hang (so you can’t get in)

Answer 19

網站當機

Question 20

Atrocious

Answer 20

Exceptionally bad

Question 21

Food is cold and lumpy

Answer 21

結成塊狀的

Question 22

It certainly doesn’t taste as it’s described on the menu.

Answer 22

絕對不像菜單上形容得好吃

Question 23

Complain about the food

Answer 23

抱怨食物

Question 24

It seems like a lifetime before the food arrives.

Answer 24

等食物來之前，像過了一生

Question 25

The plates has half dropped in front of you.

Answer 25

盤子半丟在桌上

Question 26

Fill in the form that they often leave on the table

Answer 26

填那個經常放在桌上要填的表格

Question 27

Tick the box

Answer 27

方框裡打勾

Question 28

Overall

Answer 28

總的來說

Question 29

Professional Unprofessional

Answer 29

Really tight and accurate, very good 專業的 不專業

Question 30

Get your account finalised

Answer 30

完成帳戶

Question 31

Horrendous | Appalling

Answer 31

糟糕的 | （service, weather that doesn’t meet your expectations)

Question 32

Try to get their manager

Answer 32

叫老闆出來

Question 33

Express checkout

Answer 33

快速結帳

Question 34

Renew your passport

Answer 34

更新護照

Question 35

There’s a delay expected of 6-8 weeks

Answer 35

有6-8週的延誤

Question 36

Log on to the site

Answer 36

登上網站

Question 37

A pop up

Answer 37

彈出式廣告

Question 38

Someplace to ring

Answer 38

有地方可以致電

Question 39

Shocking It’s shocking service.

Answer 39

令人吃驚（非常英式）

Question 40

Get up my nose His jokes are really beginning to get up my nose. I bet that really gets up your nose that I’ve been so successful.

Answer 40

To annoy or irritate (British)

Question 41

Lousy Crap The bus service/ public services is lousy/crappy

Answer 41

非常糟的（服務、公共服務）

Question 42

A classic situation

Answer 42

經典場景

Question 43

They never have enough buses.

Answer 43

公車從來不夠

Question 44

You look around the corner

Answer 44

看了一眼角落

Question 45

Two buses are coming together. | The same number was hold up somewhere.

Answer 45

兩台公車一起來 | 同一號在某處滯留了

Question 46

Make excuses that…

Answer 46

找藉口

Question 47

Many people in cars

Answer 47

路上太多車

Question 48

Sun-par

Answer 48

低於標準的 Below what’s expected; when a service doesn’t meet your requirements Par 高爾夫球術語

Question 49

Describe sth as a lousy service

Answer 49

描述…像…（idiom)

Question 50

Books that are slightly out of print

Answer 50

快要絕版的書

Question 51

I didn't start read the book bc they’d be out of sequence.

Answer 51

我還沒看那本書，因為這樣就沒有照集數看了

Question 52

Mediocre How was the performance like? Ah, mediocre

Answer 52

普通的、中庸的 (nothing great or bad) | A service that is just about acceptable

Question 53

Nothing to write home about

Answer 53

沒什麼可寫的 | 沒什麼特別可以紀錄的

Question 54

Middle-of-the-road

Answer 54

平凡、普通的（片語）

Question 55

People are getting a bit edgy An edgy person (someone who is constantly annoyed)

Answer 55

大家有點不爽了 | Having sharp or pointed corners or being irritable, or being unconventional.

Question 56

Would you not ring them again?

Answer 56

你不再打給他們一次嗎

Question 57

Tap your fingers under the table and look at your watch as looks your mobile phone

Answer 57

不耐煩

Question 58

Refer to a bad service

Answer 58

指一個壞的服務