Oops and More Vocabulary 0420 2005

[Wayne]

Oops and More Vocabulary 0420 2005

【Oops】

I will not take the in front milk.
I will not take the milk in the front row.

I never had this question.
I never had this problem.

The store policy prohibits to bring the food home.
The store policy prohibits their employees from bringing the surplus food home.

I am going to host the gather of Apr. 20 with topic food wasting.
I am going to host the meeting on April 20 on the topic of food wasting.

Do you pay attention to the sell-by date while you shopping in supermarkets…
Do you pay attention to the sell-by date while you are shopping in supermarkets…
Do you pay attention to the sell-by date while shopping in supermarkets…

The reason that so much food ends up with a bin is because we buy excessive food in the first place,
The reason why so much food ends up in a bin is that we have bought excessive food in the first place.

often we see a bargain like” Buy-One-Get-One-Free” which encouraging people to purchase more than require, has this kind of bargain worked on you?
Often we see a bargain like ”Buy-One-Get-One-Free” which encourages people to purchase more than needed; does this kind of bargain work on you?

【Vocabulary】

across the board：全面地
averse：反對的
bottomless pit：無底洞
chillers：冷藏裝置
compost heap堆肥
consumption：消耗
cook：廚師
cooker：(煮)飯鍋
cupboard：碗櫥；食品櫥 {注意：p不發音}
edible：可以食用的
Emcee (MC)：節目主持人
encourage：促使
get through：吃完
go off：(食物)變壞
governing：支配
in essence：本質上
in one go：走一趟
jam：果醬
land-fill：垃圾掩埋場
life expectancy：平均壽命
obsessed with：迷戀於
outrageous駭人聽聞的，讓人嚇一大跳的
packet soup：袋裝湯食
plastic tub：小塑膠盒
reflect：反映
regulatory body：主管機關
rotate stock：更換庫存貨品
scrap：一小塊 (scraps剩餘飯菜)
stock cube：即食湯塊
track record：業績
外燴師傅：caterer
垃圾車：garbage truck
菠菜：spinach
睜一眼閉一眼：turn a blind to something； look through one’s fingers
過期：expire(動詞)
遠水救不了近火：Distant water can’t put out [quench] a nearby fire.
A slow remedy cannot meet urgency.
餿水[廚餘]：hogwash

【Extra】每次分組時主持人請來賓「報數」的英文的說法是：Number off!

Host: Maggie

Veteran members:
Alex, Alice Cha., Andy, Ariel, Arthur, Bill, David H.P. C., Eden, Flora H., Happy, Jessica, Julian., Robert, Roger, Tina C., Wayne

Newbie:
Tina H.

Total：( 18 )