Sophy's Notebook

【Chat Room】

mum's the word 保守秘密；不要聲張

keeping mum 保持緘默

美國人稱媽媽為 mom；英澳則稱為 mum
更親密的說法可為 mummy，但此字對美國人來說是木乃伊的意思


【Michelle's Class】

voucher 憑證
Henry used the luncheon vouchers the company gave him at the cafeteria.
亨利在公司的自助餐廳內使用公司給的午餐券。

The first prize is a voucher for 2 airline tickets to Hawaii.
頭獎是兩張去夏威夷的飛機票兌換券。

after 在...之後
afterward 之後
We had breakfast and afterward went to the gym to exercise.
我們吃早餐然後去健身房運動。

Jack said that he would go out for a while, but he would come back afterward.
傑克說他會出去一下子，但是之後就會回來。

involve (v) 包括；使捲入、涉及
i-n 指裡面
v-o-l 捲起來
We'd like to involve the heads of all the departments in our decision making process.
我們希望決策過程中都能有每個部門主管的參與。

Tom was not the only one who's involved in the bribery.
除了湯姆之外還有其他人涉入賄賂。