The work is very taxing. 工作非常累人、把我都榨干了。' C+ _7 y4 L4 ]) i' V4 n
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Labor Day:劳动节
Labor Party: 劳动党
Manual/physical labor: 体力劳动
Intellectual labor: 脑力劳动(不是brain labor)
The Department of Labor: 美国劳工部
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Labor 也是“生孩子”!
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She is in labor:她正在生产。
How was the labor? 生产顺不顺利?
Early labor: 早产2 \8 R) y: m5 i
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“Labor”的俗语
, S3 e! c, a) E3 |7 l+ [; S1 H0 f5 c- x( }" G 还有两个和labor相关的俗语也很实用!4 G2 T* W0 P+ N# P #1. A labor of love:热爱的事业、再幸苦也值得 + Z' x7 Z# m+ W! g$ jOpenLanguage is a labor of love for us. 开言英语是我们最热爱的事业。1 e( w1 Y5 ^: X; |0 |
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祝大家劳动节快乐!
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课后提问
What's your Labor Day plan? 你的五一怎么过?
What's your labor of love? 什么让你热爱、甘愿为之付出?
赶快留言告诉我们! 6 w3 y! c: ^; G' d7 i
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