عبارت انگلیسی
background
معنی و توضیح
The word “background,” in this podcast, means the large area of a piece of paper or screen behind what one is reading or looking at: “I like the idea of using a photograph as the background for this flyer, but I’m afraid it will make it difficult to read the text.” The word “background” also refers to one’s experiences, education, jobs, family, and more: “The company wants to hire someone with a background in international sales.” Or, “How do you feel about your son marrying someone with a different religious background?” The phrase “in the background” refers to sounds that one can hear, but are not part of what one is trying to listen to: “Could you please speak more loudly? Your cell phone is picking up a lot of other sounds in the background.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Customizing a Personal Webpage». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 631: Customizing a Personal Webpage.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 631. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there to download a Learning Guide for this episode that will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Customizing a Personal Webpage.” Many people have their own pages – their own websites. We’ll talk about some of the vocabulary that might be related to that, especially on social networking sites such as Facebook. Let’s get started.
Keiko: The layout of your webpage is so lame. Why don’t you customize it?
Al: Why bother? I don’t want to spend the time or the energy.
Keiko: Let me show you my page. Check out this background. Don’t you think it’s great?
Al: Yeah, it’s great. Can I get back to my book now?
Keiko: You haven’t even looked at my page. Look at this. You can add all kinds of graphics and you can use the profile
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.