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surge
معنی و توضیح
The word “surge,” in this podcast, means a sudden, significant increase: “The government was surprised by the surge in applications for unemployment benefits.” Or, “Economists are predicting a surge in the cost of dairy products next summer.” Sometimes a “surge” refers to many people moving in a particular direction: “During the war, countries nearby had problems trying to accommodate the surge of people running away from the fighting.” A “surge” is also a sudden movement of a lot of electricity: “Storms can cause power surges.” A “surge protector” is a device used for plugging in computers and other valuable electronics so that they are not damaged by electrical surges: “Even if your computer is plugged into a surge protector, it’s still not a good idea to use it during a storm.” to go to waste In this podcast, the phrase “to go to waste” means to be wasted, or to not be used and to have to be thrown away: “Studies have shown that a very large percentage of fruits and vegetables purchased by American families go to waste without ever being eaten.” The phrase “to be a waste of (something)” is used to describe something that was not as useful or good as expected: “Going to that movie was a waste of time.” Or, “She spent more than $200 on that sweater, and it fell apart the first time she washed it. What a waste of money!” Finally, a “waste product” is something that a factory process makes, but has no useful value: “The factory used to produce a lot of nitrogen as a waste product of its other manufacturing processes, but now it sells it to local farmers.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. www.easytalk.ir English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 892 – Preparing for the Busy Season
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 892: Preparing for a Busy Season.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 892. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is a dialogue between Yuko and Reza about getting ready for being busy at your work or whatever activity you do. Let’s get started.
[start of dialog]
Yuko: What’s all this?
Reza: We’re gearing up for the busy season. We don’t want to get caught with our pants down like we did last season.
Yuko: Last season, we had a unusual number of visitors because of the unseasonably warm weather. We can’t expect lightening to strike twice.
Reza: We have to prepare for every contingency. If we get a flood of visitors,
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.