首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] The word downsizing, both an excuse and not a very happy euph
[originaltext] The word downsizing, both an excuse and not a very happy euph
游客
2023-07-23
45
管理
问题
The word downsizing, both an excuse and not a very happy euphemism for firing people, needs, I have decided, a mate: upsizing. The country seems to be in a serious upsizing phase. When and where and how it began, I don’t pretend to know, but I have a lurking -- as opposed to a somersaulting -- suspicion that it may have begun with the naming of the size of cups at Starbuck’s.
A Dunkin’ Donuts man, I don’t often go into Starbuck’s. But when I used to frequent the joint, I found myself charmed with the comedy of the language of ordering, all that decaf, double-espresso, steamed, skimmed, mocha, cappu-frappo-Americano, and the rest of it. But what I couldn’t get my (admittedly) literal mind around was the naming of the size of Starbuek’s cups. A small cup at Starbuck’s is known as a tall, a middle-size cup is a grande, and a large cup is a venti, the Italian word for twenty, which must stand for twenty ounces. Let’s go through this again: a small is a tall, a medium is a grande, a large is a venti. Got it? If so, perhaps someday you will explain it to me.
选项
A、plenty
B、generous
C、venti
D、large
答案
C
解析
此题考查听细节的能力。large is ventil在文中被重复两次,tall,grande,venti,星巴克的三种杯形的咖啡,分别指小,中,大杯。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2862601.html
相关试题推荐
WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutAnnRichards?[br][originaltext]AnnRichar
WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutAnnRichards?[originaltext]AnnRichardswas
Whydoesn’tAshleygivethemanacallherself?[originaltext]M:PhysicsDepartm
Whydoesthewomanlikeskiingsomuch?[br][originaltext]M:Whatdoyoup
[originaltext]M:Couldyoutellmetheshortestwaytothehall?Themeetingis
[originaltext]M:Couldyoutellmetheshortestwaytothehall?Themeetingis
[originaltext]M:Couldyoutellmetheshortestwaytothehall?Themeetingis
[originaltext]M:Couldyoutellmetheshortestwaytothehall?Themeetingis
[originaltext]W:Hi.Tom.Howthingsgetalongwiththepreparationfortheann
[originaltext]W:Hi.Tom.Howthingsgetalongwiththepreparationfortheann
随机试题
A.techniqueB.processesC.testedD.procedure
______peoplesay,Ibelieveheisinnocent.A、WheneverB、HoweverC、WhoeverD、Wha
[originaltext]BarbaraSandersisawifeandthemotheroftwochildren,ages
CircleTHREElettersA-F.WhatdoesCharlessayabouthisfriends?(A)Hemetthe
Whatdoesthewomanimplyabouthercar?[originaltext]M:Isthistableinthec
Internetuseappearstocauseadropinpsychologicalhealth,accordingtor
如图所示,梯形的上底和下底分别为5厘米、18厘米,两条腰分别为5厘米、12厘米,
国内甲公司在A、B两国独资建立公司,安全控制在两个国家公司的整个管理和销售,独立
根据《建设工程监理规范》GB/T50319-2013,关于工程进度控制的具体措
检测胎儿肺是否成熟的指标为 通过抽取羊水,检测羊水中的 A.甲胎蛋白 B.
最新回复
(
0
)