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Americans often try to say things as quickly as possible, so for some express
Americans often try to say things as quickly as possible, so for some express
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2025-01-08
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Americans often try to say things as quickly as possible, so for some expressions we use the first letters of the words instead of saying each word. Many common expressions or long names are shortened this way.
BYOB is a short way of saying "bring your own bottle". The letters BYOB are often found at the bottom of a written invitation to a simple social event or gathering friends. For example, I decide to have a party on a Sunday afternoon. I might write a note saying, "Please come to the party, and BYOB." The bottle each person brings is what that person wants to drink at the party.
An invitation to a special event, such as a wedding, would never say BYOB. However, an invitation to all official or very special event often has other letters at the bottom of it. The letters are RSVP. The letters represent the French expression “repondez s’il vous plait”. In English, the words mean “Respond if it pleases you”. Americans use the letters as a short-way to say please answer this invitation.
Another expression ASAP is often heard in business offices. My boss might say she wants something done ASAP. It means as soon as possible. She also might tell me she wants something done by COB. That means she wants it finished by close of business, or the end of the workday.
Beginning letters often are used to represent the name of a university. A famous one is MIT. It is short for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Another major university is UCLA, almost no one ever says its real name, the University of California at Los Angeles. That takes too long.
Some American businesses are better known for the beginning letters of their name than for their complete names. For example, you may not have heard of the company called International Business Machines, but you probably have heard of the company by its short name IBM. And the American Telephone and Telegraph Company is much better known as AT. & T. Many American government agencies are known by the beginning letters of their name, too. For example, the FBI is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI investigates criminal activity in the United States. Then there is the IRS, the Internal Revenue Service. It is not a very popular agency. It collects Federal taxes. Here is an example you already know. Can you guess what it is? How about VOA, the short name of the "Voice of America". (416) [br] What is the main subject of this article?
选项
A、The voice of America.
B、A short way of saying.
C、Introduction of famous companies.
D、Brief introduction of VOA
答案
B
解析
主旨大意题。通读全文后我们不难发现文章主要讲的是缩略语,介绍了众多的缩略语的含义。因此本题的最佳选项是B项。
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