In 2010 the British postal service, Royal Mail, delivered 1.7bn items of junk mail to homes around the country. That's 26 items for each person in one year.
2010年英國郵局送達全國各地的垃圾郵件數(shù)量高達17億封,也就是說平均每人在一年內(nèi)就接收到了26封垃圾郵件。
In 2010 the British postal service, Royal Mail, delivered 1.7bn items of junk mail to homes around the country. That's 26 items for each person in one year.
2010年英國郵局送達全國各地的垃圾郵件數(shù)量高達17億封,也就是說平均每人在一年內(nèi)就接收到了26封垃圾郵件。
今日短語
Junk mail 垃圾郵件,指那些主動送上門的、沒有用的廣告信件。這個詞也適用于電子郵件中的垃圾郵件。
例句
Why does no one send me real letters anymore? All I ever receive is junk mail!
When I checked my email this morning there were 15 items of junk mail advertising all kinds of weird things.
請注意
另一個垃圾組合詞是 junk food 垃圾食品,指那些不健康的快餐,比如漢堡、熱狗等等。
I really need to stop eating so much junk food. I'm 2kg heavier than I was 2 months ago.