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Travel News wire… Air China has started test flights using fuel made from nut oil. The biofuel alternative to fossil fuels is being developed by Air China in cooperation with Boeing and a consortium of other technology companies. The U.S. and China are currently the world's largest consumers of fossil fuel oil.

 

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Hiroko's Memory Tips:

Look over the phrases for 5 minutes.
Say them to yourself without looking at the screen.
At lunchtime, say them to yourself again. Can you remember all three phrases?

Achilles' Heel

In the last moments of the basketball game, the player made a split-second decision to pass the ball to his teammate.

A split-second decision means that we don't have any time to think deeply about a decision. We have to act very quickly, almost without thinking at all. Athletes and race-car drivers often have to make such split-second decisions.

Prescription drug abuse

Margaret: I keep having pain in my left knee. It hurts whenever I walk up the stairs. Doctor Nelson: We can give you pain-killers, but I think we should conduct more tests to address the root cause of the problem.

Doctors have to decide between treating the symptoms and treating the original reason for a problem. We sometimes call the original reason the root cause. We can imagine a tree with the branches showing, but the main root is underground and is not so easy to find.

This week's E-mail Phrase

get on board (get someone on board)

Dear Scott:

I think we should hire a professional designer to remodel the office. I know that Lynn Conrad used to be a manager at a furniture design company. I think we should get her on board this project.

To get on board a project means to join the group, as if they are on a ship going somewhere. If we want someone to join, we can say that we want to get him/her on board.

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