每日一詞 264 countdown：倒計(jì)時(shí)

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是countdown。 Countdown是倒計(jì)時(shí)的意思。美國(guó)每次航天飛機(jī)發(fā)射升空前，控制中心都會(huì)countdown to the launch。 每年新年前夜，紐約時(shí)代廣場(chǎng)都會(huì)擠滿人，"getting ready for the official countdown to midnight," 準(zhǔn)備參加新年到來(lái)前的倒計(jì)時(shí)。

星期三晚上，北京天安門廣場(chǎng)上人山人海。媒體報(bào)導(dǎo)說(shuō)，"people were celebrating the start of the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games," 慶祝北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)倒計(jì)時(shí)一周年。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是countdown...