Interim income statement

interim ['ɪntərɪm]

adj. 暂时的，临时的;期中的; n. 间歇，过渡期间;临时协定;

inter(between)+im(名词后缀)→中间时期；中间的；暂时的；临时的

income ['ɪnkʌm]

n. 收入，进款;进来的动作;进入;

in 向内，进入 + come来 → n.收入；收益；进款

statement ['stetmənt]

n. 声明;（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现;（文字）陈述;结算单; vi. （英国）对儿童进行特殊教育评估认定; vt. 申请（小孩）有特殊教育需要;

state陈述+ment表名词→站着说话→声明立场

Fast food is all bad for you.

快餐对你的健康没有好处。

There's a chance he won't be able to be home for Christmas.

他不能回家过圣诞节有偶然性。

I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like

恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。