Idiom of the Day
year dot | year one
很久以前
Today: Tue, 06 Oct 2020
Meaning:
You can say "the year dot", or "the year one", when you're talking about a very, very long time ago.
當你使用 『the year dot』 或是 『the year one』，表示距離我們很久很久以前的事兒。
For example:
There have been people living in Australia since the year dot, but Europeans have only been there for about two hundred years.
很久很久以前，在歐洲人居住大約200多年前，就已經有人居住在澳大利亞了。
People have been interested in the stars and the moon since the year one.
很久很久以前，人們就對星星或是月亮產生了興趣。
Note:
"The year dot" is more common in British and Australian English, while "the year one" is more common in American English.
「the year dot」在英語和澳大利亞的英語中使用，而「the year one」則在美語中使用。
Quick Quiz
People have been living in the Nile valley since the year dot. They've been there
a. for an extremely long time
b. since the tenth century
c. for quite a while