托福词汇之“new year block新年障碍”

　　New year's block is a condition that usually takes place the first coupleof weeks into the new year, in which a person keeps writing in the last/previousyear in place of the new one.

　　New year'sblock(新年障碍)是在每年刚开始的那几周会频繁发生的一种情况：人们在填写日期的时候，会在本该写新年份的地方习惯性地写上刚刚过去那一年的数字。

　　For example:

　　This is my third check today I write in the "old" year! I guess I got newyear's block.

　　这是今天第三张把日期错写成去年的支票了!我猜我是患了新年障碍了。