F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

spit it out!
used to tell someone to start speaking or to speak more quickly, when they are unwilling to speak or are speaking slowly
有什么尽管说出来！爽快点吧！
E.g.: Come on, spit it out, who told you about this?
说吧，爽快点，是谁告诉你这事的？

hesitate (v): to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it
犹豫，踌躇
E.g.: She hesitated slightly before answering the detective’s question.
在回答警探的问题之前，她稍稍犹豫了一下。
E.g.: “Do you love me?” she asked. He hesitated and then said, “I’m not sure.”
“你爱我吗？”她问道。他犹豫了一下，然后说：“我不确定。”

my spoken English is bad

Poor－贫穷

younger brother 弟弟
older brother 哥哥

younger sister-妹妹
older sister－姐姐

cousin/first cousin (n)-a child of a person’s aunt or uncle, or, more generally, a distant (= not close) relation
堂（或表）兄弟；堂（或表）姐妹；远房亲戚
E.g.: My brother’s wife and I both had babies around the same time, so the cousins are very close in age.
我嫂子和我差不多同时生了孩子，因此这对表兄妹年纪相仿。
E.g.: Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn’t seen for years, came to my sister’s wedding.
我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。

my grandfather died two years ago and my grandmother died a year after him

how often do you go home?你多久回家一次？
E.g.: I go twice/once a year