F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

housewarming party (n): a party that you give when you move into a new house
温居聚会,乔迁聚会
E.g.: We’re having a housewarming on Friday if you’d like to come.
我们要在星期五举行乔迁聚会,愿意的话欢迎前来参加。

Ornament (n):装饰品, an object that is beautiful rather than useful
装饰物,饰品
E.g.: a glass ornament
玻璃饰物
E.g.: garden ornaments such as statues and fountains
如雕像、喷泉等花园装饰物

dining room (n): a room in which meals are eaten
餐厅
E.g.: This room has a dual purpose, serving as both a study and a dining room.
E.g.: She sat in the dining room, enthroned on an old high-backed chair.

rooftop garden-屋顶花园

Terrace-露台

balcony-阳台

rooftop (n) the outside surface of the roof of a building
屋顶;外屋顶
E.g.: a magnificent view of the rooftops
屋顶鳞次栉比的壮观景色

dishwasher (n): a machine that washes dirty plates, cups, forks, etc.
洗碗机
E.g.: This dishwasher even washes pots and pans .

furnished (adj):containing furniture or containing furniture of a particular type
配备家具的
E.g.: She’s looking for a furnished flat/apartment.
她正在找配备家具的公寓。
E.g.: Their house is expensively furnished.
他们把房子布置得很豪华。

once-as soon as, or from the moment when
一…就;一旦…就
E.g.: Once I’ve found somewhere to live I’ll send you my address.
我一找到住的地方就把地址告诉你。

clutter (n):(a lot of objects in) a state of being untidy
杂乱,凌乱;杂乱的东西
E.g.: Sorry about the clutter in the kitchen.
对不起,厨房里杂乱不堪。
E.g.: My desk is covered in/full of clutter.
我书桌上堆得乱七八糟。

declutter (v): to remove things you do not need from a place, in order to make it more pleasant and more useful
清除,清理(多余物品)
E.g.: I’m going to declutter before my family comes to visit.
我要在亲戚来之前清理一下房子。
E.g.: Declutter your kitchen worktops to give yourself more space to cook.
把你厨房的操作台清理一下,这样做饭的时候就有更多空间。

Speaking exercise

Our new apartment is in Minhang district it has three floors  so it’s hard to clean , it has six rooms and three bathrooms, we have one terrace and two balconies.