F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

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Vocabulary

interior (n): the inside part of something:
E.g.: The estate agent had pictures of the house from the outside but none of its interior.
E.g.: The car’s interior is very impressive – wonderful leather seats and a wooden dashboard.

Interior Designer-室内设计师

graphic designer-美术设计员/平面设计师

exterior (adj)on or from the outside:
E.g.: In some of the villages the exterior walls of the houses are painted pink.
E.g.: Exterior to the main house there is a small building that could be used as an office or studio.

envy (v): 1- to wish that you had something that another person has:
E.g.: I envy her ability to talk to people she’s never met before.
E.g.: I don’t envy you the job of cooking for all those people.

envy/ jealousy. It’s no fun to feel envy or jealousy because both make you feel inadequate. Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you’re worried someone’s trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor’s new convertible, you feel envy.

Speaking exercise

On the first day we lived in the city, we didn’t go to the guest house, cause we arived tyo the city around 3 pm and we wanted to find some good sea food. The next day we went to the seaside town, we stayed in the guest house and a young couple were us host. They told us that handle guest house is also difficult, but they plan to build another one. The old one is a mountain version, the other side is facing the ocean, but from 3 sides you can see the ocean

On the first day we stayed in the city. We didn’t go (straight) to the guest house, cause we arrived to the city around 3 pm and we wanted to find some restaurant with  good/nice sea food. The next day we went to the seaside town, we stayed in a guest house and we were hosted by a young couple. They told us that handling the guest house is difficult, but still they plan to build another one. The old house is a mountain version, the one side is facing the ocean, but actually is surrounded on three sides by ocean.