F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

I’ll visit my relatives

relative (n)-亲戚, a member of your family
E.g.: I don’t have many blood relatives (= people related to me by birth rather than by marriage). 我没有几个有血缘关系的亲戚。
E.g.: All her close/distant relatives came to the wedding. 她所有的近亲／远亲都来参加她的婚礼了。

sore throat-咽喉痛

state owned enterprise

previous/former employer- 前任雇主

recommendation letter-推荐信

recommendation (n): 1- a suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job
E.g.: I bought this computer on John’s recommendation (= because John told me that it was good).
E.g.: I got the job on Sam’s recommendation (= because she told her employers that I was suitable for the job).

master’s degree-硕士学位

an acquired taste -something that you dislike at first, but that you start to like after you have tried it a few times
后天养成的嗜好；假以时日并多次尝试而喜欢上的东西
Olives are an acquired taste. 橄榄这种东西吃得多就爱吃了。

black humor (n): 1-a humorous way of looking at or treating something that is serious or sad
黑色幽默

slang (n)-俚语very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people
E.g.: army slang 军队俚语
E.g.: a slang expression 一句俚语
E.g.: “Chicken” is slang for someone who isn’t very brave. chicken 是用来称呼胆小者的俚语。