F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Natural History Museum－自然博物馆

beer啤酒
bear熊

cousin (n): 1-first cousin 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.: I have many cousins

bring (v): to take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking拿来，带来；带到
E.g.: “Shall I bring anything to the party?” “Oh, just a bottle.”
“我要不要带点东西参加聚会?”“噢，带瓶酒就行。”
E.g. :Bring me that knife/Bring that knife to me.
把那把刀递给我。

take (v): to move something or someone from one place to another
拿走，带走
E.g. :Take the book up/down to the third floor of the library.
把书拿到图书馆的3层。

at the moment－​now
此刻，目前
E.g.: Sorry, she’s not here at the moment.
对不起，她现在不在这儿。

confused (adj): 迷茫
E.g.: I’m a bit confused. Was that her husband or her son

fashion designer-时装设计师

ever since I was a little child I loved to draw-我小时候就喜欢画画

ever since-从那时起/从那以后一直
E.g.: He’s been depressed ever since he got fired.

Fire (v): 1-to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
解雇，开除
E.g. : A friend of mine got fired a week ago.

depressed (adj)unhappy and without hope
抑郁的，消沉的，沮丧的
E.g.: She became very depressed when her husband died.
丈夫去世后她变得十分消沉。

lay off (v): 1-裁员, to stop employing a worker, esp. for reasons that have nothing to do with the worker’s performance:
E.g.: I just had to lay off three of my workers.

annoying (adj): 1-making you feel annoyed
讨厌的；恼人的
E.g.: It’s really annoying when a train is late and there’s no explanation.
火车误点而又不作任何解释，这很令人恼火。