F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

drop off something/someone (v): 1-to take someone or something, esp. by car, to a particular place:
E>g.: I’m about to leave – can I drop you off somewhere on my way home?

public holiday (n)-a day when almost everyone in a particular country does not have to go to work or school:
E.g.:New Year’s Day is a public holiday in many countries.

Labor Day-劳动节

tiring (adj): making you feel tired:令人疲倦的
E.g.: I’ve had a very tiring day.
E.g.: Looking after the kids is extremely tiring.

tired (adj): 1-in need of rest or sleep累的
E.g.: I was so tired when I got home from work last night that I had a quick nap.
我昨晚下班回家后很累,就小睡了一会儿。
E.g.: My legs are tired.

tiredness (n): 1-
E.g.: Everything except the tiredness was good

safari (n): 1-an organized journey to look at, or sometimes hunt, wild animals, especially in Africa(尤指在非洲进行的)观察野生动物之行,游猎
E.g.: to go/be on safari
去/在观察野生动物

separately (adv): 1-not together各自地;单独地
I like both flavors separately but I don’t like them together.

flavor (n): 1-how food or drink tastes, or a particular taste itself
(食物或饮料的)风味;(某种)味道
Add a little salt to bring out the flavour of the herbs.
加一点儿盐使芳草的味道更鲜美。
My fish was delicious but Charles’ beef had almost no flavour (= did not taste of anything).
我的鱼肉美味可口,但是查理的牛肉却几乎没什么味道。

greenery –green plants or branches, especially when cut and used as decoration(尤指剪下来做装饰物的)青枝绿叶,绿色植物
Pudong is full of greenery

square-used with units of measurement of length to express the total size of an area(与长度单位连用)平方的
E.g.: The floor is 3 m wide by 5 m long, so its total area is 15 sq m.
房间的地面是3米宽5米长,总面积是15平方米。
E.g.: The city itself covers 13 square miles.
该城市占地13平方英里。

square-the result of multiplying a number by itself
使成平方;使成二次幂
The square of 7 is 49.
7的平方是49。

he bought the apartment before we met

he bought the car after we met

furniture and home appliances-家具和家用电器