F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

identical-完全相同的

identical twins-同卵双生
Identical twins are two children that grew from the same egg.同卵双胞胎是同一个受精卵生长出的两个孩子。

non-identical twin

fraternal twin –either of two people born to the same mother at the same time who came from different eggs, may be of different sexes, and do not always look similar
异卵双胞胎

in the near future-近期

shift (n): 1-a group of workers who do a job for a period of time during the day or night, or the period of time itself
轮班职工;班;轮班
As the night shift leave/leaves, the day shift arrive/arrives.
夜班工人下班时,白班工人来上班。
Are you on the night shift or the day shift? (= Do you work during the night period or the day period?)
你上夜班还是白班?

cardiologist (n): 1-a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the heart
心脏病专家

sibling (n): 1-a brother or sister
兄;弟;姐;妹
I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.
我有4个兄弟姐妹:3个兄弟,1个姐姐。
I got no siblings , so sometimes I feel lonely

envious (adj)wishing you had what another person has羡慕的;忌妒的
I’m very envious of your new coat – it’s beautiful.
我真羡慕你有这么好的新外套——很漂亮

jealous (adj): 1-unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want
嫉妒的
E.g.: He had always been very jealous of his brother’s good looks.
他兄弟的外貌总是让他嫉妒。

cousin (n): 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.: Daniel and Ralph are cousins – their mums are sisters.
E.g.: Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn’t seen for years, came to my sister’s wedding.
我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。

distant cousins
close (近亲的) cousins

Mira is one of my closest friends.
米拉是我的一位密友。

My closest cousin is my uncle’s daughter, she works in Italy her major is design/phone design

we’re not the same age, I am 2 years older, but we went to the same school

我们年龄不一样,我大了2岁

Florence-佛罗伦萨