F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

modern (adj):designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods现代的;新式的
E.g.: modern technology/architecture/medicine/art
现代技术/建筑/医学/艺术
E.g.: We’re in the very modern-looking building opposite the station.
我们在车站对面那座非常现代化的大楼里。

contemporary (adj): 1-existing or happening now
当代的;现代的
E.g.: contemporary music/literature/art/fashion
当代音乐/文学/艺术/时尚
E.g.: Although the play was written hundreds of years ago, it still has a contemporary (= modern) feel to it.
这个剧本尽管写于几百年前,但读来仍具现代感。

cicada (n): 1-a large insect found in warm countries that produces a high continuous sound
蝉,知了

instrumental (adj): 1-involving only musical instruments, and no singing
用乐器演奏的,器乐的
E.g.: instrumental music
器乐
E.g.: an instrumental piece/arrangement
器乐曲/器乐编曲
E.g.: I love to listen instrumental music

positive><negative

A fortune teller told my great grandfather, “If you want to become rich, you shouldn’t have any children”

fortune teller-算命先生

superstition (n): 1-belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.
迷信
E.g.: According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
按照迷信的说法,从梯子下走过会带来厄运。
E.g.: I don’t believe in the old superstition that the number 13 is unlucky.
我不相信数字13不吉利这样的旧迷信思想。

ancestral home-祖籍
My ancestral home is in Huzhou

ancestor-祖先
Most of my ancestors were from Zhejiang

positive-/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/