F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

the house is in a good neighborhood
这房子在附近很好

income (n): 1- money that is earned from doing work or received from investments
收入，收益
E.g.: Average incomes have risen by 4.5 percent over the past year.
人均收入比去年上涨了4.5%。
E.g.:More help is needed for people on low incomes.
低收入人群需要更多的帮助。

jail (n): 1-a place where criminals are kept to punish them for their crimes, or where people accused of crimes are kept while waiting for their trials
监狱；看守所
E.g.: the country’s overcrowded jails
该国过于拥挤的监狱
E.g.: a 13-year jail sentence/term
被判13年监禁
E.g.: The financier was released from jail last week.
那个金融家上周被释放了

divorce (v): 1- to end your marriage by an official or legal process
（与…）离婚
E.g.: She’s divorcing her husband.
她正在和丈夫闹离婚。

African American (n): a person who lives in the US and is a member of a race of people with dark skin that originally came from Africa
非裔美国人

Caucasian (adj): belonging to the races of people who have skin that is of a pale colour
白种人的；高加索人种的
E.g.: The chief suspect for the robbery is a Caucasian male.
抢劫案的主要嫌疑犯是个白人男子。

东北中国-North East China
口音-accent
E.g.: Her husband got a Taiwanese accent and she’s speaking in North East accent

reality show
真人秀

homeschool (v):to teach a child at home rather than sending him or her to school
家庭授课
E.g.: All her kids were homeschooled.
她所有的孩子都在家里上课。

mean (adj):(NOT KIND)unkind or unpleasant
卑鄙的；刻薄的
E.g.: Stop being so mean to me!
别对我那么刻薄！
E.g.: She just said it to be mean.
她那么说就是为了让人不悦。

snitch noun-告密者
E.g.: You little snitch! I’ll never tell you anything again!
你这家伙就爱告密！以后我什么话都不跟你说了！

snitch (v): to tell a parent, teacher, etc. about sth wrong that another child has done