F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Inter-city trains-城际列车

高速列车-bullet train/high speed train

moody (adj): If someone is moody, their moods change suddenly and they become angry or unhappy easily.心情多变的,喜怒无常的
E.g.: a moody teenager
情绪多变的少年
E.g.: He can be moody.
他有时脾气很坏。

In English North and South comes before East and West-     North-East/South-East

touristy (adj): A touristy place is not attractive because a lot of tourists visit it and it is full of things for them to buy and do.(地方)游客众多的
E.g.: This used to be a pretty little fishing town, but now it’s become very touristy.
这曾经是一个很漂亮的小渔村,但现在挤满了游客。

sibling (n): a brother or sister
兄;弟;姐;妹
E.g.: 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。

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.: My brother’s wife and I both had babies around the same time, so the cousins are very close in age.我嫂子和我差不多同时生了孩子,因此这对表兄妹年纪相仿。