F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

YouTube channel: Guldies

Stop animation movie

玛丽和马克思 Mary and Max

https://v.qq.com/x/cover/b49nto261rv2a14/b0027kqxdju.html

Vocabulary

leisure (n):the time when you are not working or doing other duties
空闲,闲暇,休闲
E.g.: leisure activities
休闲活动
E.g.: Most people only have a limited amount of leisure time.
大多数人只有有限的空闲时间。
E.g.: a leisure trip

play it by ear-to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops, rather than acting according to plans made earlier
见机行事
We can’t make a decision yet. Let’s just play it by ear.
我们还不能做出决定,让我们见机行事。

exhibition-展览

figurine (n):a small model of a human, usually made of clay or porcelain
(陶瓷)小雕像,小塑像
E.g.: My professor had a lot of figurines, so one day he asked me to use them and make a stop motion movie.

stop motion animation (n):moving images created by filming an object and moving it slightly between each frame (= one of the single pictures that make up a film):
E.g.: I make a lot of stop motion animations with my kids.
E.g.: The film featured traditional stop motion.

time-consuming (adj):A time-consuming task takes a lot of time to do:
E.g.: Producing a cartoon is a very time-consuming job.