F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]

The airport was occupied by protesters even the metro was occupied. Summer vacation is a peak season for HK tourism. Most of the people canceled bookings and flights, which caused big damages to THE TOURIST INDUSTRY AND NORMAL PEOPLE. The government has urged that protest should stop immediately, but I’m not sure when this will end

Vocabulary

influence (v):to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks:
E.g.: She’s very good at making friends and influencing people.
E.g.: What influenced you to choose a career in nursing?

sin (n): the ofence of breaking, or the breaking of, a religious or moral law（违反宗教戒律或道德规范的）罪，罪过
E.g.: to commit/confess a sin
犯罪／忏悔罪过
E.g.: He thinks a lot about sin.
他对罪孽有很多思考。

“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

demonstrate (v): to make a public expression that you are not satisfied about something, especially by marching or having a meeting:
E.g.: Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the new proposals.

spontaneous (adj): happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced自发的；非筹划安排的；非勉强的
E.g.: His jokes seemed spontaneous, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand.
他讲的笑话似乎是即兴的，但实际上是事先精心准备好的。
E.g.: She’s such a spontaneous, lively woman.
她是个为人率直、充满活力的女子。

spontaneously (adv)
/spɑːnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/

The liquid spontaneously ignited.

improvise (v): When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it.
（演员）即兴表演；（音乐家）即兴创作
E.g.: During certain scenes of the play there isn’t any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).
这出戏有几场没有剧本，演员们就即兴表演（对白）。

improvise (v): to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it
临时做；即兴做
E.g.: I hadn’t prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
我没有准备演讲，所以突然之间我只得即兴讲几句。
E.g.: We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.
为了能有地方睡觉，我们临时用一摞毯子作床垫。