F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]

Vocabulary

bureaucracy (n):a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow rules carefully
官僚作风；官僚主义；官僚体制
E.g.:I had to deal with the university’s bureaucracy when I was applying for financial aid.
我申请助学金时不得不应对大学里的官僚体系。

bureaucrat (n): someone working in a bureaucracy
官僚
E.g.:It turned out she was one of those faceless bureaucrats who control our lives.
后来发现她就是那些控制我们生活的千人一面的官僚中的一个。

owner (n):  someone who owns something
所有者；主人；物主
E.g.: Are you the owner of this car?
你是这辆车的车主吗？
E.g.:We still haven’t found the dog’s owner.
我们还没有找到狗的主人。

rugby (n)橄榄球
E.g.: Tom plays rugby every Saturday.
汤姆每周六都玩橄榄球。

he reinvented himself-他重塑了自己

I watched a movie at home, The name of movie is “Weakness”. The story says , black man Michael, he is an orphan. He don’t like his foster family because they are bad for him. He always  escaping from foster family again and again， Certainly day he meet a woman and he found himself with her help. Finally he become a rugby player by himself. I think that some things are destine

I watched a movie at home, The name of the movie is “Weakness”. The story says , a black man Michael, he is an orphan. He don’t like his foster family because they are bad for him/to. He’s always  escaping from foster family again and again. One day he met a kind woman and he reinvented himself with her help. Finally he became a rugby player on his own. I think that some things are destined to happen

Vocabulary

bureaucrat -/ˈbjʊr.ə.kræt/

foster-/ˈfɑː.stɚ/
effort-/ˈef.ɚt/