F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Vocabulary

Tonight China is playing against Russia
今晚中国队和俄罗斯队比赛

Venezuela-委内瑞拉

the First Round of the competition ended-第一轮比赛结束了

host (n):a place or organization that provides the space and other necessary things for a special event
主办方,东道主
E.g.: Japan is playing host to the next international conference.
日本将主办下一次国际会议。
E.g.: the host nation for the next World Cup
下届世界杯的主办国
E.g.: China is the host of the games
中国是奥运会的主办国
Paris will be the host of the next Olympics.

defeat (n):to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition
击败,打败,战胜
E.g.: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo.
拿破仑在滑铁卢战役中被惠灵顿公爵击败。
E.g.: They defeated the Italian team and reached the final.
他们打败了意大利队,晋身决赛。

victory (n)an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you have won胜利,获胜;成功
E.g.: The Redskins opened the season by scoring a resounding/stunning/impressive 25–3 victory against/over Detroit.
赛季首场比赛红人队便以25比3的惊人比分大胜底特律队。
E.g.: Grant won/achieved/gained a comfortable/easy victory against/over Cooper in yesterday’s match.
昨天的比赛中格兰特轻松战胜库珀。

Speaking exercise

Today my friends and I used Wechat to discuss last night’s basketball games. Tonight, China played against Venezuela. And Venezuela won, my parents are fans they like basketball and football and volleyball. from this week on they will watch every match. Last night’s basketball games China’s team lost and the first round is finished. Many Chinese fans and my parents are very sad, but I think the win or lost not most important.

Today my friends and I used Wechat to discuss the last night‘s basketball games. Last night, China played against Venezuela. And Venezuela won, my parents are big fans they like watching basketball, football and volleyball. From this week on they will watch every single match. In Last night’s basketball game China’s team lost and the first round of the competition is finished. Many Chinese fans including my parents are very sad, but I think that to win or lose is not the most important thing about a competition.