Online Class Notes (Li)[W]

Vocabulary

skip: 跳过

eg. When I play games I usually skip the dialogue.

dubbed: give an unofficial name or nickname to sb or sth

eg. The hotel is dubbed as the worse hotel in the world.

amenity: a useful feature of a building or place

filthy: disgustingly dirty

eg. This place is filthy!

disclaimer: a statement that denies sth, especially responsibility

eg. Read the disclaimer before you book at this hotel.

liable: responsible; legally answerable

limbs: arms or legs

take the plunge: commit yourself to doing something you feel nervous or uncomfortable about

eg. I’d been putting it off for years, but I finally took the plunge and enrolled in a college course.

-ish (cleanish, cheapish): kind of

diminish: to reduce or be reduced in size or importance 减少,减小

poison: 毒药,毒物

eg. Her coffee was laced with poison.

eg. James had to go to the hospital because of food poisoning

urine: pee

pint: a pint of beer 一杯啤酒

eg. You can grab a cheap pint at the bar next door.

eg. He usually goes out for a pint at lunchtime.

Writing exercise

Recently my favourite video game is Harvest Moon(牧场物语). I like this kind of RPG games. Comparing to other classic action games, it needn’t game techniques, which is very sutiable for me. Playing little me everyday in the game is interesting but cruel. I can go through others’ life in the game, and the socity in the game is as same as the real one. Little me have to work from 6 am to midnight to gain enough money, and little me should be nice to others in order to have a good relationship with them what would make my work more fluently. After palying such amount of RPG games and watching japenese animontion, I can understand why some guys choose to be otakus at home. The real socity is crueler than the game world. However, the real world have warm sunshine, delicious food and many other good things. I’m not afarid of the real world but enjoy it, meanwhile, I also enjoy the game one.

Revised: 

Recently my favourite video game is Harvest Moon(牧场物语). I like this kind/type of RPG games. Compared to other classic action games, it doesn’t require any game techniques, which is very suitable for me. Playing little me every day in the game is interesting but cruel. I can control others’ lives in the game, and the society in the game is the same as the real world. Little me has to work from 6 am to midnight to gain enough money, and little me must be nice to others in order to build up a good relationship with them which would make me work more efficiently. After playing so many RPG games and watching Japanese animation, I can understand why some guys choose to be otakus at home. The real world is crueler than the gaming world. However, the real world has warm sunshine, delicious food and many other good things. I’m not afraid of the real world and I enjoy it. At the same time, I also enjoy the gaming world.