Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Grammar

I am in my/the office. = My office is a room and I am in that room.
I am at my/the office. = I am somewhere near my office or in it. I am at work.

“In office” (without an article) We say that someone is “in office” when they work in an official position, usually for the state or a company. For example, we could say:

Bill Clinton was in office from 1993 to 2001.

Vocabulary

humid (adj): (of air and weather conditions) containing extremely small drops of water in the air
（空气和天气状况）潮湿的，湿润的
New York is very hot and humid in the summer.
纽约的夏天炎热潮湿。
a hot and humid climate
炎热而潮湿的气候

most of my colleagues have been fatter -most of my colleagues have gained weight

for lunch/breakfast/dinner/meal I had….

notice (v): to see or become conscious of something or someone
看到；注意到；感觉到
I noticed a crack in the ceiling.
我注意到天花板上有一条裂缝。
Mary waved at the man but he didn’t seem to notice.
玛丽朝那个男人挥手，但他似乎没有看到。
He noticed (that) the woman was staring at him.
他察觉到那个女人正盯着他看。
Did you notice how she did that?
你注意到她是怎么做的了吗？

prophet (n): a person who is believed to have a special power that allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the future
预言家，先知
an Old Testament prophet
《圣经•旧约》中的先知
Let us hear the words of the prophet Isaiah on the coming of the Prince of Peace.
让我们聆听先知以赛亚关于和平之王来临的预言。