VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

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Vocabulary

She has to/It’s compulsory for her

dementia: a condition that affects old people, causing the memory and other mental abilities to deteriorate 痴呆

Alzheimer’s disease: 阿尔茨海默氏症

psychological treatment: get help for mental health disorders

eg. Dementia patients usually seek long-term psychological treatment.

tame: not wild or dangerous

eg. Some animals can be tamed.

eg. Russian scientists have shown that foxes can be tamed in their large-scale research.

domesticate: to bring animals or plants under control

eg. Dogs were likely the first animals to be domesticated.

hibernate: to spend the winter sleeping

eg. Snails hibernate during winter.

I’m going to take my laptop to home.

Especially during this period of time these American people they just bother us because they have nothing to do.

Maybe it is a good thing that it is not necessary a bad thing to forget things.

even like the study of the universe

dogs are much difficult to keep or pet, but you don’t have to take much care of a cat.

the most weird thing that my dad that does

Revised: 

I’m going to take my laptop to home.

Especially during this period of time, these Americans like to bother us/keep us busy because they have nothing to do.

Maybe it is a good thing as it is not necessarily a bad thing to forget things.

even less than the study of the universe

Dogs are much more difficult to take care of/are high maintenance, but you don’t have to do much to take care of a cat.

the weirdest thing that my dad does