VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

procrastinate (v): 1-to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring拖延,耽搁
E.g.: I know I’ve got to deal with the problem at some point – I’m just procrastinating.
我知道迟早得解决这个问题——我只是在拖延时间。

procrastinator (n): 1-someone who keeps delaying things that must be done拖延者,有拖延症的人
E.g.:I never buy my gifts until Christmas Eve because I’m a procrastinator.
我真是有拖延症,从来都是在圣诞前日才买礼物。

tiring (adj): 1-making you feel tired令人疲倦的,累人的
E.g.: I’ve had a very tiring day.
我这一天过得很累。
E.g.: Looking after the kids is extremely tiring.
照看小孩非常累人。

commute (v): 1-to make the same journey regularly between work and home上下班往返;往返于工作地点与家之间;通勤
E.g. : It’s exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day.
每天上下班要往返于布赖顿与伦敦之间,令人疲惫不堪。
E.g. : I will commute for 2 hours every day

the suburbs [ plural ]-the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle郊区,城外
E.g.: The company decided to relocate to the suburbs because the rent was much cheaper.
公司决定搬到城郊去,因为那里的租金便宜得多。

rent (n): 1-a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns
租金;租费
E.g.: I pay a higher rent/more rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger.
我的房租比其他房客高,因为我的房间要大些。
E.g.: Rents here are ridiculously high/low.
这里的房租高/低得出奇。

tenant (n): 1-a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building
租户;佃户;房客
E.g. : I should find a new tenant for my old apartment

month-/mʌnθ/
months-/mʌnts/

In Belgium, there is a special flower in a botanic garden that is famous for its foul smell. It does not stop visitors from sticking their noses into it.

The flower rarely blooms outside of its natural habitat in Indonesia, and it can take between three and ten years for it to mature. The flower smells like rotten meat to attract insect to pollinate it. Its stinky red leaves stay open only for two days.

Difficult words: foul (really bad), habitat (a place that is natural for life), mature (complete in growth), rotten (old and bad smelling).