VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Labor Day－劳动节
E.g.:I’ll go to the cinema to see a movie

lay somebody off (v): 1-to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do解雇（某人），解聘（某人）
E.g.:He was laid off last week.
E.g.:We have had to lay off all our workers.

trailer (n):an advertisement for a film or a television or radio programe, consisting of short parts taken from it（影视节目、广播的）预告片
E.g.:I saw a trailer for the new series of “Game of Thrones” last night.
我昨晚看了新一季《权力的游戏》的预告片。

Have you seen the newest trailer

leave (v): 1-If something leaves something else, a part or effect of it stays after it has gone or been used.留下；剩下
E.g.: His shoes left muddy marks on the floor.
他的鞋在地板上留下了泥印。
E.g.: If I give you €50 that won’t leave me enough cash to pay the bill.
如果我给你50欧元我剩下的钱就不够付账了。

suffix-a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word
后缀，词尾
E.g.: The suffix “-ness” added to the end of the word “sweet” forms the word “sweetness”, changing an adjective into a noun.
后缀 -ness加在 sweet 之后构成 sweetness，把形容词变成了名词
The suffix ‘less‘ changes a noun into an adjective, meaning ‘without‘.。
-ful =with      helpful

prefix (n): 1-a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word
前缀
E.g.: In the word “unimportant”, “un-” is a prefix.
在单词 unimportant 中，un- 是前缀。

The prefixes ‘in-‘, ‘im-‘, ‘il-‘ and ‘ir-‘ all mean ‘not’.

2-a dialing code （电话）区号
021 is Shanghai’s prefix
What is the prefix for Shanghai?

subtitles字幕
E.g.: The Chinese movie was shown with English subtitles.
这部中国电影放映时配了英文字幕。
E.g.: The evening news has subtitles for the deaf.
晚间新闻为聋哑人士配了字幕。