VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Do according to one’s ability－量力而行

easy come easy go-易来易去
said when something, especially money, is easily got and then soon spent or lost（尤指钱）来得容易去得快
E.g.: I lost £500 in a card game last night, but that’s life – easy come, easy go.
昨晚我赌牌输了500英镑，但是人生就是这样子——钱这东西来得容易去得也快。

人才市场－human  resources market

inferior<>superior
E.g.: He’s been feeling inferior his entire life

failure (n): 1-the fact of someone or something not succeeding
失败；失败的人（或事）
E.g.: The meeting was a complete/total failure.
这次会议是彻头彻尾的失败。
E.g.: I feel such a failure (= so unsuccessful).
我觉得自己太失败了。

gathering (n): 1-a party or a meeting when many people come together as a group
聚会；集会
E.g.: There will be a gathering of world leaders in Vienna next month.
下月世界各国领导人将共聚维也纳。
E.g.: a social gathering (= when people meet for pleasure not work)
社交聚会

outsider (n): 1-a person who is not involved with a particular group of people or organization or who does not live in a particular place
局外人；外来者；外部的人
E.g.: Outsiders have a glamorized idea of what it is like to work in Hollywood.
外人把在好莱坞工作想象得无比美好。
E.g.: As a child he was very much an outsider, never participating in the games other children played.
小时候他非常不合群，从来不和其他的孩子一起玩游戏。

plateau (n): 1-a period during which there are no large changes
平稳期；停滞期
E.g.: The US death rate reached a plateau in the 1960s, before declining suddenly.
美国的人口死亡率在20世纪60年代进入平稳阶段后突然下降。

plateau (v): 1-to reach a particular level and then stay the same稳定；停滞
E.g.: I’d been losing about a pound a week on my diet, but recently I’ve plateaued and haven’t lost an ounce.
我通过节食体重每周减轻1磅左右，但最近体重稳定了下来，1磅也没少。
E.g.: The economic slowdown has caused our sales to plateau.
经济发展减速导致我们的产品销量停滞不前。

content (adj):pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement满意的；满足的；知足的
E.g.: He seems fairly content with (his) life.
他好像对生活相当满足。
E.g.: They’re content to socialize with a very small circle of people.
他们满足于只和一小群人交往。