VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

resign (v):to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
辞职；辞去（职务）；放弃（工作）
E.g.: He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
他从这家公司辞职以便能够从事更有挑战性的工作。
E.g.: She resigned as director.
她辞去了董事职务。

resignation (n):the act of telling your employer that you are leaving your job
辞职；辞去（职务）；放弃（工作）
E.g.:There have been calls for his resignation.
一直有呼声要求他辞职。
E.g.: I handed in/gave in/sent in my resignation this morning.
我今天上午提交了辞职信。

dizzy－头晕
E.g.: Today morning I felt dizzy so I decided to resign.

change your mind-to form a new opinion or make a new decision about something that is different from your old one
改变主意，改变决定
E.g.: If you change your mind about coming tonight, just give me a call.
要是你改变主意今晚不来了，给我打个电话就行。
E.g.: When I first met him I didn’t like him but I’ve changed my mind.
我第一次见到他时并不喜欢他，可是现在已经改变了看法。
E.g.: My boss thinks that I’ll change my mind about the resignation

artificial (adj)-made by people, often as a copy of something natural
人造的，人工的；仿造的
E.g.: clothes made of artificial fibres
人造纤维面料的服装
E.g.: an artificial heart
人造心脏
E.g.: an artificial lake
人工湖
E.g.: artificial fur/sweeteners/flowers
人造毛皮／人造甜味剂／假花

savings [ plural ]the money that you keep in an account in a bank or similar financial organization存款，储蓄金
E.g.: He spent all his savings on an expensive car.
他花了自己所有的存款买了一辆昂贵的汽车。

task (n):a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or with difficulty
任务；（尤指经常、不情愿或很难做的）工作；（苦）差事
E.g.: We usually ask interviewees to perform a few simple tasks on the computer just to test their aptitude.
我们通常让接受面试者在电脑上进行一些简单操作，只想测测他们的能力。

E.g.: We would hire a foreign worker just for a specific task-我们只为一项特定的任务雇用一名外籍工人

hire (v):to employ someone or pay someone to do a particular job
雇，雇用
E.g. : I was hired by the first company I applied to.
我求职的第一家公司雇用了我。

it’s not fair-这不公平

I wanna start my own business-我想自己创业

monotonous (adj):not changing and therefore boring
单调乏味的；毫无变化的
E.g.: a monotonous job
单调的工作
E.g.: a monotonous voice
单调的声音
E.g.: The music became monotonous after a while.
过了一会儿音乐变得单调起来。

my work is too monotonous-我的工作太单调了

reinvent yourself (v):to change your job and/or the way you look and behave so that you seem very different（通过改换工作或形象、行为方式而）改造自己，洗心革面，换个活法
E.g.: He’s one of those sportsmen who reinvent themselves as TV presenters.
他是那些半路出家做电视节目主持人的运动员之一。

actor － actress／演员－女演员