VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

A university (because it sounds like yuniversity)

AN hour (aur)
AN MP3 player (AN empi three…)

Vocabulary

euphemism (n): a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word
委婉语，委婉说法
“Senior citizen” is a euphemism for “old person”.
“年长公民”是“老年人”的委婉说法。

pass away (v): polite expression for die verb（礼貌的说法）去世
She’s terribly upset because her father passed away last week.
她非常难过，因为她父亲上周去世了。

He’s big boned. — He’s fat.
She’s horizontally challenged.* — She’s fat, too.
He’s vertically challenged.* — He’s short.
She’s between jobs. — She’s unemployed.
She’s getting on. — She’s old.
He’s not the sharpest pencil in the box. — He’s kind of stupid. Not his fault — he just is.
She’s on the streets. — She’s homeless.

challenge (n): (the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a person’s ability
挑战；难题；考验
Finding a solution to this problem is one of the greatest challenges faced by scientists today.
寻找这个难题的解决办法是当今科学家们所面临的最大挑战之一。
You know me – I like a challenge.
你了解我——我喜欢挑战

challenged (adj): having a physical or mental condition that makes ordinary activities more difficult than they are for other people（生理或精神状况）有障碍的
He is mentally challenged.

ride (v): a free journey in a car to a place where you want to go乘便车；搭乘免费车
He asked me for a ride into town.
他请求搭我的便车进城。

Usually I go home once a week
I go home twice a week
you should take the medicine twice a day