VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

神秘岛 The Mysterious Island

The Paul Street Boys

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太阳帝国 Empire of the Sun
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Vocabulary

thesaurus (n): a type of dictionary in which words with similar meanings are arranged in groups
同义词词典

died of starvation (n)
starve (v) to death

contract verb (BECOME ILL)
to catch or become ill with a disease
患上，感染（疾病）
E.g.: He contracted malaria while he was traveling.
他旅行时染上了疟疾。

hygiene (n): the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean, especially to prevent disease
卫生；卫生状况
E.g.: Poor standards of hygiene mean that the disease spreads fast.
糟糕的卫生状况意味着疾病会快速传播。
E.g.: health and hygiene regulations
健康和卫生规定
E.g.: dental/personal hygiene
口腔／个人卫生
E.g.: She is obsessed with personal hygiene and washes constantly.

mental hygiene-心理卫生

the choice of words was quite symptomatic／characteristic-选词很有特征

the choice of words was a school example of Chinglish-选词是中式英语的一个典型例子。

pre-prepared
The lectures are pre-prepared-预先准备好的

If there’s something/anything I’m confused about I’ll contact the assistant

Received Pronunciation-the standard way in which middle-class speakers of southern British English pronounce words（英语）标准发音

Pronunciation