VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

She was in her early/mid/late forties

I thought-我以为
I thought that you said that tomorrow you were busy.

For fun I like to watch funny movies.

舅舅－uncle; mother’s brother

I usually play cards with my uncle and grandfather.

cards/playing card(n)
one of a set of 52 small rectangular pieces of stiff paper each with a number and one of four signs printed on it, used in games
纸牌
E.g.:After dinner, Ted got out a pack of cards
晚饭后，特德拿出了一副纸牌。
E.g.:John shuffled (= mixed up) the cards before he dealt them (out) (= gave them to the players).
约翰在发牌前先洗了牌。

young at heart
: thinking and acting like young people : active and having a lot of energy
E.g.:The band members are still young at heart.
E.g.:My grandpa is still young at heart.

chess-国际象棋

有一次
once
E.g.:Once we were going to a park, me with my parents and grandparents ….

my grandmother gave birth to my mother at a field
我祖母在田里生了我母亲

be about to do sth-to be going to do something very soon
刚要…；行将…
E.g.: I was about to leave when Mark arrived.
马克到的时候我刚要走。
E.g.:She looked as if she was about to cry.
她看上去好像马上就要哭出来了。
E.g.:I’m about to leave, see you in 15 minutes.