VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

impression-印象

impression (n): an idea or opinion of what something or someone is like
印象；感想
E.g.: I didn’t get much of an impression of the place because it was dark when we drove through it.
我对这地方印象不深，因为我们开车驶过时天已经黑了。
E.g.: What was your impression of Charlotte’s husband?
你对夏洛特的丈夫印象如何？
E.g.: I don’t tend to trust first impressions (= the opinion you form when you meet someone or see something for the first time).
我不怎么相信第一印象。

be under the impression–   to think that something is true, especially when it is not
觉得，有…的想法
E.g.: I was under the impression (that) you didn’t get on too well.
我感觉你们相处得不太好。
E.g.: He was under the mistaken (= false) impression (that) you were married.
他误以为你结婚了。

we were visiting the same places– we went the same direction 

just watch look at him and don’t move

raft (n): a small rubber or plastic boat that can be filled with air
充气筏，橡皮艇
E.g: a rubber raft
橡皮艇
E.g: an inflatable raft
充气筏

rafting (n): the use of a rubber raft to travel with the current of a river, especially as a sport
（尤指作为一种体育项目的）漂流
E.g: The camp offered bicycle tours, river rafting, fishing, and hiking.
营地提供自行车游览、河流漂流、钓鱼和登山活动。

snorkelling (n): the activity of swimming while using a snorkel
（用水下呼吸管）潜游
E.g: We went snorkelling along the Great Barrier Reef.
我们沿着大堡礁潜游。

I was wet to the skin-我浑身湿透了

continent (n): one of the seven large land masses on the earth’s surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries
洲，大洲，大陆
E.g.: he North American continent
北美大陆
E.g.: the continents of Asia and Africa
亚非大陆

continental breakfast (n): a simple morning meal consisting of fruit juice, coffee, and bread with butter and jam
欧洲大陆式早餐（包括果汁、咖啡以及可涂抹黄油和果酱的面包）

English breakfast (n): a meal eaten in the morning consisting of cooked food such as fried eggs, tomatoes, and bacon
英式早餐（包括煎鸡蛋、西红柿、咸肉、烤面包等）

infinity pool (n):  a swimming pool in which the top of the water is at the same level as the edges surrounding the pool, and seems, to someone in the pool, to stretch to the horizon (= the point where the land appears to join the sky)
（水面和游泳池的边沿一样高的）无边际游泳池
E.g.: The hotel has an infinity pool that overlooks the ocean.
旅馆有一座俯瞰大洋的无边际游泳池。

known as sth-If someone or something is known as a particular name, that person or thing is called by that name.
被称作…的；以…闻名的
E.g.: And this is Terry, otherwise known as “Muscleman”.
这是特里，又名“大力士”。

Pronunciation

buffet-/bəˈfeɪ/