VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

what are your plans for this decade?

你这十年有什么打算？

Vocabulary

documentary-记录片
The documentary took a fresh look at the life of Darwin.
这部纪录片从一个崭新的角度介绍了达尔文的一生。
They showed a documentary on animal communication.
他们放映了一部关于动物之间交流沟通的纪录片。

rock music-摇滚乐

classic music-古典音乐

pop music-流行音乐

jazz-爵士乐

pop music
流行音乐
a pop concert/song
流行音乐会／歌曲
What do you want to listen to – jazz, classical, or pop?
你想听什么——爵士乐、古典音乐还是流行音乐？

musical instrument-乐器

the eighties -the decade (= period of ten years) between 80 and 89 in any century, usually 1980–1989
八十年代
Margaret Thatcher was the UK prime minister in/during the eighties.
玛格丽特•撒切尔是英国八十年代的首相。

decade-十年
Air traffic has increased by 30% in the last decade.
They predict that a large earthquake will strike the east coast before the end of the decade.

century-世纪
The city centre has scarcely changed in over a century.
一百多年来市中心几乎没有变化。
This sculpture must be centuries old.
这座雕塑一定有好几百年历史了。

Millenium-千禧年
The corpse had lain preserved in the soil for almost two millennia.
那具尸体在地下保存了近两千年。

大学  university