VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

martial art (n): a sport that is a traditional Japanese or Chinese form of fighting or defending yourself
(日本或中国的)武术
E.g.: Kung fu and karate are martial arts.
功夫和空手道都属于武术。

psychologist-心理学家
E.g.: a child psychologist
儿童心理学家
E.g.: an educational psychologist
教育心理学家
E.g.: She spent 15 years as a clinical psychologist.
她做了15年的临床心理学家。

substance abuse (n): the use of a drug to get pleasure, or to improve a person’s performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using it
滥用毒品,滥用药物

high (adj): not thinking or behaving normally because of taking drugs
(因吸毒而)极度兴奋的
E.g.: He was high on weed at the time.
他当时正因吸了大麻而飘飘欲仙。

individual experience- 个人经历

I’m not good at drinkING

tipsy (adj): slightly drunk
微醉的
E.g.: Auntie Pat is getting a little tipsy again.
帕特阿姨又有点儿醉了。

hangover (n): a feeling of illness after drinking too much alcohol
(大量饮酒后的)宿醉,不适反应
E.g.: I had a terrible hangover the next morning.
第二天上午我宿醉反应很强烈。
E.g.: a hangover cure
解宿醉的方法

hungover (adj): feeling ill with a bad pain in the head and often wanting to vomit after having drunk too much alcohol
酒后难受的,宿醉的
E.g.: That was a great party last night, but I’m (feeling) really hungover this morning.
昨晚的聚会真棒,但今天早晨的宿醉真的很难受。

find sth out (v): to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time
找出,查明;得知
E.g.: How did you find out about the party?
你是怎么知道这个聚会的?
E.g.: The holiday was a complete surprise – I only found out about it the day before we left.
这次度假完全是个惊喜——我是在临走前一天才得知的。

Friends with benefits-炮友