VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

for homework, write an article about your skiing camp

Vocabulary

Diet (n): the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group
（日常）饮食
Diet varies between different countries in the world.
世界各国的饮食各不相同。
a healthy/balanced/varied diet
健康／均衡／多样化的饮食
Rice is the staple diet (= most important food) of many people in China.
在中国大米是很多人的主食。

2-2-an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons
节食，限制饮食
I’m going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.
下周我要节食，希望在圣诞节之前能减掉十磅。

My diet consists of meat, bread and vegetables

War (n): armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of this
（国家或群体之间的）战争
nuclear war
核战争
a war film/grave/hero/poet
战争影片／军人墓／战斗英雄／战争诗人
If this country goes to (= starts to fight in a) war we will have to face the fact that many people will die.
如果这个国家参战，我们将不得不面对很多人都要送命的现实。

Quarantine (n): a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread
隔离检疫期
The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached Britain.
那匹马到达英国后要进行几个月的隔离检疫。

Instructor (n): a person whose job is to teach people a practical skill
教练
an aerobics instructor
有氧健身操教练
a driving/ski/swimming instructor
驾驶／滑雪／游泳教练

Suburb (n): an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
城郊；近郊住宅区
Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
博士山属于墨尔本的近郊住宅区。

The suburbs-the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle
郊区，城外
The company decided to relocate to the suburbs because the rent was much cheaper.
公司决定搬到城郊去，因为那里的租金便宜得多。