VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

nap (n): 1-a short sleep, especially during the day
打盹,小睡
E.g.: Grandpa usually has/takes a nap after lunch. 爷爷通常在午饭后小睡片刻。
E.g.: He likes to nap (v) for an hour when he gets home from work. 他喜欢下班回家后小睡一个小时。

light-headed (adj)If you feel light-headed, you feel weak and as if you are going to lose your balance.
头晕的,站立不稳的
E.g.: She’d had a couple of glasses of champagne and was starting to feel light-headed. 她喝了几杯香槟酒后就开始觉得头晕了。
Sometimes after seeing blood I start feeling light-headed.

Addict (n)a person who cannot stop doing or using something, especially something harmful
(尤指对有害之物)有瘾的人,入迷的人
E.g.: As a child I was a TV addict

addiction (n): 1-an inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful:
E.g.: drug addiction
E.g.: his addiction to alcohol

“When it comes to…” – has many equivalent English phrases and expressions.
“As for…”/“In relation to…”/“Speaking of…”

when it comes to (someone or something)
When it comes to computers I’m a complete idiot.
When it comes to fishing, John is an expert.
When it comes to trouble, Mary really knows how to cause it.

rent (v): to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc.
租用,租借;出租
E.g.: I rented a car from a garage so that I could get about. 我从汽车修理厂租了一辆车,以便能够四处走走。
E.g.: The old lady rented me her spare bedroom for £200 a week. 这位老太太以每周200英镑的价格把她一间闲置的卧室租给了我。

I’m renting an apartment我在租公寓

studio/studio apartment (n): also studio apartment, UK also studio flat a small apartment designed to be lived in by one or two people, usually with one large room for sleeping and living in, a bathroom and sometimes a separate kitchen
单间公寓(通常一个房间兼作卧室和起居室,带有卫生间,有的有单独的厨房)
E.g.: A folding bed is perfect for a studio apartment.折叠床对只有一居室的公寓很适合。

lol-abbr.
Laugh Out Loud 大声笑;