VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

-20, 30, etc. years sb’s senior-20, 30, etc. years older than someone比…年长20/30岁等的
E.g.: She married a man 20 years her senior.
她嫁给了一个比她年长20岁的男人。
E.g.: She’s my senior by three years (= she is three years older than me).
她比我大3岁。
E.g.: Nemo’s my senior by 23 years

three, eight, etc. years sb’s junior-three, eight, etc. years younger than someone较年幼者(小某人3岁、8岁等)
E.g.: My brother is five years my junior.
我弟弟比我小5岁。
E.g.: My sister is my junior by three years (= three years younger than me).
我妹妹比我小3岁。

My brother is 5 years younger than me
I’m 5 years older than my brother

20,21,23                               24-25-26                     27-28-29
EARLY twenties               MID-twenties             LATE twenties

Nemo is in his mid-thirties

1st-14th is considered to be early, the 15th-21st is mid and the 22nd-28th/30th/31st is late.

August 5,2019-Early August 2019
August 16,2019-Mid– August 2019
August 24,2019 –Late August 2019

Beginning of (included in early) = First 5 days = 1st to 5th
End of (included in late) = Last 5 days = 26th to 30th

at the beginning of August-八月初
at the end of August-八月底

summer vacation-暑假

I will stay there for 6 days.

tidy (v): 1-to make a place or a collection of things tidy整理;收拾
E.g.: Tidy (up) these papers before you leave, please.
请把这些文件整理好再走。
E.g.: I tidy up my room every day

tidy-up整理