VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

remind  (v): 1-to make someone think of something they have forgotten or might have forgotten使记起；使想起；提醒
E.g.: Could you remind Paul about dinner on Saturday?
你能否提醒一下保罗周六晚宴的事？
E.g.: Please remind me to post this letter.

remember (v): 1-to be able to bring back a piece of information into your mind, or to keep a piece of information in your memory记得，记起，回想起；记住，牢记
E.g.: “Where did you park the car?” “I can’t remember.”
“你把车停在哪儿了？”“我不记得了。”
E.g.: I can remember people’s faces, but not their names.
我可以记住人的长相，但记不住人的名字。

whisper (v):小声说话；低语；耳语 1-to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you
E.g.: She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
她俯身对他耳语了些什么。
E.g.: What are you two girls whispering about?
你们两个女孩子在窃窃私语些什么？

starving (adj): 1-informal very hungry非常饥饿的
E.g.: Isn’t lunch ready yet? I’m starving.
午餐还没好吗？我快饿死了。

Christianity基督教
Christian-基督徒；基督教徒/adj/人

Buddhism－佛教
Buddha－菩萨

I want to have my ashes scattered into the sea 我想把我的骨灰撒到海里

pray (v): 1-to speak to a god either privately or in a religious ceremony in order to express love, admiration, or thanks or in order to ask for something祷告，祈祷
E.g.: She knelt and prayed silently.
她跪下默默祈祷。
E.g.: Let us pray for the victims of this terrible disaster.
让我们为这次可怕灾难的受害者祈祷吧。

keep/break a promise-to do/not do what you said that you would do
遵守／违背诺言
E.g.: If I make a promise, I like to keep it.
如果我作出了承诺，我会遵守的。

prayer (n): 1-the words that someone says or thinks when they are praying
祷文，祷词
E.g.: a prayer of thanks
表示感谢的祷文
E.g.: She always says her prayers (= prays) before she goes to sleep.
她睡前总要念祷文。
E.g.: We thought he’d been killed, but our prayers were answered when he arrived home unexpectedly.
我们以为他已经死了，但我们的祷告实现了，他出人意料地回了家。

church (n): 1-a building for Christian religious activities
教堂，礼拜堂
E.g.: The town has four churches.
镇上有4座教堂。
E.g.: a church spire/tower
教堂的尖顶／塔楼