VIP Class Notes (Nemo) [S]

Homework


Write a short article about your trip to Fiji

Vocabulary

captain (n): 1-the leader of a sports team
(运动队)队长
E.g.: It’s unusual to have a goalkeeper as (the) captain of a football team.
让守门员当足球队的队长是很少见的。

multiplayer (电子游戏)多人的,多玩家的
A multiplayer computer or video game is played by more than one player at one time.
E.g.: Internet multiplayer games are responsible for much of the increase in broadband use.

suitable – shi he
eg. I think wearing a jacket is suitable in winter, but not in summer.

context (n): 1-the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase or piece of text and helps to explain its meaning
上下文;语境
E.g.: In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context.
在这个练习中,有一个单词被抽去了,你必须根据上下文猜测这个单词是什么。

out of context
​If words are used out of context, only a small separate part of what was originally said or written is reported, with the result that their meaning is not clear or is not understood.
脱离上下文
E.g.: The reporter took my remarks completely out of context.
记者引用我的话完全是断章取义。

raw material (n): 1-any material, such as oil, cotton, or sugar in its natural condition, before it has been processed for use
原材料
E.g.: The cost of raw materials was going up.
原材料的成本在上升。

ally (n): 1-a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war
(尤指战时的)同盟国,盟友
E.g.: The US is one of Britain’s staunchest allies.
美国是英国最忠实的盟友之一。
E.g.: During the First World War, Turkey and Germany were allies/Turkey was an ally of Germany.
在第一次世界大战期间,土耳其和德国是盟国/土耳其是德国的盟国。

Germany-德国
German-德国的/德国人/德语

Speaking exercise

Once upon a time there was a boy called Sam, he met some swans in the woods and he helped the swans and beated away a fox and they became friends. Days later the swans had some cygnets one of them called Louis couldn’t speak, so the dad swan stole a trumpet from a shop then Louis could blew the trumpet and he learned English from Sam’s school and the teacher taught him English then Louis understood what did the Newspaper said. He wanted to pay back the trumpet which stoled by his dad. His first job was to blew his trumpet in a camp when name is Kooskooskoos and he got one hundred dollars for it, his second job was to blew the trumpet on the boat and he got 300$ for it, at last he met a female swan which he loved called Serena finally he paid back the trumpet and finally lived happily with Serena at last.

Once upon a time there was a boy called Sam, he met some swans in the woods and he helped the swans and beat away a fox and they became friends. Couple Days later the swans had some cygnets one of them called Louis couldn’t speak, so the dad swan stole a trumpet from a shop, then Louis could blow the trumpet and he learned English at Sam’s school and the teacher taught him English, then Louis understood what did the Newspaper said/ he was able to read the newspapers. He wanted to pay back the trumpet which was stolen by his dad. His first job was to blow his trumpet in a camp when named is Kooskooskoos and he got one hundred dollars for it, his second job was to blow the trumpet on the boat and he got 300$ for it, at last he met a female swan called Serena and he fell in love with her finally he paid back the trumpet and at the end lived happily with Serena ever after