VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Vocabulary

board game-棋盘游戏
E.g.: Maybe I’ll invite a few friends over to watch an old movie or play a board game.
也许我会邀上几个朋友看一部老电影,或者玩玩棋盘游戏。

dormitory-宿舍
E.g.: …the boys’ dormitory…男生寝室

cousin (n):a child of a person’s aunt or uncle, or, more generally, a distant (= not close) relation
堂(或表)兄弟;堂(或表)姐妹;远房亲戚
E.g.: My brother’s wife and I both had babies around the same time, so the cousins are very close in age.
我嫂子和我差不多同时生了孩子,因此这对表兄妹年纪相仿。
E.g.: Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn’t seen for years, came to my sister’s wedding.
我们家许多多年未见的远房亲戚赶来参加姐姐的婚礼。

I think there are a lot I don’t see them I don’t know them

I think that there are a lot cousins whom I never met and I don’t know them

operator (n):a person who helps to connect people on a phone system
电话)接线员
E.g.: My mother works like an ambulance operator.

Speaking exercise

In school we studying and sleeping, eating, pooping. I live in school, three boys in one room. Two boys are from Earth, they’re not from the Sun or space boat. One is name Given, and other is Xiaopi. I have many classes every day, it is a bad dream

In school we are studying and sleeping, eating, pooping. I live in the school, there are three boys in each/one room. Two boys are from the Earth, they’re not from the Sun or a spaceship. One is called Given, and other is Xiaopi. I have many classes every day, all this is a bad dream