VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Write a short sci-fi story….humans living on Mars..

Just Enough English Grammar Illustrated
Gabrielle Stobbe
https://b-ok.cc/book/633899/1ee5ef?dsource=mostpopular

Leviathan Wakes
Corey James S A
https://b-ok.cc/book/1508492/878fd4

Vocabulary

derelict (adj): Derelict buildings or places are not cared for and are in bad condition.
a derelict site
E.g.: The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.

still life (n): a type of painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects that do not move, such as flowers, fruit, bowls, etc.:
E.g.: We went to an exhibition of 17th century Dutch still lives.

stumble across/on/upon sth/sb
to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance:
E.g.: Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building.
E.g.: Look at what I stumbled across at the flea market!

context -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

2-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。

teleport (v)to (cause to) travel by an imaginary very fast form of transport that uses special technology or special mental powers
（利用特殊技术或意念）远距离即时传输，心灵运输
E.g.: I wish I can teleport so I could scare some my brother.

E.g.:The wind ripped the flag to/into shreds (= into little pieces).
风把旗子刮成了一缕缕的破布条。

enrage (v): to cause someone to become very angry
使非常愤怒；激怒；触怒
E.g.:Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents.
E.g.:He was enraged at the article about him.

raze (v): to completely destroy a city, building, etc.
把（城市、建筑物等）夷为平地；彻底摧毁
E.g.:The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid – not a building was left standing.

eczema (n)a skin condition in which areas of the skin become red, rough, and sore and make you want to rub them
湿疹
E.g.: As a young boy he suffered from eczema.
童年时他患过湿疹。

Once my brother was little, he was ripping my homework but that piece of paper was magical so it couldn’t be ripped. Then he was angry and got laser gun to shoot that paper but the paper teleported. My brother was extremely mad and he got a bomb. He tied the paper onto a wall then bombed the paper. The paper burned into ashes, but three new papers appeared in the ashes and some dementors came trying to suck away the paper’s soul but papers don’t have soul so  they caught my bro into the Azkaban but Voldermort  broke the prison, my brother wanted to stay in the prison and he was mad again so Voldermort was teared into shreds. The End

When my brother was a little boy, he was ripping my homework pretty much every single day. But once, something strange happened a piece of paper which he was trying to rip apart was magical so it couldn’t be ripped. Then he became angry/enraged and got a laser gun to shoot that paper into dust but the paper teleported. My brother was extremely mad and he got a bomb. He sticked the paper onto/against a wall and then bombed the paper. The paper burned into ashes, but three new papers appeared from the ashes and some dementors came trying to suck away the paper’s soul but papers don’t have a soul so  they caught my bro and imprisoned him in the Azkaban but Voldermort  razed the prison to the ground. My brother wanted to stay in the prison so once he saw what have happened with his beloved prison he was mad again so Voldermort was teared into shreds. The End