VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

After Edmund turned into the White Witch, she promised to let Edmund be the prince and let him eat a lot of Turkish delight. In order to be the prince, so Edmund worked for her. But he didn’t know that the White Witch hate human. So the White Witch decided to kill Edmund, but Peter saved him.

After Edmund turned into the White Witch‘ supporter, she promised to let Edmund be the prince and let him eat a lot of Turkish delight. In order to be the prince, so Edmund worked for her. But he didn’t know that the White Witch hates humans. So the White Witch decided to kill Edmund, but Peter saved him.

Vocabulary

turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth (v)-to change and become someone or something different, or to make someone or something do this（使）变成；（使）成为
E.g.: The bee turns nectar into honey.
E.g.: The council was hoping to turn a children’s home into a residence for adolescent girls.
市议会希望把儿童之家变成青春期少女之家。

it takes two to tango
saying
-​said when you want to emphasize that both people involved in a difficult situation must accept the blame, or that an activity needs two people who are willing to take part for it to happen
两个人才跳得成探戈；双方都有责任；一个巴掌拍不响
E.g.: She may want to argue, but it takes two to tango and I won’t stoop/get onto to her level.
她可能想要争吵，可那也得我愿意，我可不想跟她一般见识。

Tango-探戈

flora and fauna (n):The flora and fauna of a place are its plants and animals.
（某一地点的）动植物群
E.g.: The flora and fauna of the Amazon rain forest is quite rich/ diverse.

faun (n):an imaginary creature that is like a small man with a goat’s back legs, a tail, ears, and horns
农牧神

cope (v):to deal successfully with a difficult situation
（成功地）对付，应付，处理
E.g.: It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.
要照顾3个小孩还要工作肯定不容易。

shades=sunglasses

shade (n):slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun
阴处；阴凉处
E.g.: The sun was hot, and there were no trees to offer us shade.
太阳火辣辣的，没有树给我们遮阳。
E.g.: The children played in/under the shade of a large beach umbrella.
孩子们在一把巨大的沙滩遮阳伞下的阴凉处玩耍。

broad (adj):very wide:
E.g.: We walked down a broad avenue lined with trees.
E.g.: My brother is very broad-shouldered.

voice-people
sound-gadgets/machines
E.g.: I think that I forgot to turn off the voice sound on my phone.
E.g.: I forgot to put my phone on silent 

account (n):a written or spoken description of an event报道；报告；记述；描述
E.g.: She gave a thrilling account of her life in the jungle.
她把自己在丛林中生活的经历描述得惊险刺激。
E.g.: She gave a clear, detailed account of the event.
E.g.: The book is a work of fiction and not intended as a historical account.

travelogue (n):a film or book about traveling to or in a particular place
旅行纪录片；游记
E.g.: Peter Jackson’s latest book “Africa” is part travelogue, part memoir.
彼得‧杰克逊的新书《非洲》既是游记又是回忆录。

autobiography (n):a book about a person’s life, written by that person
自传
E.g.: Churchil’s autobiography was a bestseller.

biography (n):the life story of a person written by someone else
传记
E.g.: He wrote a biography of Winston Churchill.

I ate some water mellon this morning.