VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

神秘岛 The Mysterious Island
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Vocabulary

screw (n): a thin, pointed piece of metal with a raised edge twisting round along its length and a flat top with a cut in it, used to join things together, especially pieces of wood
螺丝（钉）

screw (v): to fasten something using a screw
用螺丝固定（或拧紧）
E.g.: Screw this piece of wood to the wall.
用螺丝把这块木头固定在墙上。
E.g.: Screw these two pieces together.
把这两块用螺丝拧在一起。

screwdriver (n): a tool for turning screws, consisting of a handle joined to a metal rod shaped at one end to fit in the cut in the top of the screw
螺丝刀，改锥
E.g.: Have you brought my screwdriver back yet?
你把我的螺丝刀带来了吗？

ON Sunday, and Monday I go to school

crammed (adj): very full of people or things
（地方）挤满的，塞满的，充满的
E.g.: a crammed train/room
拥挤的火车／房间
E.g.: The docks were crammed with/crammed full of people trying to board the boats.
码头上挤满了想要上船的人

补习班-Cram school

Injured (adj):hurt or physically harmed－受伤
E.g.: She was told to stay in bed to rest her injured back.
她被告知要卧床休息来养背伤。

narrow (adj): having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with the length
（尤指与长度相比）狭窄的
E.g.: a narrow bridge/passage/gap
狭窄的桥梁／通道／缝隙
E.g.: a narrow face
瘦长的脸
E.g.: narrow feet
瘦脚

be short (of/on sth)-to not have enough of something
短缺的，缺乏的
E.g.: to be short of space/time
空间／时间不足
E.g.: We’re short on coffee – I’d better get some more.
我们的咖啡不多了——我最好去再买一些。
E.g.: The bill comes to £85, but we’re £15 short.
账单是85英镑，但我们还缺15英镑。

But the bookshelf don’t open, he to see he doesn’t have a screw. He go to the shop to buy a screw. He buy the screw and go home. He finish the bookshelf and he saw the screw on his sofa, Mr Bean is very happy

But the bookshelf couldn’t open/be opened, and then he to saw that he doesn’t have a screw/he is missing one screw/he’s one screw short. He went to the shop to buy a screw. He bought the screw and went home. He finished the bookshelf and then he saw/found the missing screw on his sofa, Mr Bean was very happy.