VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Pronunciation

encyclopedia / EN-SIE-KLEH-PEE-DEE-UH

continents / CON-TIN-NINTS

Eurasia / YUR-ASIA

Antarctica / ANT-ARC-TI-CUH

Atlantic / 大西洋 / AT-LANT-ICK

Equator / EE-KWAE-TER

gigantic / JIE-GAN-TICK

Greenland / GREEN-LIND

Beaufort Sea / BOW-FORT

Walrus / WALL-RISS

Walruses / WALL-RISS-IS

Whale / WAIL

Vocabulary

Norwegia / Norwegian / 挪威语

e.g. I am from Norwegia. I am a Norwegian person. I am from China. I am a Chinese person.

Musk ox / 麝香牛

fowl / 水鸟 / a kind of bird

tern / name of a bird

iceberg / 冰山 / “the tip of the iceberg”

e.g. The titanic crashed into a hidden iceberg.

e.g. Oh you think your child is misbehaving now? That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Reindeer / 驯鹿

North Pole / 北极

northernmost / cannot go further north

e.g. Summer wants to travel to China’s northernmost province.

chunks / big pieces  

e.g. She cut large chunks out of her hair.

mobile / to be able to move / can go anywhere

e.g. I want a job that is mobile – so I can earn money anywhere in the world.

to swirl / 旋流

e.g. Strong winds usually swirl around.

crust / 地壳

e.g. The crust on a pizza slice or the crust of a pie.

made by / produced by / the source of 

e.g. The strange smell in the classroom was made by/produced by Summer’s cooking clothes.

e.g. The source of the strange smell in the classroom was Summery’s clothes.

gigantic / huge – really really big / 巨大

e.g Summer cooks in a gigantic pot!

lump / is a small bump or “hill” 

e.g. The bug bit me and left a small bump on my hand.

tip / the top of

to breed / to have babies / breeding season

e.g. The bird flies to the South Pole to breed – that is its breeding season (the time of the year the birds or animals will have babies).

revolution / to revolve / 公转 / bigger / a big change in society / revolutionary 

e.g. The earth revolves around the sun. One revolution equals one year.

e.g. The first iPhone marked a revolution for cell phones. It was a revolutionary product!

rotate / 旋转

e.g The earth rotates in a 360 degree circle. This rotation causes night and die.

orbit / 轨道 / to circle around / smaller / orbiter

e.g The earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits the earth. The moon revolves around the earth.

e.g. Summer had a group of girls orbiting around her.

to endure / 忍受 / it’s a difficult time or challenging circumstances but you must continue through it and not give up

e.g. Sometimes even if we hate our job, we must endure!

Walrus / 海象

aquarium / 水族馆

e.g. Summer loves visiting the aquarium.