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.
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