VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Diet (n): an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons
节食，限制饮食
I’m going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.
下周我要节食，希望在圣诞节之前能减掉十磅。

Kayak (n): a light narrow canoe with a covering over the top
爱斯基摩划子；（带顶轻巧的）独木舟，单人划子

Quality (n): how good or bad something is
质量，品级
a shop advertising top quality electrical goods
推销高质量电器的商店
The food was of such poor/low quality.
这种食品质量很差。
Their products are of very high quality.
他们的产品质量很高。

Inflate (v): to make something increase in size by filling it with air
（使）充气；（使）膨胀
He inflated the balloons with helium.
他给气球充了氦气。
We watch the hot-air balloon slowly inflate.
我们看着热气球慢慢胀大。

Inflatable (adj): able to be inflated
可充气的
inflatable pillows/mattresses
充气枕头／床垫

be responsible for sth/doing sth
to be the person who caused something to happen, especially something bad
对（尤指坏事）负责任；应对…承担责任
Who is responsible for this terrible mess?
谁把这儿搞得乱七八糟的？
Last month’s bad weather was responsible for the crop failure.
庄稼歉收是因为上月天气恶劣。

Cereal (n): a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk, especially in the morning
（尤指早晨加牛奶食用的）谷类食物
breakfast cereals
早餐麦片

Shopping list (n):购物清单
There are ten items on her shopping list.
在她的购物单上有十个项目。

Shopping cart
购物车