VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

nightmare (n): a very upsetting or frightening dream
梦魇，噩梦
a terrifying nightmare
可怕的噩梦
I shouldn’t have watched that movie – it’ll give me nightmares.
我真不该看那部电影——它会让我做噩梦的。

believe (v): to think that something is true, correct, or real
相信
Strangely, no one believed us when we told them we’d been visited by a creature from Mars.
奇怪的是，当我们告诉他们曾有火星人来访时，居然没人相信。
He believes that all children are born with equal intelligence.
他相信孩子们出生时智商是一样的。

strange (adj): unusual and unexpected, or difficult to understand
不寻常的；奇怪的；不可思议的
You say the strangest things sometimes.
有时候你说的话非常奇怪。
I had a strange feeling that we’d met before.
有个奇怪的感觉，觉得我们以前见过面。

log in (v): to connect a computer to a computer system by typing your name, so that you can start working
进入，登录（计算机系统）
Log in using your name and password.
用你的名字和密码登录。

train (v): to prepare someone or yourself for a job, activity, or sport, by learning skills and/or by mental or physical exercise
训练，培训；锻炼
She trained as a pilot.
她接受过飞行训练。
John trained to be an accountant.
约翰接受训练成为一名会计。

backstroke (n): a way of swimming in which you lie on your back and move one arm and then the other straight behind you so that they pass the sides of your head, while kicking with your legs
仰泳
Can you do backstroke?
你会仰泳吗？

breaststroke (n): a way of swimming in which the arms make a circular movement in front of the body while the knees are brought up towards the body and then kicked out and back
蛙泳
I can only do the breaststroke.
我只会蛙泳。

crawl (n): a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs
自由泳；爬泳

coach (n): someone whose job is to teach people to improve at a sport, skill, or school subject
教练；辅导老师；私人教师；家庭教师
a tennis/maths coach
网球教练／数学辅导老师

warm up (v): to prepare yourself for a physical activity by doing some gentle exercises and stretches
做准备活动，热身
If you don’t warm up before exercising, you risk injuring yourself.
如果你在运动之前不做准备活动，会有受伤的危险。

lap (n):（跑道等的）一圈
one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.
the fastest lap on record 在纪录上最快的一圈
She has completed six laps. 她跑完六圈了。