2VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

meditation: (n) 冥想
ie. Some students like to meditate(v) in math class.
ie. Some students like to do meditation in math class.

cliques: (n)小团体
ie. There are a lot of cliques in international schools.

gossip：八卦 (v and n)
ie. We always hear a lot of gossip (n) around our school.
ie. She likes to gossip about dating.

dating：交往 (v)
ie. They are dating now.
ie. I don’t want to date(v) that guy.

come out： 出柜
ie. He came out (v) last Saturday and told everyone he likes boys.

co-ed：both girls and boys school (adj)
ie. Our school believes co-ed education for students is better.
ie. Our school believes in co-ed education for students.

car accident: 车祸 (n)
ie. There was a car accident yesterday.

orphan: 孤儿 (n)
ie. The character is an orphan.

2008: two thousand and eight. twenty -o-eight

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myth: 神话故事; 虚构的东西; 荒诞的说法; 不真实的事 (n) mythical (adj)
ie. SN is a mythical (adj) character.
ie. “Hair dye causes cancer” is an urban myth

discover: 发现 发觉 (v)
ie. The scientists discovered the formula of making salt.

1500： fifteen hundred

frightening：可怕 (adj) frighten (v)
ie. The escape room is frightening. / All trending games are frightening to Annie.
ie. You should be quiet and don’t frighten the cat.

irrelevant： 没有意义的 (adj)
ie. School is important, but the homework is irrelevant.

estimate：预估
ie. Can you estimate(v) your final exam score?
ie. Can you give me an estimate of …

infant: <2years maybe

monitor: (v) 监视; 检查; 跟踪调查 (n) computer monitor
ie. My monitor was broken by my cat. / My monitor broke down.
ie. The coach can monitor your behaviour in PE class.

irritation: 烦 (n)
ie.I feel irritation from this project.
ie. I feel irritated about/by this project.
ie. I’m irritated because you’re irritating.

singles/doubles: 单打/双打
ie. I only play singles badminton.

We should wear it.
We wear it. / Yes we do.

The beauty girls
The girls who care about fashion …

She stepped his skateboard

It’s harmful for the hair.

The Outsiders summary:

The main character has two older brothers and these 3 boys are all the members of the greasers, which is the name of the east-side boys. It’s a gang name. The chapter one has a car accident, which only three boys survived. Then the whole chapter describing the main character and his two brothers.

The main character: he likes watch movie by himself and he like the poor new man. And he is an orphan with his brothers. He is very poor, poorer than the socs, the socs are a gang. The three brothers steal another’s things from people’s homes sometimes.

The whole book is describing the gang’s problems.

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The Outsiders summary:

The main character has two older brothers, and these 3 boys are all the members of the Greasers. Greasers is a gang which includes a majority of/mostly includes East-Side boys. Chapter one talks about a car accident, which only three boys survived. Then the whole chapter is writing about the main character and his two brothers’ habits.

The main character: he likes to watch movies by himself and his favourite person is Paul NewMan. In the meantime, he and his brothers are orphans. Therefore, he is very poor, poorer than the SOCs. SOC is a name of an Eastside gang. Next, we know the three brothers steal things from rich people’s homes sometimes.

Finally, the whole book is describing the gang’s problems.