F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

clay (n): 1-黏土. 2-thick, heavy soil that is soft when wet, and hard when dry or baked, used for making bricks and containers

terracotta (n): 1-hard, baked reddish-brown clay: 2-赤陶土
E.g.: Our kitchen tiles are made from terracotta.
E.g.: The courtyard was full of exotic plants in terracotta pots.

terracotta-a reddish-brown colour:
E.g.: I’ve painted my bedroom terracotta.

marble (n): 1-大理石. 2- a type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it, feels cold, and can be polished to become smooth and shiny:
E.g.: a marble floor/statue

four generations under one roof-四代同堂

ancestor (n): 1- a person related to you who lived a long time ago:
E.g.: There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room.

descendant(n): 1- a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild:
E.g.: He has no descendants.
E.g.: They claim to be descendants of a French duke.

descend (v): 1-to go or come down:
E.g.: The path descended steeply into the valley.
E.g.: Jane descended the stairs.

path (n): 1-a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something is moving:
E.g.: a garden path
E.g.: The path descended steeply into the valley.

valley (n): 1-an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it:
E.g.: the Nile Valley
E.g.: There was snow on the hill tops but not in the valley.