F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

consulate-领事馆

consul (n): an official chosen by a government to live in a foreign city, in order to take care of people from the official’s own country who travel or live there, and to protect the trade interests of that government:
E.g.: the German Consul

ambassador (n) an important official who works in a foreign country representing his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country:
E.g.: The UK’s ambassador in Moscow has refused to comment.
E.g.: She’s a former ambassador to the United States.-presenting another country inUS
……..         of the United States-she was USA representative

gruesome (adj): 1-extremely unpleasant and shocking, and usually dealing with death or injury:
E.g.: The newspaper article included a gruesome description of the murder.

blatant (adj): very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing:
E.g.: a blatant lie
E.g.: The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.

blatantly (adv):
E.g.: It was blatantly obvious that she was telling a lie.

hijab- the head covering that some Muslim women wear when they are outside
niqab-a piece of cloth worn by some Muslim women to cover the whole face except the eyes

International Community 

天堂的孩子 The Children of Heaven(1997)

https://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrjraeeo.html?vfm=2008_aldbd&fc=828fb30b722f3164&fv=p_02_01

Pronunciation

hijab-/ˈhɪdʒ.æb/
niqab- /ˈnɪk.æb/
embassy- embasii