F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Rich cities are helping impoverished areas

富裕城市正在帮助贫困地区

impoverished (adj): very poor
赤贫的
E.g.: an impoverished young actor
赤贫的年轻演员

anti- (prefix): opposed to or against
反（对）
2-opposite of
对立（面）
3-preventing
防（止）；阻
E.g.: They went on an anti-war demonstration last weekend.
E.g.: There are anti-discrimination laws nowadays to prevent that kind of thing from happening.
E.g.: Our school has a very good anti-bullying strategy.
E.g.: The hunt was stopped by a group of anti-hunting protesters.

pro- (prefix): supporting or approving of something
亲…的；赞成…的
E.g.: pro-Chinese
亲华的
E.g.: pro-democracy demonstrations
支持民主的示威活动

president (n): (the title given to) the person who has the highest political position in a country that is a republic and who, in some of these countries, is the leader of the government
总统；国家主席
E.g.: President Kennedy
肯尼迪总统
E.g.: the president of France
法国总统

prime minister (n): the leader of the government in some countries
首相；总理
E.g.: The prime minister’s speech produced an angry response from the opposition.
E.g.: Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first woman prime minister in 1979.

mayor (n): a person who is elected or chosen to lead the group who governs a town or city
市长
E.g.: We need a mayor who is tough enough to clean up this town.
E.g.: The mayor has promised to cleanse the city of drug dealers.

legend (n): someone very famous and admired, usually because of their ability in a particular area
传奇人物
E.g.: Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald once sang in this bar.
爵士乐坛传奇人物埃拉‧菲茨杰拉德曾经在这个酒吧唱过歌。
E.g.: She was a legend on Broadway.
E.g.: Miles Davis was a jazz legend.
E.g.: He was a legend among actors.

legendary (adj): very famous and admired or spoken about
名声显赫的；津津乐道的
E.g.: He became editor of the legendary Irish journal “The Bell”.
他当上了著名的爱尔兰杂志《钟》的编辑。
E.g.: The English are legendary (= well known) for their incompetence with languages.
英国人语言能力欠佳是出了名的。
2-from a legend
传说的，传奇的
E.g.: a legendary Greek hero
希腊传奇英雄
E.g.: Was King Arthur a real or a legendary character?
亚瑟王是确有其人还是一个传说中的人物？

mythology (n)(ANCIENT STORIES)myths in general
神话
E.g.: She’s fascinated by the stories of classical mythology (= ancient Greek and Roman myths).
她被古典神话故事迷住了。