Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

operation: 手术

general anesthesia: 全麻

dress up as: cos

cheap: 扣

trick or treat: 不给糖就捣蛋

artificial: 人工
ie. artificial flavoring 人工调味剂

cream: 奶油
ie. hand-made cream

texture: 质感

take attendance: 点名

grunt work: 乏味的重活

official account: 公众号

sabotage: 人为破坏;故意妨碍;捣乱;刻意阻碍

second-guess: 质疑

infrastructure: 基建
ie. subways, pipelines, schools/hospitals, roads, highways…

tsunami:海啸

oversee: 监督 for a process

NATO: 北约

controversial: 有争议性的 (n) controversy

publicity: 宣传;宣传业;广告宣传工作;传播工作
ie. good publicity

Speaking exercise

we have a whole week to give students Halloween events
we have a whole week of Halloween events
the Halloween events will take up an entire week

I don’t eat candies from gr. 6 or 7
I haven’t eaten candies since gr. 6 or 7
I stopped eating candies in gr. 6 or 7

to make more redu for our school
to generate more publicity for our school