Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

autobiography (n): a book about a person’s life, written by that person
自传
Tony Blair’s autobiography was a bestseller.
托尼·布莱尔的自传曾十分畅销。

hide-and-seek
noun [ U ]
UK /ˌhaɪd.ənˈsiːk/ US /ˌhaɪd.ənˈsiːk/

a children’s game in which a group of children hide in secret places and then one child has to go to look for them
捉迷藏游戏

High prices are deterring many young people from buying houses.
高昂的价格让很多年轻人对于买房望而却步。

studio noun [C] (HOME)
(also studio apartment); (UK also studio flat)
a small apartment designed to be lived in by one or two people, usually with one large room for sleeping and living in, a bathroom and sometimes a separate kitchen
单间公寓（通常一个房间兼作卧室和起居室，带有卫生间，有的有单独的厨房）

trailer noun [C] (VEHICLE)
a box on wheels that is pulled by a car and is used for taking things from one place to another
拖车；挂车
The car was pulling a trailer with a motorcycle on it.
这辆汽车拖着一辆挂车，挂车上面载着一辆摩托车。

村上春树
Haruki Murakami

science fiction (n): sci-fi); (also SF)
books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space travel or other planets
科幻小说；科幻电影；科幻卡通片
a science-fiction novel/story
科幻小说／故事