Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Grammar

10 years later-in 10 years

I just spoke to a friend of mine

the second biggest city in the country

She arrived in Hamburg around 3 PM Shanghai time

She can’t enter Germany

permanent residence

永久居留权

Vocabulary

offer (v): to ask someone if they would like to have something or if they would like you to do something
主动给予；主动提出；提议
I feel bad that I didn’t offer them any food/offer any food to them.
没有给他们提供任何食物，我觉得很过意不去。
She was offered a job in Paris.
她在巴黎得到了一份工作。
Can I offer you (= would you like) a drink?
你要一杯饮料吗？
“Would you sell me that painting?” “What are you offering (= what will you pay) for it?”
“你能把那幅画卖给我吗？”“你出价多少？”

rendering noun (PERFORMANCE)
(also rendition)
the way that something is performed, written, drawn, etc.
演奏；表演；表达；表现手法
Her rendering of the song was delightful.
她对这首歌曲的演绎欢快怡人。

semblance (n): a situation or condition that is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for
近似；相似；假象
The city has now returned to some semblance of normality after last night’s celebrations.
昨晚的庆典过后，这座城市似乎恢复了平日的样子。
He was executed without even the semblance of a fair trial.
甚至连点像样的公正审判都没有，他就被处死了。

depict (v): to represent or show something in a picture or story
描绘，描述，描写
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
她的画反映了上个世纪普通人的生活。
In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.
在那本书里，他把自己的父亲描写成了一个暴君。
People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband.
人们对那个女人殴打丈夫的广告感到非常震惊。

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