Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

spare ribs (n): pig’s ribs (= curved bones) with most of the meat cut off them, cooked, and eaten
（猪的）小排骨
barbecued spare ribs
烤小排

side dish (n): in a restaurant, an extra dish of food, for example, vegetables or salad, that is served with the main dish, sometimes on a separate plate
（餐馆的）配菜，附加菜

wassup/what’s up?-used as a friendly greeting, to ask someone how they are, or to ask what is happening
怎么样呀
His phone goes. “Wassup?” he says nonchalantly. “What are you doing?”
他的手机响了。“怎么样呀？”他冷冷地说。“你在做什么？”
The ad consisted simply of a bunch of American blokes screeching “Whassup!” to one another down the phone.
广告的内容很简单，就是一群美国小伙子在电话里互相叫着“你怎么样呀！”。

captain (n): the leader of a sports team
（运动队）队长
It’s unusual to have a goalkeeper as (the) captain of a football team.
让守门员当足球队的队长是很少见的。

goalkeeper (n): (in some sports) the player who stands in the team’s goal to try to stop the other team from scoring
守门员
Examples
For a goalkeeper, it’s a great advantage to have big hands.
The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the shot.

center half (n): on a football team, one of two defenders who play in the middle of the pitch and form part of the back four
（足球队的）中卫
Like most centre halfs, McCauley is well over six feet tall.
和大部分中卫一样，麦考利身高远超过六英尺。