Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

I want to pour myself a glass of water

I have a lot of things to do, in the daytime I had to do work after to work I will exercise and then I have a English class on Tuesday and Thursday

I have a lot of things to do/I am very busy, in the daytime, I have to work hard for 8 to 10 hours, after work I would do some exercise/I would exercise for an hour after work, every Tuesday and Thursday evening, I have an English class/ on Tuesdays and Thursdays (每个-我们要加 -s）

I’ll be back this coming Friday.
我这周五就回来。

during the week/on the workdays

foreign （adj): belonging or connected to a country that is not your own
外国的
Spain was the first foreign country she had visited.
西班牙是她访问过的第一个海外国家。
foreign languages
外语
His work provided him with the opportunity for a lot of foreign travel.
他的工作给他提供了很多出国旅行的机会。

during the week/on the workdays

of all the colors

Easter (n): a Christian religious holiday to celebrate Jesus Christ’s return to life after he was killed
复活节（基督教纪念耶稣复活的节日）
I get two weeks off school at Easter.
复活节我们学校放假两周。
We’re going to my parents for Easter.
Did you have a nice Easter?

What is your favourite festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival-中秋节

dish (n): food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal
（一道）菜
a chicken/vegetarian dish
用鸡肉做的菜／素菜

It was a very happy/happiest period of my life

I’m relaxed/I feel relaxed when I’m together with my friends

gerund-a word ending in “-ing” that is made from a verb and used like a noun
动名词
In the sentence “Everyone enjoyed Tyler’s singing”, the word “singing” is a gerund.
在句子 Everyone enjoyed Tyler’s singing 中，singing 这个词是动名词。
A gerund can be either the subject or object of a sentence in English, e.g. ‘Cycling is fun’ or ‘I enjoy cycling’.