Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

blender (n): an electric machine used in the kitchen for breaking down foods or making smooth liquid substances from soft foods and liquids
食物搅拌器

civilization noun (DEVELOPED SOCIETY)
human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time
文明社会；（特定时期特定社会或国家的）文明，文化
Some people think that nuclear war would mean the end of civilization.
有人认为核战争将意味着文明的终结。
Cuzco was the centre of one of the world’s most famous civilizations, that of the Incas.
库斯科是世界上最著名的文明之一，即印加文明的中心。

society noun (PEOPLE)
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as a society
社会
a classless/multicultural/capitalist/civilized society
无阶级／多元文化／资本主义／文明的社会
These changes strike at the heart of British/American/modern society.
这些变化冲击了英国／美国／现代社会的核心。
There’s a danger that we will end up blaming innocent children for society’s problems.
我们最终有可能会把社会问题怪罪到无辜的孩子们头上。
We must also consider the needs of the younger/older members of society.
我们必须考虑到社会上年轻人／老年人的需求。

agriculture (n): farming
农业；农艺，农学
Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries.
一些国家的农业仍然主要依靠传统耕作手段。
The area depends on agriculture for most of its income.
这个地区的大部分收入来自农业。
70 percent of the country’s population practises subsistence agriculture.
这个国家70%的人口以农业为生。

arid (adj): very dry and without enough rain for plants
干燥的，干旱的
The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.
沙漠中极其干旱，寸草不生。

submit verb (GIVE)
to give or offer something for a decision to be made by others
提交；呈递
You must submit your application before 1 January.
申请须于1月1日前提交。
The developers submitted building plans to the council for approval.
开发商向市政会提交了待批准的建筑规划。

fertile adjective (LAND)
Fertile land can produce a large number of good quality crops.
肥沃的；富饶的