Online Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

My dream is to be a designer, because when I was little I creat many things like hat, games, toys and even plant. When I was five years old I can make some dolls, when I’m six years old I can even write a story like this one and that’s why I’m going to be a designer when I grow up.

My dream is to be(come) a designer, ever since I was a little child  I have been creating many things like hats, games, toys and I even used some plants to make everything more beautiful. When I was five years old I could make some dolls, when I turned six I could even write a story like this one and that’s why I’m going to be a designer when I grow up.

Vocabulary

entangle (v): to cause something to become caught in something such as a net or ropes
（用网、绳等）缠住，套住
The dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.
海豚被渔网缠住了。

tangle (n): an untidy mass of things that are not in a state of order, or a state of confusion or difficulty
纠结的一团；纠结；混乱
a tangle of wires
一团乱糟糟的电线

graphic design (n): the art of designing pictures and text for books, magazines, advertising, etc.
（书籍、杂志、广告等的）平面造型设计

graphic designer (n): someone who works in graphic design
平面造型设计师
When I grow up I want to become a graphic designer.

collage (n): (the art of making) a picture in which various materials or objects, for example paper, cloth, or photographs, are stuck onto a larger surface
拼贴画；拼贴艺术
The children made a collage of postcards.
孩子们用明信片制作了一张拼贴画。\

improvise (n): to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it
临时做；即兴做
I hadn’t prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
我没有准备演讲，所以突然之间我只得即兴讲几句。
We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.
为了能有地方睡觉，我们临时用一摞毯子作床垫。

collage (n): (the art of making) a picture in which various materials or objects, for example paper, cloth, or photographs, are stuck onto a larger surface
拼贴画；拼贴艺术
The children made a collage of postcards.
孩子们用明信片制作了一张拼贴画。

turn 16, nine o’clock, etc.
to become a particular age or time
达到16岁／9点钟（等等）
She turned 18 last year.
她去年满18岁。
It’s just turned ten o’clock.
刚到10点。