VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

root (n) 词根

phile: love
ped：kid/child
pod: foot
pediatry 儿童科
podiatry 足科
tripod 三脚架
pedophile恋童癖
cinephile / movie buff 电影迷
philosophy: the love of wisdom 智慧
wise 明智的
Philadelphia 费城:  the city of brotherly love

oxygen tank (n) 氧气罐

wreck (v) 摧毁，毁坏

coral (n) 珊瑚

vivid (adj.) like real 逼真的

trail (n) 小路径

wrecked/sunken ship (n) 沉船

sink – sank – sunken

abbreviate – abbreviation (n) 缩写
How do you abbreviate the word “Laboratory”

accommodation (n) 食宿

tour de France 环法自行车赛

Pacific (n) 太平洋 

tour guide 导游

waterproof (adj.) 防水的

nitrogen 氮气 N

periodical table 元素周期表

deep- depth
high – height
wide – width
long – length

claustrophobia 幽闭恐惧症

Thalassophobia 深海恐惧症

straw (n) 稻草，吸管

block (v) 堵住

inhale 吸气
exhale 吐气

air pressure  气压

goggles (n) 护目镜

be filled with 填满
My goggles were filled with water in just 10 minutes.

eliminate (v) 排出，淘汰 – elimination 
Team USA was eliminated in the Semi-finals.

film critic 影评人

watchlist

arthouse 艺术电影
Merchandise
Merchant (n) 商人
The merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人

commercial film
blockbuster (好莱坞)大片

plankton  浮游生物

rogerebert.com
IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/criticreviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt

Pronunciation

role
rule

close my torch
turn off my torch

you need to wait that thing out of your body.
you need to wait for at least 30 minutes for that thing to get out of your body.