VIP Class Notes (Nemo) [S]

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Vocabulary

cuisine (n):a style of cooking
烹饪,烹调
French cuisine
法式烹饪
I like Chinese food but Sichuan cuisine is my favorite.

Last year I was pretending  planing to go to France, but there was a terrorist attack so at the end I canceled/scrapped the plans  the trip

scrap (v):to not continue with a system or plan
放弃;取消
E.g.: We scrapped our plans for a trip to France.
我们取消了法国之行的计划。

odd jobs (n):small jobs of different types, especially those that involve repairing or cleaning things
(尤指涉及修理或清洗的)杂活,零工
E.g.: He’s been doing odd jobs this summer to earn a little extra money.
这些夏天他打了些零工来额外挣点钱。

easy-going (adj):relaxed and not easily upset or worried
不慌不忙的,悠闲的;脾气随和的,温和的
E.g.: an easy-going attitude/manner
从容悠闲的态度/举止
E.g.: a friendly, easy-going type of guy
友好、随和的人

overtime (n/adj):(time spent working) after the usual time needed or expected in a job
加班地
E.g.: They’re doing/working overtime to get the job done on time.

neighborhood (n):the area of a town that surrounds someone’s home, or the people who live in this area
邻近地区;住宅区,街区;街坊,四邻
E.g.: There were lots of kids in my neighborhood when I was growing up.
E.g.: They live in a wealthy/poor/friendly neighborhood.

downside (n):a disadvantage of a situation
不利的一面,不利因素
E.g.: The downside of living here, of course, is that it is expensive.

upside (n):the advantage of a situation
优点;好处;有利的一面
E.g.: It’s annoying that we can’t travel until Thursday, but the upside is that tickets are cheaper then.

yield (v):to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information
产生;出产;得出
E.g.: an attempt to yield increased profits
提高利润的努力
E.g.: The investigation yielded some unexpected results.
调查得出了一些出乎意料的结果。

Subliminal advertising tries to influence people without them being aware of it, for example by showing messages for such a short time that people read them without realizing that they have done so.(广告)隐性的

Speaking exercise

I want to do something different from my current job. I’m a very sensitive girl so I don’t like rude people, especially rude bosses.  And I don’t like when a company is far away from my home, so I’ll find a company near my home. I want to work in traveling field in marketing. I like to do digital marketing/social media marketing.