Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

What are you up to?

What are you up to” is a very common and casual (informal) way of saying “What are you doing?” You may also hear people say “What’s up?” which has the same implication. Your answer to this should be equally casual, as most people don’t expect a long or detailed explanation of what you are doing.

I gave to my friend

i bought for

Realize (v): to understand a situation, sometimes suddenly
明白；认识到；意识到
They didn’t realize the danger they were in.
他们没有意识到自己身处危险之中。
[ + (that) ] “Do you realize (that) this is the third time you’ve forgotten?” she said angrily.
“你知不知道这已经是你第三次忘记这件事了？”她生气地说。
[ + question word ] I realize how difficult it’s going to be, but we must try.
我知道这有多困难，但我们必须试一试。
As he watched the TV show, he suddenly realized (that) he’d seen it before.
他在看那部电视剧的时候，忽然意识到以前曾看过。

Grownup/grown-up (n): an adult, used especially when talking to children
（尤指用于对儿童说话时）大人，成年人
Ask a grown-up to cut the shape out for you.
请大人来替你剪出这个形状。

Surname/last name=family name

Naive (adj): too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people’s intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often naive because they are young and/or have not had much experience of life
轻信的；天真的；幼稚的
She was very naive to believe that he’d stay with her.
她居然天真地相信他会和她在一起。
They make the naive assumption that because it’s popular it must be good.
他们幼稚地认为流行的就一定是好的。
It was a little naive of you to think that they would listen to your suggestions.
以为他们会听从你的建议，你真有点儿天真。

Premature (adj): happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or suitable time
过早的；不成熟的；仓促的
premature birth/death
早产／夭折
a premature baby
早产儿
Their criticisms seem premature considering that the results aren’t yet known.
鉴于结果尚未知晓，他们的批评似乎为时过早。

spoiler (n): information in a newspaper article, blog, etc. that tells you what happens in a television program, which may spoil your enjoyment of it if you have not already seen it:
Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen Sunday’s episode, stop reading now!