Thursday, August 21, 2008

The East Coast

First of all, I wanna say that Mark is a good teacher, although he is late for the class. He has prepaired interesting materials for us to let us know well about the east coast of USA. Thanks a lot! And I have not understand how to choose the teacher whose class I prefer to take until yesterday. Thanks to Benny, but I found the key point mostly by myself, haha... I'm a smart girl!!! And then, I found something interesting that I have miss Mark's class two times, once I went to the wrong place to take the wrong class, and once I was stranded by the shower. It was a pity.
OK, let me return to my mutton.

Core American English Classes Basic 3 Class
1. accommodation Lodgin, a place to stay
2. rest room=bath room toilet 马桶
3. go hiking 远足
4. snack mid-night snack 夜宵
5. American Food: Apple Pie, Chips, Donut
6. make money hand over fist 发大财 fist 拳头 an iron fist in a velvet glove 外宽内严, 外柔内刚
give us your fist 伸出手来, 握手言欢
give me your fist 伸出手来, 握手言欢
grease sb.'s fist 向某人行贿
make a good fist at sth. 做得成功[不成功]
make a good fist of sth. 做得成功[不成功]
make a poor fist of sth. 做得成功[不成功]
make a poor fist at sth. 做得成功[不成功]
mutton fist [俚]粗大的手; 两手粗大的人
oil sb.'s fist 向某人行贿
oil sb.'s hand 向某人行贿
shake one's fist at sb. 对某人挥拳(表示愤怒和威胁)
write a good fist [口]写一手好字
7.Washington. DC=Washington, District of Columbia华盛顿 哥伦比亚特区
8.NYC=New York City
9.initial 最初的
10. not sacrifice the quality of the tour 不以牺牲旅游的质量为代价
11. minimum maximum
12. Moving as fast as you are planning kind of taking the fun out of it all. 如果你走得太快,就失去了乐趣。
13. cram 填满,临时抱佛脚 cram up 死记硬背 sit up late cramming 开夜车准备功课, 搞疲劳战术 cram into 勉强塞入, 填满 cram oneself 吃饱, 填饱肚子
14. from a tourist perspective 从一个旅游者的视角
15. bus ride 乘公车

The Summer Rental

Core American English Classes Basic 2 Class
1. summer time, good(old) summer time
2. summer getaways 避暑 [getaway 逃亡]
3. lingo 用词
4. funny 滑稽 贬义 fun 愉快的心情 褒义
5. cottage 小木屋
6. facing sea and backed hill
7. capacity 量 酒量
8. icy water冰水混合物
饮料 ... with ice 酒 ... on the rocks straight up 不加冰
9. web friends 网友 nitizen 网民
10. 从西湖边上岛多少钱? How much is the side from the bank to the island?
11. Chengde Summer Resort承德避暑山庄
12. nerd 书虫 geek 傻才
13. sorry & I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 英国人的习惯,另也表示真的有某事需要道歉。
sorry有时=excuse me!
14.你被雨淋了么?Were you caught in the shower?
15. 港汇广场 Grand Gateway
16. antique furniture古董家具
17. balcony 阳台
18. floor & storey floor area建筑面积 a six-storey building I live on the 4th floor.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Great Michael


Michael Chang, Michael Schumacher, Michael Jordan, Michael Johnson, and Michael Phelps. They are great athelets whose name are Michael.

Today, let's remeber the greatest swimming athelet, Michael Phelps, who achieved 8 gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

He is so lovely, and is just a big boy.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The Menu

Core American English Classes Intermediate 2 Class
Word
1. appetizer Food for drink to stimulate the appetite vefore the main course.前菜
2. course A part of a meal My boyfriend cooked a three-course meal for our one year anniversary.
3. waiter A person shose occupation is to serve food in a restaurant.侍应生 bartender=attendant服务员( flight attendant空中服务员,空姐)
4. coast=beach, roast烘 roast cookie, toast烤 toast duck烤鸭 e.g. You are the toast.你死定了。
5. starve快饿死了
6. 感官动词 feel sound smell look seem taste 与be动词属性相像
7. What's your favorate food/cuisine?
What's your favorate type of chinese cuisine?
8. light food清淡的食物
9. a-hundred-year egg皮蛋
10. She has a lot of favors.她有很多喜欢的东西。
11. dim-sums点心
12. boiled grilled steamed蒸 fried炒 overfried炸 fried rice with eggs蛋炒饭

Monday, August 11, 2008

Etymology Class2

English language lovers might enjoy this...
up( the pociket oxford dictionary)
-adv. 1. at, in, or towards a higher place or a place regarded an higher
2. a) to or in an erect or required position or condition; b) in or into an active condition
3. in a stronger or leading position
4. to a specified place, person, or time
5. higher in price or value
6. a) completely; b) more loudly or clearly
7. completed
8. into a compace, accumulated, or secure state
9. out of bed, having risen
10. happening, esp. unusually
11. (usu. foll. by before) appearing for trial etc.
12. (of a road etc.) being repaired
13.(of a jokey) in the saddle
-prep. 1. upwards and along, through, or into
2. from the bottom to the top of
3. a) at or in a higher part of; b) towards the source of (a river)
-adj. 1. directed upwards
2.of travel towards a capital or centre
-n. spell of good fortune
-v. 1. colloq. start, esp. abruptly, to speak or act
2. in or into contact with
3. colloq. confronted with (a problem etc.)
课堂笔记
up
1. to or in a higher position e.g. look up向上看 drive up, walk up
2. above the surface e.g. wake up get up put up建造 com up浮出( Whales come up for air every 15 mins.)
3. more or greater intensity(反义词用down) e.g. turn up, speed up tune up search up, adjust up
4. to take much time to do sth. e.g. write up整理,dress up打扮, clean up, tidy up
5. to the specified state of the action e.g.call up叫上
6. to finish sth. completely e.g. eat up drink up, bottoms up, hang up挂断电话

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP(2)? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP(2,出现,存在)? Why do we speak UP(3) and why are the officers UP(具备) for election and why is it UP to(someone's duty) to the secretary to write up(4) a report?
We call up(5) our friends, And we use it to brighten UP(4) a room, polish UP(3/4) the silver(引申意:刀叉); we warm up(3) the leftovers(剩菜剩饭) and clean up(4) the kitchen, We lock UP(5) the house and som guys fix UP(4) the old car.
At other times, the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble(搅局,找麻烦), line up(排队) for tickets, work UP(有做某事的心情) an appetite, and think UP excuses(找借口).
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP(4) is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain(厕所,厨房的下水管道) must be poened UP(疏通) beacuse it is stopped UP(5). We open UP(5) a store in the morning but we close it up(5) at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP(搅) about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in a dictionary. In a desk-sized dicitonary, it takes up(占据) almost 1/4th of the page an can add UP(加在一起) to about eighty definitions. If you are UP to(someone's duty) it, you might try building UP(2) a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP(占据) a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP(放弃), you may wind(/waind/) UP(finish,得出)with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP(5). When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP(6).
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP(泥泞不堪). When it doesn't rain of awhile, things dry UP(6).
'Face UP(accept接受)...you like this!
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP(finish,打住,结束), for now my time is UP(over), so .........Time to shut UP(6)....!
Oh...one more thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning&the last thing you do at night?U-P
Can you read them right the first time?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The Cocktail Party

Core American English Classes Basic 1
课堂笔记
1、Just so so. 通常表达贬义。
2、characteristic 汉字 e.g. My name is a 3-characterisic one.我的名字是三个字。
3、clean up收拾干净 e.g. In KFC, do you clean up after you finish meal?
4、at home in house 在家里 * in his house(在口语中,也可以说at his house)
5、acquaint认识 acquaintance朋友 nod acquaintance点头之交
6、十分正式地介绍他人
1)请人安静:Excuse me!/ May I have you attention please?
2)开始介绍:May/Can I introduce/present someone to you?
May I have the honor to introduce our general manager, Mr. Wang to you?(非常正式)
7、in my twenties/ thirties 奔三/奔四
8、birthday(x月x日) date of birth(xx年x月x日)
What's your birthday/date of birth?(提问时,用what。问酒量,工资也用what。What's your capacity for wine? What is/ How much is your salary?)
9、engaged订婚的 single单身的 married结婚的 divorced离婚的
10、I work as...我是做.....的。
11、Take a seat. 请坐。
12、drinks soft-drinks beverage drinks非酒精饮料
13、banquet 盛宴 大餐
14、dry goods南货

Vacation Plans

Core American English Classes

预习 Word
1、apartment flat[英]
2、equipped 装备完善的
3、terrace 露台、柱廊、梯田
4、cupboard 碗碟橱
5、chest 五斗橱
6、collar 衣领
7、gin 杜松子酒
8、roast 烤
9、Bumper 减震器
10、dial 刻度盘
11、demo 样本
12、bun 小圆面包
13、daunting 令人畏惧的
14、decade 十年
15、litre 公升

课堂笔记
1、major a major event in 2008 大事件 *用major代替important
2、用类似肯定句的方法发问,发问时用提升的语气
3、时间紧:a busy schedule/ a packed schedule
4、up 组词: pack up 打包(完整),整理行李 take up 起飞 play up 夸大
5、carry-out随身的物品 belongings行李
6、one-day trip 一天的行程 overnight trip过夜的行程
7、stay up for the night熬夜 a seas of faces人山人海
8、set set meal套餐
9、spacious宽敞
10、available e.g. He is not available.他不在
11、book预订(与ticket有关的预订)
order预订 订单、生产 PO=purchase order Would you like to order? 点菜么?
reserve预订 房间,餐厅的桌子
e.g. Do you have a reservation?
Did you make a reservation? *注意时态
Yes, I have/did. No, I'm a drop in.不,我是路过的。
12、Where can I wash my hands?请问洗手间在哪里?
13、Our office is with convenient traffic.我们办公室交通很便利。 *尽量用最简单的表达方式。
Come to my office in your convenience.方便的时候到我这里来一下。
Are you free to talk?现在说话方便么?
14、Do you have access to Internet?你能上网么?
I go web-surfing everyday.我每天上网。
15、How to prepare for a trip?
*The Game Theory博弈论
16、pay付钱 I'll cover it.我来付钱
17、repay the debt还贷,还信用卡 return捡到东西归还
18、pick up sb.迎接 e.g. I see you off at the airport. 送别
19、local food 当地的食物
20、instant noodles方便面
21、to walk against the traffic lights闯红灯
22、local flavor土特产
23、ATM=Auto Teller Machine Teller 柜员,出纳
24、kingsize room大床房
25、reimbursement claim报销

Monday, August 4, 2008

Etymology Class

*前缀改变词义,后缀改变词性。
1、care (n.)
care (v.)
careful (adj.) carefully (adv.) 后缀
carer (n.) 看护 后缀
ultracareful 十分仔细的 overcareful 过分仔细的 前缀
2、book (v.) 预定 (n.) 登记在册
booker (n.) 记账先生
bookish (adj.) 书呆子的 bookishness (n.) 书生气的样子
rebook (v.) 重新预定 overbook (v.) 多预订
3、v. +ing (adj.) 形容人 v. +ed (adj.) 形容事情
4、dis - not, do the opposite of
e.g. like-dislike color-discolor 脱色
5、in/il(l......)/ir(r......)/im(b,p,m......) =un -not
e.g. literate(识字的)-illiterate(文盲) legitimate(嫡生的)-illegitimate(私生的) relevant-irrelevant(跑题的,不相关的) balance-imbalance mature-immature(不成熟的) pratical-impratical
6、anti - against, opposite to, back
e.g. antibody(抗体) antibiotics(抗生素) antirevolutionary(反革命) Anti-Japanese Ivasion(抗日战争) antifreeze(防冻的)
7、counter - against, opposite to, back
e.g. clockwise(顺时针)-counterclockwise/ anticlockwise(逆时针) counter strike(“CS")
8、mal -/mis - badly, wrongly mal- 多用于医学用语,科技词汇 e.g. malware电脑恶意软件,病毒
e.g. spell-misspell pronounce-mispronounce
9、de - down, remove
e.g. plane-deplane(下机) rail-derail(脱轨) escalator(自动扶梯) escalat(逐级上升)-deescalat(逐级下降) head-dehead(斩首,去头) skin-deskin(去皮 peel) bone-debone(去骨的, deboned chicken) ice-deice(化霜) face-deface(毁容) fat-defat(消脂)
10、ex- out, former
e.g. wife-exwife
11、fore - before, in advance
e.g. cast-forecast warn-forewarn attack-foreattack(先发制人) head-forehead deck-foredeck
12、inter - between, among
e.g. marry-intermarry(通婚) interprovincial shuttle(省际班车) interstate network(州际公路) interface(界面)
13、mid - middle
e.g. midway *中途岛
14、post - after
e.g. post quake reconstruction(震后重建) post 1990's(90后)
15、sub - under, secondary
e.g. zero-subzero(零下,口语中零下几度,仍然用minus health-subhealth(亚健康) culture-subculture(亚文化) Sub-prime mortgage loan crisis(次贷危机)
16、uni- 独/bi - 两个/ tri -三个/multi- 多/mono- 独,单一
e.g. monodrama(独角戏) monolingual(只会一国语言的) dialogue-monologue