Weekly Focus - Useful Words

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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	accident n		意外	My bus was late because there was an accident. Two cars crashed into each other.
2	cousin n	the children of your aunts and uncles	堂兄弟姊妹、表兄弟姊妹	My mother and father don't have any brothers or sisters, so I don't have any cousins.
3	Indonesia n	a country in Asia	印尼	Have you been to Bali? It's a beautiful island in Indonesia.
4	Spanish adj	from Spain	西班牙语、西班牙的	A lot of Americans speak Spanish, because many Mexicans emigrate to the US.
5	junk food n		零食	I never eat junk food. I hate hamburgers and French fries.
6	lip n		嘴唇	I cut my lip playing basketball. It hurts to eat!
7	rice pudding n		大米布丁	I don't like rice pudding because I hate milk.
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	bullfighter n		斗牛勇士	A bullfighter is called a "Matador" in Spain.
2	customs n	habits or traditions in a culture	习俗	It's a Chinese custom to give lucky money to people at Chinese New Year.
3	different cultures n	people from other countries with their own ways of living	不同文化	Yesterday, I had Korean food for lunch and Indian food for dinner. Hong Kong has restaurants from so many different cultures!
4	game show n	a TV programme like "Who wants to be a millionaire?"	游戏节目	I love watching game shows on TV. I can answer most of the questions too!
5	hide and seek phr	a game in which someone hides and the other person looks for them.	捉迷藏	I often play hide and seek with my younger brother. He's really good at it and it takes me ages to find him.
6	laugh at v	make fun of in a horrible way	取笑	Everyone laughed at me when I fell off my bike. I felt very stupid.
7	stunts n	tricks or games	特技表演	Did you see that cool stunt on TV last night? A man jumped over a bus on his motorbike!
8	totally adv	very, completely	完全	I totally understand how you feel. I was really sad when my pet died too!
9	translate v	understand one language and explain it in another	翻译	We're going to France for our holiday. My brother speaks French, so he can translate for me.
10	weird adj	very strange	怪异	My best friend and I sometimes know what each other is thinking. It's weird!
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	can of worms id	a problem that will become much bigger when it is known	复杂的问题	The science teacher caught a boy copying his homework. It opened a can of worms because he said lots of students copied their homework.
2	it takes a while phr	a long time	需要多一些时间	It isn't easy to learn a new language well. It takes a while.
3	lose patience with someone phr	stop being calm with someone	对某人失去耐性	I hope you won't lose patience with me. I'm going to be half an hour late.
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