Weekly Focus - Useful Words

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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	climb		爬山	Don taught Shawn how to climb.
2	coaching	teaching	训练	Don is coaching Shawn and his friends.
3	helmet		头盔	Shawn wears a helmet to protect his head.
4	knot		结	The boys tie a knot in the rope.
5	rope		绳索	You should always have a rope when climbing.
6	washroom		洗手间	Excuse me, where is the washroom?
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	city boy	A boy who loves the city	惯于在城市生活的男孩	Lex is a city boy. He has never been camping in the countryside before.
2	grip	Hold very tight	紧握	You must grip the rock when you are climbing so you don't fall.
3	harness		系带	The harness stops the students from falling.
4	PJs	Another word for pyjamas; clothes you wear to sleep in	睡衣	Shawn says there is no need to change into PJs.
5	rock face		垂直的石头表面	You need ropes to climb the rock face.
6	stitches		缝线	The boy cut his finger and had to have ten stitches in it.
7	tiptoe		踮起脚走路	Tiptoe so you don't wake the baby.
8	tug o' war		拔河	The heavier team won the school tug o'war competition.
9	waterfall		瀑布	Waterfall Bay in Aberdeen is a small but beautiful beach.
10	wilderness	The countryside in its natural state	荒野	There are no shops in the wilderness, only nature.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	belay	Fixing a rope around something so the climber is safe	将绳索系绕于石上以固定之	Belaying stops the climber from falling.
2	low risk	Quite safe	低危险程度	Hiking in Hong Kong is a low risk activity.
3	roughing it	Living in very basic conditions	过简单不很舒适的生活	Shawn is roughing it at the campsite with no toilet.
4	tent buddy	Someone who shares a tent with you	帐篷密友	Shawn likes his tent buddy because he does not disturb him when he is asleep.
5	top roping	Climbing with a rope fixed all the way to the top and back down to the bottom so it is safe	全程将绳索系绕山顶再爬回山脚	Shawn is trying top roping because it is the safest way to climb.
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