Weekly Focus - Useful Words

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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	castle		城堡, 堡垒	The castle was more than 500 years old.
2	drama	The art of acting	戏剧	Adrianne has never studied drama before, but she hopes she will be a good actress.
3	sunglasses		太阳眼镜	The sun was so bright, I had to put my sunglasses on so I could see.
4	tongue		舌头	The students learn to use their tongues to speak better.
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	a feast		盛宴	Adrianne's mother cooked a Thai feast as a goodbye dinner.
2	backyard		后院	Adrianne has a swimming pool in her backyard.
3	certificate		证书	The student got a certificate for taking part in the speech competition.
4	challenging	Difficult	具挑战性	The drama projects are challenging, but fun.
5	double-decker bus		双层巴士	You can see more of the city if you sit on the top deck of the double-decker bus.
6	jig		吉格舞	Adrianne and her friends watch a girl dance a jig.
7	monologue	A speech by one person	独白	Adrianne has to prepare a monologue for a drama project.
8	nutcase	A crazy, funny person	疯狂的或古怪的人	She is always telling jokes and making us laugh; she's a nutcase.
9	on campus	The grounds of a university	大学或学院的校园	The students are staying on campus at University College Dublin.
10	pied piper	A story about a man whom all the children followed whenever he played his pipe	能使人著迷而追随他左右的人 、诱拐者	The Irish musicians are like the students' pied pipers.
11	spontaneous	Natural, without thinking	自发的,自然的	The teacher wants the students to be spontaneous when they act.
12	wimp	Nickname for someone who is not strong	懦弱的人,窝囊	The boys couldn't carry the box. They're all wimps.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	an incredible cook	A very, very good cook	了不起的厨师	Adrianne's mother always cooks delicious food for her family; she's an incredible cook.
2	bodhran	A goatskin drum	一种用山羊皮造的鼓	The musician says the bodhran sounds like dancing feet.
3	claddagh ring		一种爱尔兰的介指，刻有一颗心、 一顶皇冠和一对手，象征爱、忠诚和友谊	Lots of people wear claddagh rings in Dublin.
4	Gaelic	The language of Ireland and some parts of Scotland and Wales	盖尔语(爱尔兰和苏格兰的)	The street signs in Dublin are in Gaelic and English.
5	traditional musical instruments		传统乐器	The Irish harp is one of the traditional musical instruments the students hear.
6	uilleann pipes		一套沿于爱尔兰的笛	The students like listening to the uilleann pipes in the pub.
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