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Weekly Focus - Useful Words

Level - Easy
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 car crash
verb = to crash noun = a crash
撞车 The car crashed because it was going too fast. Listen
2 flashlight 手电筒 It's dark! Do you have a flashlight? Listen
3 notes You write these during lessons 笔记 I missed the lesson. Do you have the notes? Listen
4 sneeze
verb = to sneeze
noun = a sneeze
打喷嚏 I wore a mask in case I sneezed in class. Listen

 

Level - Medium
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 acting strange Behaving unusually 做出古怪的行为 Lana has been acting strange all day. Listen
2 afraid of heights
You don't like to be up high 畏高 I don't go out to our balcony because I'm afraid of heights. Listen
3 a coma Very sick people who look like they are sleeping 昏迷 He went into a coma after the car crash. Listen
4 a cure Something that can stop an illness 药物,疗法 There isn't a cure for AIDS. Listen
5 extinct No longer seen on earth 绝种 Tigers will be extinct if people keep killing them. Listen
6 grab 抢夺 A thief grabbed my handbag and ran away! Call the police! Listen
7 infect Make others ill 感染 People with flu wear masks to stop others being infected.

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8 my feelings How I feel 我的感受 Clark hasn't told Lana his true feelings for her. Listen
9 relationship Two people who know each other well have a relationship 关系 Clark and Chloe have a close relationship but they are not boyfriend and girlfriend. Listen
10 symptoms Signs of an illness 症状 The symptoms of SARS are a dry cough and fever. Listen
11 What's the matter? What's wrong? 有什么事? Is he crying? What's the matter with him? Listen
12 windmill 风车 Holland is famous for its windmills. Listen

 

Level - Hard
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 screw up Make everything bad, do something wrongly 把事情弄糟了 Jonathan Kent would have screwed up his life if he had shot the bank manager. Listen
2 settlers People who first came to a place. Used to talk about English who came to America 殖民者 The first settlers from England came to America in 1620. Listen
3 sweetheart Husbands and wives often call each other this name in America, like darling 亲爱的 Sweetheart, you look ill. You should lie down. Listen
4 You're kidding! You're joking! 你是在开玩笑吧! You want me to sing and dance in the assembly! You're kidding! Listen

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