Weekly Focus - Useful Words

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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	crab		螃蟹	I think crabs are tastier than lobsters.
2	deer		鹿	The deer at Pearson College are not afraid of people.
3	mask		面具	The girls wear masks when they dive so they can see clearly underwater.
4	rope		繩	Climbing up the rope was really hard.
5	slug		蛞蝓,鼻涕蟲	The black slug sticks to the girl's hand.
6	spit		吐口水	Casey spits in her mask to clean it.
7	starfish		海星	There are a lot of different starfish under the water.
8	whale		鯨魚	Whales are the biggest animals in the sea.
9	wildlife	Wild animals and plants	野生動植物	Casey loves waking up and seeing the wildlife, especially the deer
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	diversity	A range of different types	多樣性、差異	The girls like the diversity of wildlife in British Columbia, as they can see so many kinds of animals and insects.
2	diving gear	Things needed for diving	潛水裝置、配備	Casey has remembered to bring her diving gear.
3	ecosystem	Animals and plants in a place	生態系統	Tourists come to see the ecosystem at Mai Po marshes.
4	microscope		顯微鏡	Casey looked at an insect under a microscope to see it in more detail.
5	scuba diving		潛水	Sai Kung is a good place to go scuba diving in Hong Kong.
6	weightless	Having no weight	無重力的、無重量的	Underwater, the divers float easily and feel weightless.
7	wetsuit		潛水衣	The girls put on their wetsuits to go diving.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	a big chicken	Very scared of things	膽小鬼,懦夫	Casey said she was a big chicken, because she was scared of everything about this trip.
2	alien species	An animal that has come from somewhere else	外地的品種	The black slug is an alien species in this part of British Columbia.
3	biocamp	A biology camp	生物學習營	Casey is going to learn about animals and plants at biocamp.
4	buoyant	Able to float or rise in water	可以浮的、有浮力的	The wetsuits make the divers buoyant, so they wear weights around their waists.
5	camouflage	Looking like the surroundings so it is easy to hide	偽裝、掩飾、保護色	The crabs are hard to see in the lake because of their camouflage.
6	predators	An animal which eats other animals	捕食者	The black slug has no natural predators.
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