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Weekly Focus - Useful Words & Phrases


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We can see ...
  We can see... Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 bug bites n 蟲咬 I got bug bites on my legs after walking in long grass. Listen
2 conch n 貝殼 Conches are nice to look at but horrible to eat! Listen
3 hermit crab n
寄居蟹 If hermit crabs get too big, they have to move to another shell. Listen
4 iguana n 蜥蝪 Iguanas are a type of lizard. They're popular pets in America. Listen
5 reptile n a type of animal, like a snake, crocodile, turtle or lizard 爬蟲類 The Yuen Long crocodile is the most famous reptile in Hong Kong. Listen
6 scratch n or v 搔、抓 Be careful! You could scratch yourself on the coral. Listen
7 shellfish
n
貝類海產 I like eating most types of seafood but not shellfish. It looks dirty. Listen
8 sting n or v 刺痛 I was stung by a jelly fish and a bee today! Listen
9 sunburnt adj
曬黑 I was swimming in the sea all afternoon and got sunburnt. Listen
10 tent n 帳篷 We'd never camped before so it took us two hours to put up the tent! Listen

 

People said...
  People said... Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 a bunch of strangers phr a group of people you don't know 一群陌生人 I don't like going on tours. You're on holiday with a bunch of strangers! Listen
2 enthusiastic about something phr like doing something 對某些事情或
主意感興趣
I can't get enthusiastic about the school holidays because I have lots of homework to do. Listen
3 get to know each other phr become acquainted 跟某人認識 I didn't know anyone in my new class but we got to know each other in the first term. Listen
4 make everyone laugh phr be funny 引人發笑 My classmate made everyone laugh when she made fun of our Maths teacher. Listen
5 No kidding!
phr
Are you serious?
Is that true?
真的嗎? There was a fire in our school! No kidding! Listen
6 she opened up phr v she became more talkative and friendly 暢談 、
話就多起來了
Our new classmate was shy at first but she opened up after a few weeks. Listen
7 social adj mix with other people, friendly 好交際的、
合群的
My parents are very social. They have lots of friends.

Listen

8 the quiet type phr a person who doesn't talk to others much 文靜的人 She's the quiet type. She just wants to sit in her room and listen to her CD player. Listen
9 This is paradise! phr a perfect place 理想或完美的地方 Our hotel has three swimming pools, a cinema and lots of space. This is paradise! Listen
10 hit it off id quickly became good friends 與某人關係良好、
很快成為好朋友
My brother has a new girlfriend. They met at university and hit it off straight away. Listen

Useful Words & Phrases (.doc)

Words and Phrases Practice

Guide:    
adj - adjective
adv - adverb
id - idiom
n - noun
phr - phrase
phr v - phrasal verb
prep - preposition
pron - pronoun
v - verb
   

 

 

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