A Little Girl's Diary

1 Living abroad

1.2 Vocabulary Living abroad (Track 1:06)

1. landlord [ˋlænd͵lɔrd](n)房東

2. apartment [əˋpɑrtmənt](n)(一戶)公寓房間【美】

3. through [θru](prep)穿過，通過

4. living room 客廳

5. view(s)[vju](n)景色

6. right [raɪt](adv)正好，恰恰(= exactly in a particular position or place)

7. across [əˋkrɔs](prep)橫越(= from one side of something to the other)

8. harbour [ˋhɑrbɚ](n)海港，港灣

1 Living abroad

1.2 Vocabulary Living abroad (Track 1:05)

1. vocabulary [vəˋkæbjə͵lɛrɪ][countable]字彙，單字集(= all the words in a particular language)

2. conversation [͵kɑnvɚˋseʃən](n)會話(= an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts)

3. bank manager 銀行經理

4. come in 進來

5. sit down 坐下(sit-sat-sat-sitting)

6. account [əˋkaʊnt](n)帳戶(= an arrangement in which a bank keeps your money safe so that you can pay more in or take money out)

￭ open an account 開戶

￭ I've opened an account with Barclay's Bank.

1 Living abroad

1.1 About business Working abroad (Track 1:04)

1. engineering [͵ɛndʒəˋnɪrɪŋ](n) [uncountable]工程技術(= the work involved in designing and building roads, bridges, machines etc)

2. firm [fɝm](n)公司(= a business or company, especially a small one)

3. as part of... 作為...的一部分

4. degree [dɪˋgri](n)[countable]學位

5. petroleum [pəˋtrolɪəm](n) [U]石油

6. near [nɪr](prep)在……附近

7. Munich 慕尼黑(位於德國的城市)

8. at first 最初(= at the beginning)

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1.1 About business Working abroad (Track 1:03)

1. work as  做為

2. medical [ˋmɛdɪk!](adj) 醫療的

■ medical help [uncountable] 醫療幫助

3. natural [ˋnætʃərəl](adj) 自然的

■ natural disasters  自然災害

4. such as 例如

5. drought(s) [draʊt](n)[countable] 乾旱

6. tsunami(s) [tsuˋnɑmi](n)[countable] 海嘯

1 Living abroad

1.1 About business Working abroad (Track 1:02)

1. software [ˋsɔft͵wɛr](n)【電腦】軟體

2. analyst [ˋæn!ɪst](n) 分析者

3. more than 超過

4. half [hæf](n)[countable] 一半，二分之一

•  more than half of each year 超過每一年的二分之一 = 超過半年

5. away from home 遠離家鄉

6. around the world = all over the world 全世界

7. install [ɪnˋstɔl](v) 安裝

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1.1 About business Working abroad (Track 1:01)

• spend-spent-spent [spɛnd] [spɛnt] (v)花費(金錢、時間)
• spend time doing something 花費(時間)做(某事)

• supply [səˋplaɪ] (n)供應品(用複數supplies)
• for [fɔr](prep)為了
• jewellery [ˋdʒuəlrɪ] (uncountable)珠寶(=small things that you wear for decoration, such as rings or necklaces)
• a piece of jewellery一件珠寶
• business [ˋbɪznɪs] (uncountable)生意(= the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services)