Part Eight: August - The Drop-Off
ceremony
/ˈserəmoʊni/
an important social or religious event, when a traditional set of actions is performed in a formal way
典礼，仪式
a wedding ceremony
婚礼
campus
/ˈkæmpəs/
the land and buildings of a university or college, including the buildings where students live
（大学或学院的）校园
Most first-year students live on campus.
大部分一年级学生都住在校园里。
gown
/ɡaʊn/
a long dress that a woman wears on formal occasions
女礼服
gel
/dʒel/
a thick wet substance that is used in beauty or cleaning products
（美容或清洁产品中的）凝胶，冻胶
hair gel
发胶shower gel
沐浴露
visor
/ˈvaɪzər/
a small piece of plastic, etc. inside the front window of a car that can be pulled down to protect the driver's eyes from the sun
（汽车内挡风玻璃上方的）遮阳板
wheels
a car
At last he had his own wheels.
他终于有了自己的汽车。
smile/grin from ear to ear
to be smiling a lot because you are very pleased about sth
眉开眼笑；笑得合不拢嘴
spiffy
/ˈspɪfi/
very neat, attractive, and fashionable
matter-of-fact
adjective
showing no emotion when you are talking about something exciting, frightening, upsetting etc
Use a matter-of-fact tone when disciplining your children.
管教孩子时语气要就事论事。
revelation
/ˌrevəˈleɪʃn/
a surprising fact about someone or something that was previously secret and is now made known
He resigned after revelations about his affair.
clumsy
/ˈklʌmzi/
a clumsy action or statement is said or done carelessly or badly, and likely to upset someone
（行为或说话）笨拙的，不得体的
David made a clumsy attempt to comfort us.
戴维笨嘴拙舌地安慰我们。
squint
/skwɪnt/
to look at something with your eyes partly closed in order to see better
眯起眼睛看
Stop squinting at the screen – put your glasses on.
别眯着眼睛看屏幕——把眼镜戴上。
tear - tore - torn
verb
撕裂；撕碎；扯破
laundry
/ˈlɔːndri/
-
clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have just been washed
a pile of dirty laundry
一堆待洗的脏衣服She did the laundry and hung it out to dry.
她洗了衣服，然后挂出去晾干。 a place or business where clothes etc are washed and ironed
洗衣房；洗衣店
greedy
/ˈɡriːdi/
always wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need
Have you eaten them all, you greedy pig?
The shareholders are greedy for profit.
at the top of your lungs
extremely loudly
She shouted his name at the top of her lungs, but there was no answer.
crack up
to laugh a lot at something, or to make someone laugh a lot
She’s so funny. She cracks me up.
她很有趣，逗得我捧腹大笑。
roll a window down
to open a car window
He rolled down his car window and started shouting at them.
他摇下车窗，朝他们大声喊起来。
ignition
/ɪɡˈnɪʃn/
the electrical part of a vehicle’s engine that makes it start working
（汽车引擎的）点火装置
pull away
to start to drive away from a place where you had stopped
开始驶离，开走
He waved as he pulled away.
他开走的时候挥了挥手。
pass sth along to sb
to tell someone something that another person has told you
That's good news – I'll pass it along to the rest of the team.
