New Headway English Course

*Quebec City is the Capital of Quebec province. It is on the St. Lawrence
River in eastern Canada. 95% of populations speak French as their first
language. However, many people still speak English also.
* Guangdong province is the southern China.

1. dormitory /n/= Hall of residence /n/ : a large room where many people sleep.
2. snowmobile /n/ : it is a small vehicle that travels on the snow or ice.
3. dog-sledding /n/ or dogsled /n/ a vehicle that slides over snow
pulled by dogs, used especially in Canada and Alaska.
4. to be situated on Sth: in a particular place or position
5. view /n/ a personal opinion about sth; an attitude towards sth
see also POINTOFVIEW
6. to be useful /a/ that can help you to do or achieve what you want
7. toy /n/ is an object for children to play with
8. factory /n/ a building or group of buildings where goods are made
8. to employ sb: ~ sb (as sth) to give sb a job to do for payment
see also SELF-EMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED
9. to do overtime = to extra time at work:
10. wage /n/ a regular amount of money that you earn, usually
every week, for work or services
12.competition /n/ a situation in which people or organizations compete
with each other for sth that not everyone can have
14. tobe essential /adj/ =tobe important :
15. marina /n/ a specially designed harbour for small boats and YACHTS
16. boss /n/ a person who is in charge of other people at work and tells them what to do
17. to hurt /v/ to cause physical pain to sb/yourself; to injure sb/yourself
18. fashion buyer/n/ : 1. a person who buys sth, especially sth expensive
2. a person whose job is to choose goods that will be sold in a large shop/store

Tales of Two Cities
19. to divide sth into sth /v/ to separate into different parts
20. manicure /n/ treatment to make your hands and fingernails look attractive
21. pearl /n/ a small, hard, round, white object that grows inside the
shell of a type of shellfish (an oyster). Pearls are used to make jewellery
22. Contact lenses /n/ a small piece of plastic that fits onto your eye to help
you to see better
23. to act the part = to play the role ( here, play the role of being English)
24. to sip a glass of wine = to drink, taking only a very small amount of wine
into your mouth at a time
25. to drink a pint of beer = In the UK, a pint is equal to 0.57 Litres.
26. a trendy bar = a fashionable and modern bar.
27. a local pub = a traditional pub which is close to where you live.
28. to share a roof top flat = to live with other people in a flat at the top
of a high-rise building with access to the roof.
29. to live in a city centre loft = a loft is a room or fat at the top of a block of flats.
30. distance /n/ the amount of space between two places or things
31. door-to-door : (from) house to house
32. advantage /n/ something that helps you or that will bring you a good result
33. exhausted /adj/ very tired = exhausting /adj/ very tiring
34. colleague /n/ a person who works at the same place as you
35. glamorous /adj/ especially attractive and exciting, and different
from ordinary things or people