美国城市纳什维尔与大奥普里、学校筹款活动及文化词汇.pdfVIP

TOPICS

Americancities:Nashville;GrandOleOpry,schoolfundraisers,toholdontoyour

hat,tobeputinside,ablow-by-blowaccount

GLOSSARY

HallofFame–amuseumoralistofnameshonoringthepeoplewhohavedone

somethingverywell

*TheProFootballHallofFameisinCanton,Ohioandhasinformationabout

America’sbestprofessionalfootballyers.

tobeinductedinto(agroupororganization)–tobeacceptedintoagroup;to

participateinaceremonywhenreceivinganewjoborposition

*Thetop10%ofthestudentswereinductedintotheschool’shonorsociety.

dialect–aformofthelanguage,usuallyusedinaparticulararea,with

differencesthatincludepronunciation,vocabulary,andotherthings

*IntheUnitedStates,thedialectspokenbysomeNewYorkersisverydifferent

fromthedialectspokenbypeopleinGeorgia.

fund-raiser(orfundraiser)–aneventthatisheldtoearnmoneyforaprojector

organization;aneventthatpeoplepaymoneytoparticipatein,knowingthatthe

moneywillbeusedbyaspecificgroup

*TheParent-TeacherAssociationissellingsasafund-raisertobuymore

sportsequipmentfortheschool.

funds–moneythatwillbeusedforaspecificpurpose;moneythatcanbespent

*Thelibrarydoesn’thaveenoughfundstobuynewbooksthisyear.

raffle–adrawing;awaytoearnmoneyforaprojectororganization,where

peoplebuysmallpiecesofpaperwithnumbersonthem,sothatthepiecesof

paperareputinalargecontainerand,ifone’snumberischosen,onewinsa

prize

*Felinaboughta$2ticketintheraffleandwonanewTV!

togrowweary–tobecometired;tobeboredortohavelittlepatiencefor

something

*After16hoursinthebus,Vickygrewwearyoftraveling.