Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

This Friday my daughter will start her new semester so I’ll take to her to the kindergarten. She will communicate with her teacher, I read her couple of stories about a kindergarten. We practice how to talk with her teacher. I’m a little sad. She’s a very active, independent child, she wants to try everything by herself, she likes to express her ideas and feelings, so she’s good at communicating with other people, she’s very friendly to others but now she likes to play with herself or someone she knows, she’s a little shy to/with the strangers

This Friday my daughter will start her kindergarten, so I’ll take to her to the kindergarten. I read her couple of stories about a kindergarten. We practice how to talk with her teacher. I’m a little bit lost. She’s a very active, independent child, she wants to try everything by herself/, she likes to express her ideas and feelings, so she’s good at communicating with other people, she’s very friendly to others but now she likes to play with herself/on her own or someone she knows, she’s a little bit shy to/with the strangers.

Vocabulary

semester (n): one of the periods into which a year is divided at a college or university, especially in the US and Australia
（尤指美国和澳大利亚大学的）学期
the first/second semester
第一／第二学期
the spring/fall semester
春季／秋季学期

aware (adj): knowing that something exists, or having knowledge or experience of a particular thing
意识到的；明白的；知道的
I wasn’t even aware that he was ill.
我都不知道他生病了。
Were you aware of the risks at the time?
你当时意识到危险了吗？
She was well (= very) aware that he was married.
她很清楚他已结婚了。

softly (adj): gently
温柔地，轻柔地
She speaks softly but usually gets her own way.
她说起话来轻声细语，但通常以自己的见解行事。

refuse to play with….

do you know how to drive a car

the wheel-a steering wheel (= a wheel inside a vehicle that the driver turns to make the vehicle go in a particular direction)
（车辆的）方向盘
Keep your hands on the wheel!
手不要离开方向盘！
I never feel safe with Richard at/behind the wheel (= driving).
理查德开车我就从没有放过心。
Do you think you could take the wheel (= drive) for a couple of hours?
你能不能来开几个小时车？

steer (v): to control the direction of a vehicle
驾驶（交通工具）；掌方向盘
She carefully steered the car around the potholes.
她小心地驾驶汽车绕过那些坑洞。
This car is very easy to steer.
这辆车很容易开。

entire (adj): whole or complete, with nothing missing
全部的；整个的；完全的；完整的
Between them they ate an entire cake.
他们两个吃了整整一个蛋糕。
He’d spent the entire journey asleep.
他整个旅程都在睡觉。
They got an entire set of silver cutlery as a wedding present.
他们收到了一件结婚礼物，是一整套银质餐具。

talkative (adj): talking a lot
爱说话的，健谈的；多嘴的
She’s a lively, talkative person.
她是个活泼健谈的人。