Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Hi, my name is Leo, I live in Shanghai, China. I live with my parents and my aunt. We live in Changing, Changning is a really nice district, near my home there’s a supermarket and a shopping mall. We can do a lot of things at my home because the home is really big. there are 5 bathrooms and a lot of bedrooms. I love my home. Most of the time I spend in the study and in my bedroom because I can do my homework and playing and reading at night.  I usually eat in the dining room together with my parents. We can sing in the KTV and some important festivals, it’s very happy to do that. My good friends James comes to my home and then my mother who is math teacher teaches us math. When my friends come to visit me we often play mini basketball.

Hi, my name is Leo, I live in Shanghai, China. I live with my parents and my aunt. We live in Changing, Changning is a really nice district. Near my home, there’s a supermarket and a shopping mall. We can do a lot of things at my home because the home is really big. There are 5 bathrooms and a lot of bedrooms. I love my home. Most of the time I spend in the study and in my bedroom because there I can do my homework, play and read at night.  I usually eat in the dining room together with my parents. Sometimes we sing in the KTV room during some important festivals, it makes me very happy to do that. Every Thursday, my good friend James comes to my home and then my mother who is a math teacher teaches us math. When my friends come to visit me we often play mini basketball.

Vocabulary

household (n): a group of people, often a family, who live together
一家人，一户，家庭
By the 1960s, most households had a TV.
到20世纪60年代，绝大多数家庭都拥有了电视。
household chores
家务
household expenses
家庭开支
household waste
家庭垃圾

chore (n): a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly
日常琐事；杂务；乏味的例行工作
I’ll go shopping when I’ve done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house).
我把家务琐事干完后要去购物。
I find writing reports a real chore (= very boring).
我觉得写报告真是件烦人的事。

district (n): an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas
区，区域
the business district of New York
纽约的商业区
the Lake District/the Peak District
湖区／峰区

paper (n): a set of printed questions for an exam
考卷
Students must answer two questions from each paper

surface area (n): the area of a surface or of all of the outer surfaces of something
（物体的）表面积
the surface area of a cube
一个立方体的表面积

area noun (MEASURE)
the size of a flat surface calculated by multiplying its length by its width
面积
the area of a rectangle
长方形的面积
Meadow Farm is 50 square kilometres in area.
“绿地农庄”面积50平方公里。.

shape (n): an arrangement that is formed by joining lines together in a particular way or by the line or lines around its outer edge
图形
a round/square/circular/oblong shape
圆／方／环／长方形
A triangle is a shape with three sides.
三角形是有3条边的图形。

geometric body

几何体

geometric shape

几何形状

rectangle (n): a flat shape with four 90° angles and four sides, with opposite sides of equal length
长方形；矩形
Examples
The area of a rectangle is its height times its width.
The rectangle is 5 cm long and 1.9 cm wide.

calculate (v): to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers
算，计算
The cost of the damage caused by the recent storms has been calculated as/at over £5 million.
据计算，近期风暴造成的损失超过了500万英镑。

width (n): the distance across something from one side to the other
宽度；广度
It is five metres in width.
它的宽度是5米。
The needle is seven times smaller than the width of a human hair.
这根针的粗细只有人的头发的1/7。

formula (n): a mathematical rule expressed in a set of numbers and letters
公式，方程式
He developed a formula for calculating the area of a triangle.
他发明了计算三角形面积的公式。