Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Homework

For homework write a short story about your recent visit to the aquarium.

Writing exercise

The horse is chasing me, I am chasing the horse.

The Sun is chasing the Moon, the Moon is chasing the Sun.

Amy is chasing Jack, Jack is chasing Amy

The cow is chasin me, I’m chasing the cow.

Vocabulary

border (n): the line that divides one country from another
国境;边界;边境
Were you stopped at the border?
你在边界被拦住了吗?
The train crosses the border between France and Spain.
火车穿过法国和西班牙之间的边界。

chat (v): to talk to someone in a friendly informal way
闲谈,聊天,闲聊
She spends hours on the phone chatting to her friends.
她会花上几个小时跟朋友电话聊天。
We were just chatting about what we did last weekend.
我们正在聊上个周末做了些什么。

aquarium (n): a glass container in which fish and other water creatures can be kept
养鱼缸;水族玻璃槽;水族箱

a building, usually open to the public, that holds many aquariums
(通常指对公众开放的)水族馆

A mother carries a baby in her tummy

gill (n): the organ through which fish and other water creatures breathe
(鱼等水生动物的)鳃

sailor (n): a person who works on a ship, especially one who is not an officer
水手,船员
My cousin works as a sailor.
My cousin is a sailor.