Online Class Notes (Nemo) [W]

Writing exercise

is the day I hav togo to school, I like school, do you know why I like school so much? First of all I can make many friends there, secend we play many fun game at PE class thats why. We have art class, PE, Chinese, English and math my favorite class is art class because I like to draw
P.S. my kindergarten friend is Rabicka, but when we have to go to school I am in class 4 and  Rabicka is in class 8

today is the day I have to go to school, I like school, do you know why I like school so much? First of all, I can make many friends there, second, we play many fun games in our PE class that’s why. We have many subjects, art class, PE, Chinese, English and math. My favorite class is art class because I like to draw
P.S. my kindergarten friend is called Rabicka, but when we were started going  to school I got into class 4 and  Rabicka is in class 8

Vocabulary

roll your eyes-to move your eyes upwards as a way of showing that you are annoyed or bored after someone has done or said something
(表示恼火或厌烦)翻白眼

Tear mark

outrun (v): to move faster or further than someone or something
比…跑得快(或远)
The men easily outran the police officer who was chasing them.
小偷跑得很快,轻而易举地甩掉了追赶他们的警察。

wooded (adj): covered with trees
长有树木的
wooded hills
长有树木的小山
The police found a vital clue to the girl’s disappearance in a wooded area near her home.
警方在失踪女孩家附近的树林里发现了重要线索。

coast (n): the land next to or close to the sea
海岸;沿海地区
Rimini is a thriving resort on the east coast of Italy.
里米尼是意大利东海岸一个繁华的度假胜地。
The accident happened three miles off the coast (= in the sea three miles from land).
事故发生在距离海岸3英里的海域。
We spent a week by/on the coast (= by the sea).
我们在海滨度过了一个星期。

marsupial (n): a type of mammal from Australasia or South or Central America that is not completely developed when it is born and is carried around in a pouch (= a body part like a pocket) on the mother’s body, where it is fed and protected until it is completely developed
有袋(目)动物
Marsupials include koalas, possums, and kangaroos.
有袋目动物包括树袋熊、袋貂和袋鼠。

habitat (n): the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives
(动植物的)生长地,栖息地
With so many areas of woodland being cut down, a lot of wildlife is losing its natural habitat.
大片林地被砍伐,很多野生动物在失去它们的天然栖息地。

territory (n): an area that an animal or person tries to control or thinks belongs to them
(某一动物或人想控制的)领地;地盘
The robin keeps other birds off that part of the garden – that’s his territory.
这只知更鸟不许其他鸟儿进入花园的那块地方,那是它的领地。

Pronunciation

marsupial /mɑːrˈsuː.pi.əl/

eucalyptus /ˌjuː.kəlˈɪp.təs/

koala- /koʊˈɑː.lə/