Online Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

One day, a little boy named Jack was at school. Jack always said that he is the best. So he didn’t even learn that much. But one day a girl in the classroom named Summer was much better then Jack and best of all Summer didn’t even said that she is the best so she works even harder and harder until one day she is going to be the best children in the whole school.

One day, a little boy named Jack was at school. Jack would always say that he is the best. So he didn’t even study that much. But, one day his classmate named Summer was much better than Jack, and best of all was that Summer had never even said that she was the best.  She continued working hard and one day she became  the  best child/student in the whole school

Can there be more than one top student in a school?

Vocabulary

genre (n): a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics
（尤指艺术的）风格，类型，体裁
What genre does the book fall into – comedy or tragedy?
这本书属于什么体裁——喜剧还是悲剧？
a literary/musical/film genre
文学体裁／音乐风格／电影类型

science fiction (n): books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space travel or other planets
科幻小说；科幻电影；科幻卡通片
a science-fiction novel/story
科幻小说／故事

improve (v): to (cause something to) get better
改进，改善
He did a lot to improve conditions for factory workers.
他为改善工厂工人的工作条件做了许多工作。
I thought the best way to improve my French was to live in France.
我认为提高我的法语的最好办法是在法国生活。

bear with somebody-to be patient and wait while someone does something
耐心等候…；容忍…
If you’ll just bear with me for a moment, I’ll find you a copy of the drawings.
请你稍等我一会儿，我去给你找一份这些图样的副本。

modest (adj): not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements
谦虚的，谦逊的
He’s very modest about his achievements.
他对自己的成就很谦虚。

exaggerate (v): to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
夸张；夸大；对…言过其实
The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
遭受袭击的威胁被过分夸大了。
Don’t exaggerate – it wasn’t that expensive.
不要言过其实——没有那么贵。

than-used to join two parts of a comparison
比
My son is a lot taller than my daughter.
我的儿子比女儿高得多。
You always walk faster than I do!
你总是走得比我快！
You’re earlier than usual.
你比平时早。

Pronunciation

exaggerate/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt