day 25back to school

back to school

Talk about school, classes and the things in your school bag, and say “everyone”, “nothing” and “nowhere”.

today’s words

• 班级 bānjí · class (a group of students)
• 年级 niánjí · year, grade (at school)
• 初中 chūzhōng · junior high school
• 学期 xuéqī · term, semester
• 校园 xiàoyuán · campus, school grounds
• 校长 xiàozhǎng · head teacher, principal
• 放学 fàngxué · to finish school (for the day)
• 迟到 chídào · to be late
• 黑板 hēibǎn · blackboard
• 铅笔 qiānbǐ · pencil
• 笔记 bǐjì · notes
• 笔记本 bǐjìběn · notebook; laptop
• 课本 kèběn · textbook
• 课文 kèwén · text (of a lesson)
• 字典 zìdiǎn · character dictionary
• 词典 cídiǎn · dictionary (of words)
• 纸 zhǐ · paper
• 页 yè · page (measure word)

sentences

• 妹妹今年上初中一年级。 · Xiaoming’s little sister is starting her first year of junior high this year.
• 新学期开始了，谁都不想迟到。 · The new term has started, and nobody wants to be late.
• 我们的校长好像什么都知道。 · Our head teacher seems to know everything.
• 放学以后我哪儿也不去，就在家看书。 · After school I’m not going anywhere; I’m staying home to read.
• 请打开课本，看第十页的课文。 · Please open your textbooks and look at the text on page 10.