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  5. day 77

day 77this semester

unit 11 · school & work

    this semester

    Talk about the school year and holidays, and say how long you are off.

    today’s words

    • 學期 xuéqí · semester, term
    • 放假 fàngjià · have a holiday, be off
    • 春假 chūnjià · spring break
    • 暑假 shǔjià · summer holiday
    • 寒假 hánjià · winter holiday
    • 假 jià · holiday, time off
    • 畢業 bìyè · graduate
    • 國小 guóxiǎo · primary school (Taiwan)
    • 中學 zhōngxué · secondary school
    • 學院 xuéyuàn · college, faculty
    • 大學生 dàxuéshēng · university student
    • 教授 jiàoshòu · professor
    • 室友 shìyǒu · roommate, flatmate

    sentences

    • 美玲是我的室友,也是大學生。 · Meiling is my flatmate, and she’s a university student.
    • 暑假我們放兩個月的假。 · We get two months off in the summer.
    • 春假只放四天假。 · Spring break is only four days.
    • 美玲明年就畢業了。 · Meiling graduates next year.
    • 在臺灣,國小六年,中學六年。 · In Taiwan it’s six years of primary school and six of secondary.