day 26hands-on

hands-on

Plan a job together (arrange, stick up, cut, collect) and contrast what you expected with 相反地 (on the contrary).

today’s words

• 安排 ānpái · arrange, plan; arrangement
• 貼 tiē · stick, paste, put up
• 摸 mō · touch, feel (with your hand)
• 碰 pèng · touch, bump
• 剪 jiǎn · cut (with scissors)
• 投 tóu · throw, drop in, post
• 領 lǐng · collect, receive, draw (money)
• 等待 děngdài · wait (for) (formal)
• 抽 chōu · take out, draw; find (time)
• 搞 gǎo · do, mess with (spoken)
• 行動 xíngdòng · action; act, move
• 結 jié · tie; form (ice, fruit)
• 相反 xiāngfǎn · opposite, contrary
• 增加 zēngjiā · increase, add
• 重點 zhòngdiǎn · key point, focus
• 初 chū · beginning (of a period)
• 方式 fāngshì · way, method, manner
• 怪 guài · blame; strange
• 早餐 zǎocān · breakfast

sentences

• 我把搬家的時間安排在週末。 · I’ve set the move for the weekend.
• 今年冬天特別冷，湖上甚至結了冰。 · This winter was so cold that the lake even froze.
• 他把信投進了信箱。 · He dropped the letter in the postbox.
• 我以為房租會增加，相反地，房租減少了。 · I thought the rent would go up; instead, it went down.
• 你搞錯了，搬家是下個星期。 · You’ve got it wrong: the move is next week.