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day 103glass, quilts and sheets

unit 16 · house & home

    glass, quilts and sheets

    Sort the recycling, talk about quilts, sheets and glass, and react to surprises with 居然.

    today’s words

    • 剪刀 jiǎndāo · scissors
    • 玻璃 bōlí · glass
    • 回收 huíshōu · recycle; recycling
    • 被子 bèizi · quilt, duvet
    • 光線 guāngxiàn · light (in a room)
    • 建築 jiànzhú · building, architecture; build
    • 握 wò · grip, hold (in the hand)
    • 床單 chuángdān · bed sheet
    • 扇子 shànzi · (hand) fan
    • 場所 chǎngsuǒ · place, venue
    • 拆 chāi · take apart, tear open
    • 澆 jiāo · water (plants), pour on
    • 居然 jūrán · to my surprise, actually
    • 嚴 yán · strict, tight
    • 原則 yuánzé · principle
    • 紫 zǐ · purple
    • 比例 bǐlì · proportion, ratio
    • 沉 chén · sink; heavy

    sentences

    • 他居然把十年前的電影票都留著! · He’s actually kept his film tickets from ten years ago!
    • 用剪刀的時候,要握好。 · Hold scissors firmly when you use them.
    • 紙箱要先拆開,再拿去回收。 · Flatten the cardboard boxes before you put them out for recycling.
    • 我每天早上給花澆水。 · I water the flowers every morning.
    • 臺灣回收的比例很高。 · Taiwan recycles a very high share of its rubbish.