day 45subjects and exams

subjects and exams

Talk about subjects, exams and credits, and say you did something on purpose with 刻意, 有意 and 特地.

today’s words

• 難題 nántí · difficult problem, tough question
• 學科 xuékē · (school) subject, discipline
• 語文 yǔwén · language (as a subject); language skills
• 實踐 shíjiàn · put into practice; practice
• 口頭 kǒutóu · oral, verbal
• 示範 shìfàn · demonstrate, show how
• 書面 shūmiàn · written, in writing
• 勤奮 qínfèn · hard-working, diligent
• 講座 jiǎngzuò · lecture, talk (series)
• 語法 yǔfǎ · grammar
• 考生 kǎoshēng · exam candidate
• 學分 xuéfēn · (course) credit
• 學年 xuénián · school year, academic year
• 試卷 shìjuàn · exam paper, test paper
• 有意 yǒuyì · intend to, be inclined to; on purpose
• 陰影 yīnyǐng · shadow; lasting scar (on the mind)
• 欄 lán · column, box (in a form or paper)
• 動態 dòngtài · latest news, updates; trends
• 衡量 héngliáng · weigh up, measure, judge
• 開啟 kāiqǐ · open; start (written)
• 現今 xiànjīn · nowadays, these days
• 刻意 kèyì · deliberately, on purpose
• 隱約 yǐnyuē · faintly, vaguely

sentences

• 他刻意不提考試的事，怕我緊張。 · He deliberately didn’t mention the exam, so I wouldn’t get nervous.
• 我有意報名明年的華語測驗。 · I’m thinking of signing up for next year’s Chinese test.
• 一次考試不能衡量一個人的語文能力。 · One exam can’t measure a person’s language ability.
• 書面的中文跟口頭的中文差別很大。 · Written Chinese is very different from spoken Chinese.
• 老師特地為我們示範了一次。 · The teacher went out of her way to show us once.