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day 50skipping class

unit 7 · study & language

    skipping class

    Talk about school days, scripts and exam venues, and say you did or saw something in person with 親身 and 實地.

    today’s words

    • 翹課 qiàokè · skip class, cut class
    • 授課 shòukè · teach (classes)
    • 學制 xuézhì · school system, length of study
    • 字樣 zìyàng · words (printed on sth)
    • 獎狀 jiǎngzhuàng · certificate of merit
    • 身教 shēnjiào · teaching by example
    • 助教 zhùjiào · teaching assistant
    • 繁體 fántǐ · traditional characters
    • 簡體 jiǎntǐ · simplified characters
    • 講習 jiǎngxí · workshop, training session
    • 教官 jiàoguān · (school) military instructor
    • 考場 kǎochǎng · exam venue, exam room
    • 算術 suànshù · arithmetic
    • 聽寫 tīngxiě · dictation; write down what you hear
    • 習題 xítí · exercises (in a textbook)
    • 親身 qīnshēn · in person, first-hand
    • 款 kuǎn · model, style (measure word)
    • 垂直 chuízhí · vertical, perpendicular
    • 歸還 guīhuán · return, give back (formal)
    • 明日 míngrì · tomorrow (written)
    • 實地 shídì · on the spot, on site
    • 亦 yì · also (written)

    sentences

    • 考試以前,最好實地去看一下考場。 · Before the exam, it’s best to go and see the venue in person.
    • 這是我親身的經歷。 · This happened to me personally.
    • 臺灣的學制跟英國不一樣。 · Taiwan’s school system is different from Britain’s.
    • 我在英國學的是簡體字。 · In the UK I learned simplified characters.
    • 借的書請在明日以前歸還,雜誌亦同。 · Please return borrowed books by tomorrow; the same goes for magazines.