Sunday, December 9, 2007
9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
“Beetles” Class
David taught us a new Christmas song today (sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
今天David教了大家一首新的圣诞歌, 曲调和划,划,划小船一样
Ring, ring, ring the bell,
Ring it loud and clear
To tell the children everywhere
Christmastime is here.
歌词大意是:叮当,叮当,铃儿响叮当, 铃声响亮又清晰,告诉所有的小朋友,圣诞节到拉
Justin likes a song called “Up on the Housetop.” Here is one version of the song (Justin’s words were a little different):
Justin喜欢一首叫在屋顶的歌,下面是歌词(justin的歌词和这个略有差别)
Up on the housetop reindeer pause,
Out jumps good old Santa Claus.
Down through the chimney with lots of toys,
All for little girls and boys.
Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go?
Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn’t go
Up on the housetop, Click, click, click,
Down through the chimney with old Saint Nick.
Robin brought a robot from Korea named “Kondon.” His legs can bend. Robin showed us how he can take it apart and put it back together. He told us about Korean money, called “Won” (pronounced like ‘wahn’).
Robom带来了一个叫Kondon的机器人,Kondon的腿可以弯曲。Robin向我们演示了如何拆开并组装Kondon。他还告诉我们关于一个韩国猴子Won的事情。
Tracy has a funny toy from McDonald’s. It is a mouse with a big face named “Angel Blue”, sitting on top of a hamburger! There is a stamp under the hamburger, which stamps a picture of Angel Blue in blue ink. When Tracy pushed on the stamp, a light comes on! Sarah said she has a similar toy from McDonald’s, but it is a kitty.
Tracy带来了一个麦当劳的有趣玩具,是个长着大脸蛋的坐在汉堡包上的老鼠,名字叫蓝色天使。汉堡上还有一个蓝色图章,写着Angel Blue。Tracy揿一下图章,灯就亮了。Sarah说她也有一个类似的玩具,不过上面是kitty。
Sarah showed us a beautiful scarf that she got from her grandmother. It has an interesting smell; perhaps it is her grandmother’s perfume.
Sarah给我们看了奶奶给她的漂亮围巾,上面有很好闻的味道,也许是奶奶的香水味。
David shared a book of jigsaw puzzles depicting ocean creatures. He told us that he got this book in Singapore. Everyone enjoyed looking at the pictures on the puzzles and talking about their favorite sea creatures.
David和我们分享了海洋生物拼图。他告诉我们拼图是在新加坡买的。大家都很喜欢这个拼图,还讨论了自己喜欢的海洋生物。
Justin brought “Speedbot,” his red Gobot car, which can stretch and transform. It has a rocket booster too. Justin likes to use his imagination to pretend that Speedbot can do many things. He told us that he enjoys playing Transformer games at
www.transformers.com.
Justin带来了他的红色Gobot汽车:Speedbot,Speedbot可以伸长和变形,还有一个火箭助推器。Justin喜欢想象Speedbot可以做很多事情,他还喜欢在
www.transformers.com玩变形金刚游戏。
James has his uncle’s PSP today. He said that he has more games now. He will show the games during the break.
James带来了叔叔的psp。他说他现在有更多的游戏了,下课的时候他会演示给大家看。
After the break, we made a list of some of the new words we discovered in the first half of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”
课间休息后,我们列出了一个生词清单,这些生词是我们在“How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”的前半部分发现的。
1. Mistletoe: a green plant with white berries. If you stand under the mistletoe, someone will kiss you!
槲寄生:一种结白色浆果的绿色植物。如果你站在槲寄生下,会有人吻你。(槲寄生树枝,通常用作圣诞节装饰物--这个是俺加的)
2. Ramshackle: old, dirty, broken.
倒塌似的建造和保养得很差以至于非常容易散架的;摇摇欲坠的
3. Screwed: twisted. (Note: When the word is used to talk about someone’s head being screwed on wrong, it usually means “crazy”.)
拧着的,扭着的,注:当screwed用于形容某人钻牛角尖时,和crazy的意思差不多
4. Frown: an angry-looking face.
皱眉沉思或不高兴时皱起眉毛
5. Dream: a movie in your brain when you are sleeping. A bad dream is called a nightmare.
做梦
6. Quiet: no sound.
安静
7. Hiss: to sound like a snake.
嘶嘶作声
8. Sour: mean, not friendly. (A person can be sour, just like a lemon is sour.)
坏脾气的;乖戾的
We talked about the rhyming words in the first part of the book and then read the second part. Teacher JJ showed us the words to a song about the Grinch. (Everyone will have a copy of the words next week.)
我们讨论了书的第一部分的押韵的词并读了第二部分。JJ老师教了一首关于Grinch的歌里的单词。(大家下周可以拿到这些单词的复印件)
We began a discussion about the idea of “Christmas spirit” as a happy, loving feeling about others, such as our family. We like to receive Christmas presents but it is very important to think about what we give to others during this holiday season too.
我们开始讨论“圣诞精神”,认为这是一种快乐、互爱的精神,就像我们的家庭一样。我们都喜欢收到圣诞礼物,但是节日期间思考给别人什么礼物是非常重要的。
For homework, we can read the second half of the book again and then write new words in our notebook. Look for the rhyming words, too!
回家作业是读课本的第二部分,在笔记本上写下生词,并且查出押韵的单词!.