女儿上小学4年级
她算得上是班上比较top的student
英文水平接近她哥哥的水平
我顺便让她也学学这些词汇
她对我大吼一声:
Mom, you are pushing me to the limit!
不过吼归吼
没过几分钟她就把这些字都记住了
08/03/2012
今天的词汇(这些都是儿子在做Selective schools / scholarship test学的词汇):
teal: a type of small, freshwater duck
halibut: a dark brown fish
verdict: the judge's or jury's decision or answer in a law court
joust: a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances
glum: sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected
bilge: the lowest part of a ship's hold
sable: a weasel-like mammal of cold areas, valued for its dark brown fur
barque: any boat, esp a small sailing vessel
bosun: a warrant officer on a warship or a pretty officer on a merchant vessel
to meet one's maker: to die
to eat humble pie: to act submissively and apologetically, esp in admitting an error
to bite the dust: to fall to the ground, wounded or dead
to turn up one's toes: to die
除了知道最后几个idiom, 上面的字我基本不认识。
纳闷了,不说这儿的小学都是玩为主,不学多少东西的吗? selective school tests好多题我都不会做啊
stallion a male horse kept for breeding
colt a male horse that is younger than 4 years old
heifer a youg cow that has not had a calf
doe the female of animals such as a deer, rabbit
filly a female horse less than 4 years old
chaste decent and clean
vile disgustingly bad
tibia the inner of the two bones of the lower leg, from knee to ankle
bevy a flock of birds, especially of quail
oboe a tube-shaped,woodwind instrument with a double reed that you blow through
cymbal one of a pair of curved brass plates which are struck together to mke a sharp, musical, ringing sound
bugle a wind instrument, used in the army to sound signals
stallion a male horse kept for breeding
colt a male horse that is younger than 4 years old
heifer a youg cow that has not had a calf
doe the female of animals ...