从芬兰的Espoo浅说英语学习的拓展

大胖英语六年级(上)教材第18页有一句话:

I’m from Espoo, Finland.

被胖爸“抓住”了,打破砂锅问到底:

“Espoo怎么读?”

“……”

“到底会不会?老师教了吗?”

“教了。忘了!”

“那你既然不会,自己应该查一下呀!”胖爸接着说:

“同时你还应该具体在地图上查一下芬兰在什么地方,Espoo在芬兰的什么地方!”

补充一下:

Espoo的音标:/ˈɛs.poʊ/

中文译名:埃斯波、艾斯堡。

位置:在芬兰南部,首都赫尔辛基西侧。

2024.9.16英语听写与写作

1. Dictation 听写

I’m ________, but I ________ I only want good for our girl. Every ________ has a ________ or ________.

First we looked at a ________, then we saw bird ________, then we all walked on the same ________. And then we met snow ________! I need a ________ of ________ snow now.

2. Writing 根据下面的英文,使用有“新鲜感的句子”表达后面的中文意思

Did you hear the crunch when you moved your arms and legs? And feel the cold on your back? That’s my favorite part.

大雪已经停了,原本绿油油的草地变成了白茫茫的一片。我走在雪地里,享受着“嘎吱嘎吱”的脚步声。我看见几个小朋友正在堆雪人,这是我最喜欢的了!我也想堆一个大的、超级大的雪人。
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听写答案:

1. depression, promise, teenager, phase, whatever

2. bush, prints, tracks, angels, batch, fresh

2024.9.7英语练习:写作、词汇

一、请仿造下面的英文例句使用“有新鲜感的英语句子”表达后面的意思:

Asking for help isn’t giving up. It’s refusing to give up.

我没有通过考试,我哭了。但哭泣并不等于放弃,而是永不放弃。
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We need to help him find his way back to shore.

天黑了,只有明亮的月亮还挂在天空注视着我。这皎洁的月啊,照亮了我回家的路。
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Nature and magic live in perfect harmony.

在这个奇幻的故事中,猫和老鼠完美和谐共存,共同过着幸福的生活。
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二、根据首字母及意思填写恰当的单词:

1. Mr. Morgan lives in the house without d____________. Let’s v____________ him this w____________ and get him a g____________ Christmas tree.

2. The i____________ story is f____________ with l____________ heroes and w____________ places.


这次的练习主要巩固大胖已经读过的MoleStillwaterStrek 5,以写作和单词为主,没有听力内容。

填空参考答案:
1. decorations, visit, weekend/week, gigantic/glowing
2. interesting, filled/fantastical, legendary, wonderful/wondrous

It’s time for Chinese class前面到底要不要冠词a?

在大胖的知识点上出现两个“奇怪”的句子:

It’s time for Chinese class. = It’s time to have a Chinese class.

前一句没有冠词a,后一句却有a。那么到底要不要“a”呢?

事实上有没有冠词a都可以,两个句子都是正确的,不过二者表达的意思稍有不同。

表达一般意义上的“该上语文课了”,习惯上不用冠词a:

It’s time for Chinese class.

下面的例子则说明了为什么用冠词a:

We just had 3 English classes. It’s time for a Chinese class.

究竟是do some/more exercise还是excercises?

最近在大胖五年级下的知识点中出现了一个词组:

do some exercise

那么问题来了,这里的exercise应该用复数形式exercises吗?还是单复数都行?

在说答案之前,我们先看三个练习题:

1. Hey Tom, you didn’t do well in the final exam. You’d better do more __________.
A. exercise B. exercises

2. Hey Tom, you look unhealthy recently. You’d better do some ________.
A. exercise B. exercises

3. Hey Tom, we’re going to have a jump rope match next week. You need to do more _________.
A. exercise B. exercises

exercise表示作业的“练习”的时候,是可数名词,因此用some或者more的时候后面要跟复数形式exercises。这样上面的第1小题答案就是B。

exercise表示体育“锻炼”这个意思的时候,既可以作可数名词,又可以作不可数名词。因此下面四种表达都是正确的:
do some/more exercise
do some/more exercises

exercise用单数和复数的区别在于:单数exercise表示泛指做各种体育锻炼;复数exercises表示多做某个特定的体育锻炼。

现在回到上面的2、3小题。
第2题说汤姆看起来状态不行,那么显然是建议他多做“各种体育锻炼”,选A,不可数。
第3题说汤姆下周要参加跳绳比赛,建议他多做跳绳这种特定的体育锻炼,选B,可数。

2023.10.14英语听写

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been.
Lives in a ________, waits at the ________, wearing the face that she keeps in a ________ by the door.

And we’re so much more than ________ a list. We still connect you with top local pros, and ________ you ratings and/or reviews
But now we also let you compare from our ________ on hundreds of projects and book ________ instantly.

答案:

dream, window, jar

just, show, prices, service

Which/What festival do you like哪个对?浅说which和what提问的区别

大胖有一个英语填空题做“错”了:

—— _____ Chinese Festival do you like?
—— The Mid-Autumn Festival.

大胖填的是What,老师给答案Which。

事实上大胖做这个题的时候问过胖爸,这里其实用Which或者What都对。

一般来说,What常用于无限选项、较多选项或未知选项的提问,例如:

What animals can you think of in a forest?(较多选项)
你能想到那些森林里的动物?

What’s in the room? (未知选项)
房间里有什么?

Which则用于较少选项或者限定选项的提问,例如:

Which do you like, the apple or the banana?(限定选项)

Which bag should I take?(较少选项)
我该拿哪个袋子?

有的时候What和Which可以互换,且意思一样,尤其在问日期(时间)和旅行计划时,例如:

Which day is your birthday? = What day is your birthday?
哪天是你生日?

Which flight would you take? = What flight would you take?
你乘哪个航班?

有的时候使用What和Which都可以,但潜在的意思不同,what表示提问者对问题没有基础知识,没有基本了解,which表示提问者有一些背景了解了。例如:

Which Chinese Festival do you like? 提问者对中国的节日是有一些了解的。

What Chinese Festival do you like? 提问者对中国的节日没什么概念,比如刚来中国的外国人。

2023.10.10英语填空练习

1. 勇敢的消防员突然从着火的大楼里救出了一只小猫。

The _______ firefighter _______ rescued a kitten from the burning _______.

2. 祝贺你们队赢得了这场足球赛。

___________ to your _______ for _______ the soccer match.

3. 那个穿着蓝紫色裤子的女孩是一个来自泰国的旅行家。

The girl wearing a pair of _______ _______ is a _______ from _______.

答案:

1. brave, suddenly, building
2. Congratulations, team, winning
3. violet, trousers, traveler, Thailand

注意,traveler为美式英语,traveller为英式英语。

选择题:I’d like to eat something ____ from my country.

15. I’d like to eat something ____ from my country.
A. delicious
B. special
C. different

昨天大胖被这个题目困住了,今天老师课堂上讲了,大胖说老师公布答案为C,因为用的是“different from”这个词组。

胖爸认为这个题目其实三个选项都没错,但即便是选C,也并不是用的different from这个词组:

I don’t like eating my country. I’d like to eat something different from my country.

三个选项可以分别对应三种情景:

delicious

Tom is from Thailand, and now he’s in China:

Tom: I’m still not used to Chinese food. I’d like to eat something delicious from my country.

special

Lily is from Beijing and she’s now in the UK:

Lily: I ate dumplings a lot at home. So I’d like to eat something special from my country.

different

Josh is from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and now he’s in the US:

Josh: Thank you for offering spicy food. But I’d like to eat something different from my country.

Internet还是internet?i到底要不要大写?

the Internet和the internet都是正确的用法。

在互联网刚刚兴起的时候,主要使用the Internet(大写I)。随着互联网的发展并逐渐融入人们的生活,越来越多的人倾向于将internet视作一个普通的名词,而采用小写的i,即the internet。

虽然目前有小写化的趋势,但the Internet中的i到底要不要大写依然存在着争议。