schedules,meetings,and growing older.pptVIP

Vocabulary of The Passage 1. better off: 更好 2. prime example: 非常典型的例子 3. the power that be: 权威，决定因素 4. interference: 干扰 5. kibble and bit: 小块儿的狗食 6. gravy: 肉汁 7. hickory: 山胡桃 8. caffeine: 咖啡因 9. kick: 快感，乐趣，刺激 10. luncheon: 午宴，正式的午餐 11. straggle: 零星的出现 12. glitch: 失灵，出小故障 13. tiller: 一种小型的园丁用犁 14. ball diamond: 钻石形球场，打垒球或棒球的球场 15. grumpy: 不高兴的，坏脾气的 16. woe:悲惨，不幸 17. bemoan: 抱怨 18. zenith: 顶峰，全盛 19. anniversary: 周年纪念日 Explanation Facebook: a social utility or computer program that connects people with member of a religious denomination of Christians who advocate immersion of members in water as part of the requirements for membership. The practice is derived from biblical times in followers of Christ were often immersed in streams or rivers to cleanse them. Monarch Restaurant: friends and others who work, study and live around them Country Club: a private meeting place in Pella, Iowa where members may arrange to eat, hold meetings or have recreation Baptist: a person who is : the name of a restaurant located in the Amsterdam Hotel in Pella, Iowa Here“ curse the luck ” means express dissatisfaction verbally for how things had turned out. A Schedule of Summer Holiday get up at 8:00a.m breakfast till 8:30 read English or Chinese for 1 hour. go to play and do excise open the air come back to have lunch at 12:00 go to sleep at noon for 2 hour do my summer homework when wake up have dinner and watch news at 19:00p.m watch childrens programs and relax go to bed at 22:00p.m As we can see from the chart, the family makes a detailed schedule, which helps them live a more regular life. What’s more, people make full use of time by using a good schedules. However, it is without doubt that keeping schedules straight is difficult. Schedules are changed too often, and we don’t get the change made on our calendar as we should have. The End~ Thank you very much! * Dinner at their friend’s home Dinner at the Country