时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


英语课

  My energetic daughter has been begging me to take her to karate 1 classes. She had already enrolled 2 in gymnastics, and our rule is to do only one after-school activity each season, so I decided 3 to only look into it, and not agree or commit myself to taking her. The other day, however, we were in the neighborhood, so we popped into the karate school, just to have a look. It is situated 4 in one of the older brick buildings, near the railroad tracks. It has been nicely converted, preserving the brick and old wood feel, but updating it at the same time. There are three rooms in the school. One long exercise room with a big mirror which is used for lots of running and jumping exercises, a room with lots of punching and kicking bags, and then the entryway with a large wooden floor space for further exercises. Domini had a twinkle in her eye when she saw the children exercising in their black suits. They all looked so cute! "Mum, can I quit gymnastics and do this instead?" Domini asked me. She was extra excited because there was a little boy there who she recognized from preschool. She had always played and got along well with him, so she felt at home. Well, I agreed. Domini will finish this month of gymnastics, and in the meantime, she will try a few classes of karate, and see how she gets on. So, today was her first time. Let's just say that it wouldn't surprize me to see my daughter with a black belt on in a few years. She loved it. There was a warm up, a break, more exercise, and then learning some forms. She was in a beginners' group with children her age. At one point they all had to do 10 push-ups because one of the boys wasn't listening. It was serious business, and you know, I think most kids enjoy that side of it too. It makes the whole event seem important. So, to conclude, she will get her black suit and join the rest of the little dragons, that's the name of her class. My only advice to her is not to practice on her brothers, at least, not yet.

Grammar notes.

Related vocabulary: energetic, to update, instead of, to conclude.

1. The old lady was feeling energetic, so she went for a long walk.

2. I updated my address book; I added many more names and addresses.

3. I don't feel like cooking tonight; let's get chinese food instead.

4. To conclude the concert, the trio played a piece by Bach.



n.空手道(日本的一种徒手武术)
  • Alice's boyfriend knew a little karate.艾丽斯的男朋友懂一点儿空手道。
  • The black belt is the highest level in karate.黑腰带级是空手道的最高级别。
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
  • She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
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1-anthrylamine
adenomammectomy
aggregate fund in flow out flow
aibs
alyx
amount of precipitation
analysis of stomach
area pattern
backfeed
black rat snake
cancellation of adoption
Castelluccio del Sauri
ch'ang tzu
comitragedy
cross-reaction
cross-road
culture-flask
deloach
derganil
dual basing-point system
Edline
electric resistance humidifier
equitable conversion
equitization
factor modulus
feminine product
fenbufen
ferric pyrophosphate
field rivetting
first party dma
flanged hose coupling
flapstop
floruits
fog quenching
fractalizes
fusiform excision
fuzzy decision-tree
Good lenses, bad frames
group reinforcement
haubner
Hognestad's syndrome
honey granulation
husker with hydraulic roll-engagement
hyetal map
ICMRT
ill-judging
Indian mongoose
innerspace
interlocking matrix
joint sealing materials
king of beasts
kingoonyas
lamp-shades
langot
languorous
large coal
Lerne
leucomatous
make someone's hair stand on make someone's hair curl
mam-cu-sak
mechanical oil valve
methylethylcellulose
minimal detectable activity
Morocco agencies
morphometric cytology
multiple-beam radar
out of play
paper crop
paysant
peach pyralid moth
pinballed
polyploid state
positive stripe
presser beams
prociphilus tessellatuss
quadrillions
raw wound
Red Horde
repagination
right-cut tool
roll mandrel
rynesh
sandouville
scanning tunneling microscopy
script girl
serial sectioning
shakeel
ship communications
shop bell
smutmonger
social compensation hypothesis
spinae pubis
starter main shaft gear
take advantage of the loophole
tannenite (emplectite)
Tanner stages
tumor disease
uniflux tray S
vertical infection
walking boots
xoanon
York, C.