Week 21

 

Week 21 (19th January - 23rd January)

 Reminder:

💓Please sign the communication book every day

💗 There is no Quiz or Test this week

Homework: (19th January)

1. Vocabulary (1-15) x2 times (Week 19)

2. RWN p. 344

Homework: (20th January)

1. Vocabulary (16-30) x2 times  (Week 19)

2. RWN p. 347-348

Homework: (21st January)

1. Read Reading Street p. 234-245

Homework: (22nd January)

1. Winter vacation homework

Homework: (23rd January)

1. Winter vacation homework 

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🌟🌟Useful resources🌟🌟

📌 Listen to the you tube video, Talk with an Astronaut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxHzon7Hec

📢Vocabulary

No. English Chinese Preselected Words from the Text 1 interview n. 採訪 2 Hispanic adj 西班牙（人）的;西班牙語言（文化）的;（尤指拉丁美洲）西班牙語國家的 3 prejudice n. 成見，歧視 4 native adj 土生土長的 5 pride n. 自豪，得意 6 additional adj 額外的 7 essential n. 必要的，必不可少的 8 graduate v. 畢業 9 influential adj 有影響力的 10 primarily adv 主要地 11 option n. 選擇 12 shut down phr 關閉；（使）停止運作 13 pursue v. 追求 14 potential n. 潛力 15 consider v. 認真考慮	No. English Chinese 16 career path n. 職業生涯 17 operate v. 運行;操作 18 dock v. （使）靠岸，（使）停泊，（使）進港 19 prevent v. 預防 20 actual adj 真實的 21 formal adj 正式的 22 duty n. 責任；義務 23 weightlessness n. 無重力,失重 24 scuba diving n. 水肺潛水 25 Mexican adj 墨西哥的;墨西哥人的 26 role model n. 模範，行為榜樣 27 NASA acr 美國太空總署 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 28 IMAX n. 超大螢幕電影系統 29 mission n. 任務 30 coffin n. 棺材
Word POS Definition 1. interview n. a meeting in which someone answers questions about himself or herself for a newspaper article, television show, etc. 2. Hispanic adj. from or connected with Spanish-speaking countries, especially those in Latin America, or having parents or grandparents from these countries 3. prejudice n. an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge 4. native adj. relating to or describing someone's country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place 5. pride n. a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people connected with you have done or got something good 6. additional adj. extra 7. essential n. of the utmost importance, a thing that is absolutely necessary 8. graduate v.  to receive an academic degree or diploma 9. influential adj having a lot of influence on someone or something 10. primarily adv. mainly 11. option n. one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make a choice 12. shut down phr. to reject, strongly discourage, or prevent one from continuing with one's course of action 13. pursue v. If you pursue a plan, activity, or situation, you try to do it or achieve it, usually over a long period of time 14. potential n. possible but not yet achieved 15. consider v. to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision 16. career path n. the way that you progress in your work, either in one job or in a series of jobs 17. operate v. to (cause to) work, be in action or have an effect 18. dock v. to arrive at a dock or to bring a ship into a dock 19. prevent v. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something 20. actual adj. existing in fact 21. formal adj. public or official 22. duty n. something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing to do 23. weightlessness n. the state of having or appearing to have no weight; the fact of not being affected by gravity 24. scuba diving n. the sport of swimming underwater with special breathing equipment 25. Mexican adj. a person of Mexican descent 26. role model n. a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others 27. NASA acr. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 28. IMAX n. widescreen cinematography that’s up to 10 times as big as a normal movie theater 29. mission n. a specific task with which a person or a group is charged 30. coffin n. a box or chest for burying a corpse Weekly Sentences 1. It wasn’t until the first six female astronauts were selected in 1978 that women could even think of it as a possible career path. 2. Nothing has ever gone wrong on any of my missions, and our training helps us make sure that nothing will. 3. I was in training for three years before my first mission, which isn’t that long of a wait. 4. It’s good that you love math, because in order to be an astronaut, a college degree in math or a technical science is very important to have. 5. You should get involved in activities where you work closely with other people—because working closely with other people is an essential part of being an astronaut!