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Campus and Learning

Learn how to talk about school campus, activities, terms and learning.

1. School life

最近

zuì jìn

recently

gēn

with

校园

xiào yuán

school campus

课外活动

kè wài huó dòng

extracurricular activities

这个星期

zhè ge xīng qī

this week

不错

bù cuò

not bad

最近我跟朋友参加课外活动。

Recently I take part in extracurricular activities with friends.

这个星期的校园生活不错。

School campus life this week is not bad.

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2. Terms and subjects

学期

xué qī

term / semester

化学

huà xué

chemistry

日语

Rì yǔ

Japanese

物理

wù lǐ

physics

课程

kè chéng

curriculum / course

外语

wài yǔ

foreign language

这个学期我学习化学、物理和外语。

This term I study chemistry, physics and foreign languages.

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3. Difficulty and usefulness

nán

difficult / hard

有用

yǒu yòng

useful

容易

róng yì

easy

对……感兴趣

duì...gǎn xìng qù

to be interested in

我对化学感兴趣,因为化学很有用。

I am interested in chemistry because chemistry is very useful.

物理很难,但是数学比较容易。

Physics is difficult, but maths is quite easy.

4. Reading and language level

阅读

yuè dú

reading

提高

tí gāo

to increase / improve

语文

yǔ wén

language

水平

shuǐ píng

level / standard

word / character

děi

need to / must

国际

guó jì

international

我得多阅读,才能提高语文水平。

I need to read more in order to improve my language level.

这个学校很国际。

This school is very international.

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Complete

这个学期我学习化学、物理和外语。我对化学感兴趣,因为它很有用。可是物理很难。

This term I study chemistry, physics and foreign languages. I am interested in chemistry because it is useful. But physics is difficult.