D.Lesson39 A class calendar
1. How can we determine the current date?
It’s January 17. / Today is January 17.
今天是几号？今天是1月17日。
1.1 The phrase “What’s the date today?” is used to inquire about the date, which means “今天是几号？”. Common responses include “It’s/Today is + 日期.”
1.2 In English, the format for expressing dates typically follows the order of month, day, and year.
1.3 The day of the month can be represented using Arabic numerals or ordinal numbers, and it is customary to read the ordinal numbers.
2. On this particular day, we will be hosting a class party.
在这一天，我们举办一个班级聚会。
2.1 The preposition “on” is used to indicate a specific day.
2.2 “Have a class party” means to organize a gathering for the class.
3. We will be having Sports Day at our school.
在我们学校举行运动会。
3. “Have Sports Day” refers to the event of holding a sports competition.
4. We will be playing a basketball game against Class 6 on April 12.
在4月12日，我们和6班有一场篮球对抗赛。
4.1 “Have a basketball game” means to participate in a basketball match.
4.2 The preposition “against” indicates the opposing team, often used with verbs like “play” or “fight.”
4.3 “Be against (doing) sth.” means to oppose or disagree with something.
5. Which month follows December?
十二月之后到来的是哪个月份?
“Come after” refers to the sequence of months following one another.
“Come before” refers to the sequence of months preceding one another.
6. January marks the beginning of a new year as the first month.
一月是新的一年的第一个月份。
“First” is an ordinal number, meaning “第一.”
7. Let’s examine our class calendar for the upcoming year.
让我们看看我们下一年的班级日历吧！
7.1 “Look at” means to observe, evaluate, or examine something.
7.2 “Next year” refers to the following year.
8. What dates should we highlight on our calendar?
我们可以在我们的日历上标记什么日子?
8.1 “Mark” means to record or indicate something on a surface.
8.2 “On the calendar” means to place a mark on a calendar.
We can mark our school’s Sports Day. 我们可以标记我们的学校的运动会。Sports Day运动会
9. We will be having our second basketball game against Class 6.
我们和6班有第二次篮球对抗赛。
Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth are ordinal numbers representing the order of days.
Tenth is the tenth day in a sequence.
10. “Have a birthday party” means to organize a celebration for a birthday.
E.Lesson40 When is your birthday?
1. I am currently crafting a birthday gift for my grandfather.
1.1 “Make the present for sb.” means to create a gift for someone.
1.2 “A birthday present” refers to a gift given on someone’s birthday.
2. My grandfather tends to forget his birthday every year.
2.1 “Forget sth.” means to fail to remember something or someone.
2.2 “Forget to do” means to fail to remember to perform an action. (Uncompleted action)
“Forget doing” means to fail to remember that an action has already been done. (Completed action)
The light in the office is still on. He forgot to turn it off.办公室的灯还在亮着，他忘记关了。(没有做关灯的动作)
He forgot turning the light off.
他忘记他已经关了灯了。 ( 已做过关灯的动作),
3. Perhaps I should also create a calendar for you as well.
3.1 “Maybe” is an adverb that means “也许” or “大概.”
3.2 “Need to do” means to require performing a task.
“Need” as a behavioral verb exhibits subject-verb agreement and can be followed by a noun, pronoun, gerund, or an infinitive with “to”. It can be used in affirmative, interrogative, and negative sentences.
4. How many days are there in a month?
一个月中有多少天？
Thirty days have September,April, June and November.九月、四月、六月和十一月有30天。
All the rest have thirty-one.其余的都有31天。
But February is a unique month.
It has twenty-eight; that’s fine.
A leap year makes it twenty-nine!
但是二月是个不同的月份。
它有28天；那很好。
闰年它有29天!
4.1 “How many” is used to ask about the quantity of countable nouns.
4.2 English does not use the comma punctuation mark.
4.3 “The rest” refers to the remaining or leftover items. If it refers to countable nouns, the verb in the predicate should be in the plural form; if it refers to uncountable nouns, the verb should be in the singular form.
4.4 “A leap year” refers to a year with an extra day.
4.5 January一月,February二月,March三月,April四月,May五月,June六月,July七月,August八月,September九月,October十月,November十一月,December十二月。
5. When you convert a cardinal number to an ordinal number, you can simply add “th.”
But there are instances when “th” does not apply.
当你将一个基数词变为序数词时，你可以仅仅添加th。但是有时候不遵守th规则。
5.1 “Change sth. to sth.” means to transform something into something else.
5.2 Ordinal numbers that do not follow the “th” rule
one-first,two-second,three-third,
five-fifth,eight-eighth,nine-ninth
twelve-twelfth,twenty-twentieth.
6. Imagine if your mother’s birthday is approaching. What would you like to give her as a gift?
假设你妈妈的生日快到了。你想送给她什么?
7. “Have a birthday present for sb.” means to possess a gift for someone’s birthday.
8. My mother has a great passion for reading.
8.1 “Enjoy (doing) sth.” means to have a fondness for doing something.
8.2 “Very much” means to a high degree or extent.