As I mentioned in my previous post, I asked my Junior 2 and Junior 3 students to stand up and tell the class what their favorite English word was. Here are the highlights from my last four classes:
- cinema, rethink, terrible, what, clever, China, confident, money, player kills, him, yellow, cry, study, negotiation, angel, far, together, free, dolphin
- earthquake, loud, fantastic, Hawaii, popular, life, love, deity, Singapore, please, threaten, stardust, outgoing, successful, angel, truent, complete, speed, outstanding, UFO, circle, dangerous, sorry
- terrible, computer, travel, oranges, seven, lemon, forever, true love, English book, memory, responsibility, watermelon, trip, cool, it, freedom, pig, persist
- blue, fortunately, butterfly, play, pig, rust, otherwise, tea, vegetables, private, skateboard, Oxford University, Internet, sleep, lifestyle, junk food, tool, badminton
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September 29th, 2006 at 6:11 am EST
I imagine you can tell a lot about a person by that one word they choose. What a good idea. My personal favorite word is “sarcasm”
Miss you Lance.
September 29th, 2006 at 6:28 am EST
oh…and did I mention…I’m at camp with the CHCA group right now!! They miss you. I heard one of the teachers call you a genius. Of course I don’t know in what context. ok bye
September 29th, 2006 at 8:21 am EST
kelli must be with the sixth graders? the fifth grade hallway sure is quiet while they’re gone this week! hey, lance, what are your favorite chinese words?
September 29th, 2006 at 9:29 am EST
Hello Judy! Boy, you two are really making me miss CHCA … this week (the sixth grade camp) was one of my favorites. Be sure to tell the kids that I miss them!
I think my favorite Chinese word is 馬馬虎虎. It’s pronounced “ma-ma-hu-hu” (with a high-pitched “singing” tone on the “hu-hu”). It is literally interpreted “horse-horse-tiger-tiger”, but it means “so-so”.
So, on an average day, I’m feeling “ma-ma-hu-hu”. And saying that always makes my average day just a little better!
October 27th, 2006 at 10:44 am EST
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