EP 0076Daily Life
Learning Simple Math
Alright, children, let’s review. Tommy! Pay attention!
Sorry Miss Kadlec.
Okay, Crystal, now tell me, what’s four plus eleven?
Um...fifteen!
Miss Kadlec always asks Crystal; she’s such a teacher’s pet.
Okay...and what about fifty six minus sixty?
Um... negative four!
Very good... twelve times twelve?
Very good. Suck up.
One hundred and forty four!
Zero divided by one?
Zero!
How did you know that? Okay, smarty pants, the square root of two!
Bet you’re not going to get that one, know-it-all.
Um...one point four one four two one three five...
核心词汇
reviewverb
go over what have been learned
plusPreposition
add (+)
teacher’s petcommon noun, singular
the student a teacher likes best
minusPreposition
take away; subtract (-)
timesprinciple verb, present simple
multiply; (x)
suck upcommon noun, singular
a person who always tries to make the teacher or boss like him or her
divided byverb
separate to some parts
smarty pantscommon noun, plural
a person who tries to show he is so smart
square rootcommon noun, singular
the number got when a number is multiplied by itself
I’ll betphrase
I think something is likely to happen
knowitallcommon noun, singular
the person claims or pretends to know everything
拓展词汇
equationcommon noun, singular
a math problem where each side is equal (3+6=9)
operationcommon noun, singular
a mathematical process such as +, x, -, etc.
multiplicationcommon noun, nonvariable
the process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times
additioncommon noun, nonvariable
the process of adding two numbers together
subtractioncommon noun, nonvariable
the process of taking one number away from another
divisioncommon noun, nonvariable
the process of divining something into parts