Christmas Day in France means being home with family. Christmas Day in China? I had calculus class at 8am.
I wasn’t going to let it be just another Tuesday, so I decided to do something a little different. Something that would make the students either laugh or think their math teacher had lost it.
Turns out, the reaction was... not what I expected.
You’ll practice the 一...就... pattern for when one thing immediately triggers another, work with the 让 structure, and pick up vocabulary for describing moments when things get unexpectedly lively.
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Written from Beijing
🎯 HSK Comprehension Test
从文章来看，我对这一天的感觉是什么？
從文章來看，我對這一天的感覺是什麼？很失望，因为要上班
很失望，因為要上班很开心，虽然要上课
很開心，雖然要上課很累，因为学生太吵了
很累，因為學生太吵了很奇怪，因为学生的反应
很奇怪，因為學生的反應
我为什么要穿圣诞毛衣和戴圣诞帽去上课？
我為什麼要穿聖誕毛衣和戴聖誕帽去上課？因为我想让学生们笑
因為我想讓學生們笑因为法国人圣诞节都要这样穿
因為法國人聖誕節都要這樣穿因为我想让这一天特别一点儿
因為我想讓這一天特別一點兒因为教室里很冷
因為教室裡很冷
我说“节日的意义不在于放不放假”，我想说什么？
我說「節日的意義不在於放不放假」，我想說什麼？圣诞节应该放假
聖誕節應該放假重要的是大家一起开心，不是放不放假
重要的是大家一起開心，不是放不放假在中国过节跟在法国不一样
在中國過節跟在法國不一樣上班比放假更有意思
上班比放假更有意思
这篇文章主要想告诉我们什么？
這篇文章主要想告訴我們什麼？圣诞节在中国不是公共假日
聖誕節在中國不是公共假日中国学生很喜欢过圣诞节
中國學生很喜歡過聖誕節节日的快乐来自和大家在一起，不是放不放假
節日的快樂來自和大家在一起，不是放不放假在中国当老师很有意思
在中國當老師很有意思
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