英语学习笔记（2020-07-02）

I. Random Talk

Describe our class - 2018 Software Class Three
There are forty-eight students in our class.

The result of the sign-in is as follows.

1. one student asks for leave
2. three students are late for the class
3. there is no student absent from the class

The economic policy is very important for the economic development. Affected by the pandemic, our GDP in the first half of 2020 has dropped by 6.8 percent.

lovesick - lovesickness // upset, anxious, worried, frustrated
fall in love // happy, elated, excited, ecstatic (blissful), merry, delightful, cheerful, joyful, glad…
out of love // sad, painful, remorseful, heart-broken

positive emotions & negative emotions

IQ: Intelligence Quotient
EQ: Emotional Quotient

眼不见，心不烦。out of sight, out of mind

The mice will play when the cat is away.

失控：out of control

the situation is out of control - outer world
the emotion is out of control - inner world

II. 成长 Growth

从生到死

from birth to death (born, dead)
from cradle to grave
from womb to tomb

Translation Exercise

人生是一段从生到死充满欢乐与悲伤的漫长旅程。

Life is a long journey filled with joys and sorrows from cradle to grave.

III. 学历背景 (schooling background / educational background)

1. kindergarten

• three or four years // play

2. primary|elementary school

• six years study and play (literate, arithmetic, nature, physical education)

• literate: (listen and speak) read and write

• arithmetic: add (addition), subtract (subtraction), multiply (multiplication), divide (division)

• nature: (phenomenon) physics, chemistry, biology (virus, bacteria, cell-split-organ-system, plant(grass, trees, flowers, vegetable), animal(cat, ant, dog, pig, chick, hen, cock/rooster, bird, duck, fish, tortoise, clam, tiger, lion, leopard, monkey, earthworm, snake, python, mouse, rat…) )

In the primary school, we learn Chinese, Math and Nature. In Chinese classes, we learn how to recognize Chinese characters, more importantly, we learn how to read and write and become literate people. In Math classes, we learn something about numbers($0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9$) and graphs (triangle, square, rectangle, circle, oval). We learn how to do arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As for the special graphs, we learn how to calculate the perimeter and area of various graphs.

• $3+2=5$
  (1) Daily English: add two to three, you will get five
  (2) Math English: three plus two equals five

• $5-3=2$
  (1) Daily English: subtract three from five, you will get two
  (2) Math English: five minus three equals two

• $2\times 3=6$
  (1) Daily English: multiply two by three, you will get six
  (2) Math English: two times three equals six

• $6÷3=2$
  (1) Daily English: divide six by three, you will get two
  (2) Math English: six divided by three equals two

3. Midddle School

(1) Junior Middle School
(2) Senior Middle School (high school)

We learned many subjects in middle school such as Chinese, Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Thought and Morality, History, Geography, Music, Art, IT (Information Technologies), P. E. (Physical Education)

• He has attached great importance to Chinese traditional culture which is the foundation for the development of our country.

4. College

In the college, we learn many professional courses such as Java, Python, Web Development…

Task: Print the current time in the specified format.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
public class PrintCurrentTime {
    public static void main(String []args) {
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy年MM月dd日 HH:mm:ss");
		System.out.println(sdf.format(System.currentTimeMillis()));
    }
}

Run the program to take a look at the result: 2020年07月02日 03:50:32