Fun in the fall
In October, a variety of produce is ripe and ready for people to enjoy. The pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farms and orchards are open to the public. Apples, pumpkins and other vegetables wait! Haystacks are built for children to jump on. This is family fun during the harvest season.
When we arrived at the apple orchard, we saw many people pushing handcarts from the parking lot to the orchard. But we just grabbed two big baskets, which we filled up quickly. After walking around the orchard with two baskets of apples, I knew why people had chosen the handcart!
Our next stop was the pumpkin patch. We could choose pumpkins from piles or pick our own. Many Americans put pumpkins on their front steps at Halloween. Some carve a face in a pumpkin and put a candle in it. They call this decoration a jack-o-lantern. We could 't leave without buying some homemade apple desserts. Fresh hot or cold apple cider is also perfect for the season.
Grammar Gym
"Apples, pumpkins and other vegetables wait!"
wait
1. if you are waiting for something that you expect or hope will happen or arrive, it has not happened or arrived yet:
- I need to wait for the bus.
2. to be ready or available
- When the kids got home, they found dinner waiting on the table.
- The manager has a stack of reports waiting on his desk as well as several phone calls to return.
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Teaching Topic: Compound Words
Today, let's highlight one of the ways English words come into existence through the formation of compound words.
Ok. Compound words are made up of what we call primary words- what we might call the basic building blocks of English.
Primary words are simple nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and pronoun, like the words, sun, run, fun, so, and you.
Now, two or primary words in any combination can produce a compound word.
Compound words come in three forms.
Let's look at each form in the order it appears in today's lesson.
The first is the hyphenated form, like "take-your-own."
In this example, we see three primary words brought together, but separated by hyphens, to form one new word.
The second compound form is the closed form, which are two primary words stuck together back-to-back.
We see a few of these in today's lesson, like "haystack" and "handcart."
The third form is the open form, two primary words separated by a space.
A little further along in the lesson, we see an example, "parking lot."
Ok. Knowing how compound words are created will enable you to create some new English words of your own.
Hey, who says you can't?
compound words複合詞
由兩個或兩個以上的primary words(基本字)組成的，共有三種類型：
1.由hyphen連字組成的
- The pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farms.
2.將兩個基本字合併成一個字，如haystacks, handcart, haircut, greenhouse..etc.
3.兩個分開的基本字，如parking lot,high school, post office..etc.
Language Lab
produce n.農產品
food or other things that have been grown or produced on a farm to be sold
- The produce in the open-air market looks so fresh.
這個露天市場的農產品看起來很新鮮
produce v.製作、生產
to make, write etc something to be bought, used, or enjoyed by people
- The award-winning team produced many blockbusters.
這個得獎的團隊製作過許多電影巨片
grab v.抓取 grabbed-grabbing
to take hold of someone or something with a sudden or violent movement
- The police officer grabbed the thief's arm and arrested him.
警官抓住了小偷的手臂，並且逮捕他
- The boy grabbed a handful of cookies from the jar.
這個男孩從罐子裡抓起滿手的餅乾
decoration n.裝飾、裝飾品；裝潢
something that is added to something else to make it more attractive
- The decorations for the surprise party were hung last night.
這個驚喜派對的裝飾品，昨晚就掛起來了
- The unique style of decoration of the cafe attracts a lot of customers.
這家咖啡店獨特風格的裝潢，吸引了許多顧客
homemade adj.自製的、自家做的
made in the home and not in a factory, store, etc.
- Grandma's homemade jam is famous in the neighborhood.
奶奶自製的果醬在鄰里間非常出名
- Mom always keeps homemade lemonade in our fridge.
媽媽總是會在冰箱裡預備自製的檸檬汁
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