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重返校园

Learn About "Used to Do" and "Be Used to"

Date: Oct 03 2011

Themes: School

Grammar: Used to Do vs Be Used to

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When the first leaves start to fall from the trees, the days get shorter and there’s a new chill in the air, it can only mean one thing. Time to head back to school.

Going back to school can be exciting. The new year brings with it new classes, new teachers, new friends, and the chance for a fresh start. Plus, it’s always fun to shop for new school supplies and fall clothes.

But it’s also sad to see the summer end. And there are plenty of students who don’t look forward to going back to school, or even dread it. Find out if Dale and Amy are excited about the new school year.

当第一片树叶开始从树上飘落时,白天将变短,空气中寒意渐浓,而这一切则代表:重返校园的时候到了。
开学返校是激动人心的时刻。新学期将迎来新班级、新老师、新朋友,以及重新开始的机会。而且,为新学期准备学习用品和秋季服装,也总是有趣的购物经历。
但对于暑假的结束,学生们也会有一丝伤感。还有很多学生惧怕重返校园,他们对新学期一点也不感兴趣。看看德尔和艾米是否期待新学期的到来。

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Amy

Amy

Dale

Dale

Amy:  Is your son ready to go back to school, Dale?

Dale:  He’s in preschool, so he’s actually slowly getting used to it. But myself, I was so eager to start school.

Amy:  Really? So you would actually look forward to the fall and the start of school?

Dale:  I used to always plan out my outfits for the very first week, Monday through Friday.

Amy:  Yeah, I do remember that, picking out a special outfit to wear on the first day of school, that was always fun. And I liked to get my school supplies to and arranging them, getting them all ready. Even now, I’m a teacher, and it is exciting to have that fresh start at the beginning of the year.

Dale:  You know, that fresh start goes with making those new friends. That was the best part, meeting new people in a close setting that quickly. Like you had to get to know people right away.

Amy:  It’s true. But there’s also that nervousness of what if I get a bad teacher, or I’m not in a class I like.

Dale:  Oh yeah.

Amy:  Are you excited to go, like, buy Dash a backpack and get him all set up?

Dale:  Oh yeah!

Amy:  Is he gonna be a cool kid on the first day?

Dale:  I hope so, ‘cause I always thought I was. So I want him to be!

 

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Amy asks if Dale’s son is excited to go back to school. Dale’s son is only in preschool, so he still getting used to being in school. But if he’s anything like his dad, he will love going back to school once he gets a bit older.

Dale always looked forward to the start of a new school year when he was a kid. He liked planning out what he was going to wear during the first week of school. He also liked meeting his new classmates and making friends.

Amy is a teacher, and she enjoys going back to school each year because it feels like a fresh start. However, she also remembers feeling nervous about starting a new school year when she was younger.

Do you look forward to going back to school, or do you wish the summer would never end?

Devan is about to start a new semester. Help her decide which classes to take on her blog!

 

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La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

for me , getting information or profits don’t only depend on education at schools.



my school, for me, is considered to be the forum where i can meet my friends and spend a nice long time with them.



maybe staying away from my friends in the vacations , is the reason why i quickly get bored of them and wish if i can back to school as quick as i can to meet my friends again .

09:40 PM Oct 03 2011 |

dilek23

dilek23

Turkey

oh my salad days!!! I have been a teacher of English… I miss my school days, but I love seeing the light of my pupils’ eyes…some look terrified…some seem curious about what is going on…some appear to be exciting… Anyway, I remember my first day at primary school:) I was crying as I was scared of getting away from my mummy:) oh my gosh, I wish I could experience those days once more again…

07:24 PM Oct 03 2011 |

hkjwhv

Iraq

I’m a teacher ,and I often enjoy starting a new school-year because it gives a sense of starting novel things.Sometimes I envy my students and I can’t conceal my wish to be the youngest one among them .

06:18 PM Oct 03 2011 |

hkjwhv

Iraq

for us ,the Iraqi’s,the beginning of the summer holidays is not so great because of the many problems we face due to the lack of electricity , so we can’t enjoy our time as it is supposed.Anyway,we hardly attempt to get the benefit from the night time when the temperature degree is low.According to the iraqi students ,neither the school day nor the holiday is comfortable ,nevertheless,they try their best in order to get higher marks and to learn more as they face all the diverse challenges with excessive bravery and endurance.

05:57 PM Oct 03 2011 |

Nickå

Nickå

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

The beginning of the summer holidays is great, but I find myself craving the structure and routine of a school day after a while.


The first week of a new school year is always so full of promise and of possibilities. You can shake off any negativity from the previous year and start afresh.


Of course, the novelty wears off as the homework piles up and the mornings get darker and colder. That’s when you start wishing for the summer to come again.


Thus, the cycle continues.

03:32 PM Oct 03 2011 |

i love life

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

as we remember as when i do remember i didnt have words to express about my childhood there are a lot from memories in my mind in my heart


we lived in saudi  arabia i remember all thing there specially when was my father get up all my brothers and when was my mother prepare of the school supplies i was have a nice backpack it was contains water and delicious food the most thing i still keep up in my mind when we had a break after three period we were go out of the school for buy a new thing from supermarket honestly i have many thing nice in my childhood i cant to forget it forever i was very clever in the school all teachers was depend on me for solve any issue i was help all my fellowship


for me i like to be a child because this is the more period to reflect about real life all thing to express about love and humanity  and nice feeling to live with this a wonderful time


i really some times when i have seen of the students when they are go to the school every morning this is scene very amazing


good luck  to all teachers who studies all students over the world all respect for them because they are makes us a good men now


03:30 PM Oct 03 2011 |

jullieta86

Russian Federation

I want to come back to school, to see my friends to feel that atmosphere it was realy cool

02:41 PM Oct 03 2011 |

DaniloOtaku

Brazil

I love summer cuz we can enjoy a lot of things…on the other hand is always good for me go back to school see your friends, meet news ones , some teachers are nice and very friendly…so I look forward to going back to school,sometimes it’s boring study but we need to study…

01:29 PM Oct 03 2011 |

vivian xixi

China

I don’t look forward to going to school when I  was a student and I wish the summer would never end.I like summer very much!

01:16 PM Oct 03 2011 |

mehmetd

mehmetd

Turkey

ı think that a man who has self confidence always must 


improve himself….because of that always must read…


it s not depend on school…

10:53 AM Oct 03 2011 |

Maria del Alba

Spain

I used to wish the summer would never end, but I changed my mind some years ago when I realized i had a lot of free time in summer and I wanted to do something useful for my future; that’s why I think change is neccessary, not allthings must be pleasure, not allthings must be work

10:44 AM Oct 03 2011 |

Bruce_zhou

China

I think many students have such experience,in holiday ,just want to back to school in several weeks later,but if really start the school,maybe also want to get the holiday also.so it’s really tough to judge what time is better or not.

08:55 AM Oct 03 2011 |

Bruce_zhou

China

Above aticle let me remember my school life,it’s nice time i think,i m looking forward to going back school again if i have enough money and enough support living with my family,because i got married ,i need earn much money to let my family life more easily,so just keep in my mind,i have to counitue my work and just think about going back to school,you know ,college life really is the happies time in my life,no responsibility,not need to earn money ,just get it from my parents,but now , i can not do that , i need to earn money by myself,because i m  a adult,so please you who are stuying in school cherish your school life and enjoy you school time,otherwise ,you will regretting about it.

08:51 AM Oct 03 2011 |

La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

in fact , i love the summer holiday so much , at it’s start , i don’t want it to end at all , but after few weeks, i start to be bored and wish if i can back to school as quick as possible , but once the school gets back , i start again to feel bored and hope  the summer vacation to be back again ..

08:29 AM Oct 03 2011 |

prakash.fca

India

I always Look forward to school… my childhood age

06:09 AM Oct 03 2011 |

domi999

domi999

Kuwait

(Back to school )I love this SentenceSmile


03:09 AM Oct 03 2011 |

XIAOBIN

XIAOBIN

China

back to school,Frown its history for me…...

02:37 AM Oct 03 2011 |

idrnouel

Dominican Republic

Here in Dominican Republic the summer never end!!!


Some time we enjoit but we look forward to get a cold winter.

02:33 AM Oct 03 2011 |

Gonzalo-Arg

Argentina

I really really like that summer does not end

01:56 AM Oct 03 2011 |

qq_baby

qq_babySuper Member!

Taiwan

so glad i don’t have to go back to school now!

06:47 PM Sep 30 2011 |

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