--from Sandra

    After the fantastic weekends,it's the busy Monday.Unfortunately, Boarding house activity is unavailable, so we have English class instead. Today we've got a new teacher for our English class. She is so serious and strict that we are all afraid of her. During the lessons in the morningthe teacher tests our English listening. She gives ainstruction,then we do the action according to her order.But the results are not so good,we need to improve our grammar and vocabulary. Afterwards, we learn the difference between a report and a recount .It's important to use correct grammar. 

    愉快的周末過后，又到了忙碌的周一。今天因?yàn)槟承┎豢煽沽?，本來下午的Boarding house activity改成了待在教室上英語課。今天換了一個(gè)年老的英語老師，她很嚴(yán)肅和嚴(yán)格，我們?cè)谡n上也不敢懈怠。上午的英語課，老師給我們測(cè)試了聽力。她說一句話，我們根據(jù)她的話做出對(duì)應(yīng)的動(dòng)作。但情況不太理想，我們的聽力和詞匯量還有待提高。接著我們學(xué)習(xí)了report和recount。由此看來，語法也是很重要的。

    After recess, we go to the art building for an aboriginal art lesson. The teacher first play a video about the dot painting . Dot painting consists of simple symbols.Each symbol has serval different meanings. Dot painting has a long history,the symbols are similar to the Chinese Hieroglyphs. Dot painting is not as easy as it seems to be.First,I use the pencil to draw a draft. Then I use a wooden stick to draw dots along the line. My work isn't so good since it's my first attempt. But some other students do a good job and are praised by the teacher. Really great! By this lesson, we learn about Australian culture and artistic .I'm looking forward to other new things that we haven't tried in the future. 

    英語課之后是美術(shù)課，我們來到美術(shù)教室。今天我們要學(xué)習(xí)是土著繪畫。首先老師給我們看了一段關(guān)于dot painting的視頻。內(nèi)容是dot painting是由很多簡(jiǎn)單的符號(hào)組成的，每個(gè)符號(hào)有不同的意思。Dot painting有很多年的歷史所以使用的符號(hào)很古老，類似于中國(guó)的象形文字。這個(gè)畫看起來容易，其實(shí)還是要很多技巧的。我先用鉛筆打草稿，然后用木棒沾顏料，再沿著線點(diǎn)出許多點(diǎn)。因?yàn)椴皇炀?，我點(diǎn)的點(diǎn)形狀都千奇百怪，顏料分布的也不均勻。最多只能算是小學(xué)生的水平。還有一些同學(xué)就是大師級(jí)別的了，受到了美術(shù)老師的夸贊。真的很棒！通過這堂課，我們也了解了澳洲的文化和藝術(shù)，相信以后還有更多新的事物值得我們探究。

    In the afternoon, we continue to have our English lesson.We learn some knowledge about Australia national flag.For example, the significance of the Union Jack on the flag and the meaning of the seven-pointed star. Then she gives usa reading practice on Australia national flag. These questions are not difficult, but you have to be careful and have your  own opinions.We can't do better in oral than the local Australian ,so we are supposed to work harder to get a higher mark in the written examination.

    午餐過后，又開始上英語課了。下午我們了解了一些關(guān)于澳大利亞的國(guó)旗的知識(shí)，比如為什么澳大利亞國(guó)旗上有英國(guó)國(guó)旗的圖案以及七角星的意義。老師讓我們做了一篇關(guān)于澳洲國(guó)旗的閱讀。題目不是很難，但是要足夠細(xì)心并且要有自己的觀點(diǎn)。因?yàn)槲覀儾皇前闹蕻?dāng)?shù)厝?，所以我們就更?yīng)該要努力。在口語方面比不過別人，那就要比別人考的更好。 

    I am excited to eat chicken corn soup for dinner. I think it is my favorite dinner since I arrived in  Australia. 
    晚餐是玉米雞茸湯，非常濃郁。這大概是我到澳洲以來吃過最好吃的一頓晚餐了。