Memrise Lesson 42

Study before Lesson 42 quiz.

Transcript

1. boy 立 stand + 厂 cliff + 彡 three I saw a boy standing on top of the cliff and throwing paper airplanes down off the edge—one, two, three. Note that the last three strokes slope down, right to left. We have used the image of a paper airplane to emphasize the shape and direction.
2. face 彦 boy + 頁 page A pretty face is all it takes for the boy to lose his head and write pages and pages of love letters.
3. sentence 亠 top hat + 乂 X When we practice sentence writing, the teacher gives a top hat to every student with a grammatically correct sentence, and a big red X for every sentence with a mistake.
4. vs. 文 sentence + 寸 glue The word ‘vs.’ is like sentence glue, holding two opposite ideas together. Teacher vs. student: the teacher gives out top hats and X’s on sentences; the students glue tacks to his chair.
5. sparkles * Sparkles coming from the element places in the middle.
6. fun 白 white + sparkles + 木 tree White sparkles on a tree—could it be a snow day? What fun!
7. center 口 mouth + 大 big Having a big mouth makes you the center of attention. Note that mouth and big share a horizontal stroke.
8. England 艹 grass + 央 center England was considered the flowering center of culture and civilization.
9. reflect 日 sun + 央 center The sun is the center of light in our solar system; the light we see from planets is just reflected.