First Snow Fall

Subtitles

Today is November 26th. It snowed all day today. The snow is beautifull. The snow finally stopped. My sister and I are excited. My mom doesn’t like the snow. My mom has to shovel drive way. My sister and i get to play. I put on my hat and mittens. My mom puts on my scarf.My mon zippers my jacket. My sister puts on her hat and mittens. My mom zippers her jacket. My sister and i go outside. We begin to make a snow man. My mom starts to shovel the snow. My sister and i make snow angnels. My sister and I throw snowballs. It starts to snow again. We go inside for hot chocolate

Vocabulary

Shovel (noun): (xẻng) a tool like a spade with a long handle and a broad (rộng) metal part with curved edges, used for moving earth, snow, stand, etc.

- workmen with picks and shovels
- The chilldren took their **pails and shovels** to the beach.

spade (n): (thuổng) a garden tool with a broad metal part and long handle, used for digging

- The children took their **buckets and spades** to the beach.

broad (adjective) — wide (rộng)

- a broad street / avenue (*đại lộ*) / river
- He's go broad **shoulders** (*bở vai rộng*)
- He is tall, broad and **muscular**. (*cơ bắp*)
- a broad smile/grin (= one in which your mouth is stretched very wide because you are very pleased)

drive way (phrasal verb): drive away | drive somebody / something away

  • to leave in a vehicle; to take somebody away in a vehicle: để lại trong một chiếc xe; đưa ai đó đi bằng xe

    • We heard him drive away
    • Someone drove the car away in the night
    • She got into the car and drove away.
  • drive somebody away: to make somebody not want to stay or not want to go somewhere

    • Her constant nagging drove him away.
    • Terrorist threats are driving away tourists.
Written on July 7, 2024