Level Class Open

My Level 3 class at 8:00 is open. Tell your friends to come to Room 319.

Part 4: Phrasal Verbs

Part 4: Phrasal Verbs. Fill in the blanks. Use a two-part verb from the list. Sometimes you will need to add a pronoun, such as me, her, him, it, or them.
call off           

call up

drop off

figure out
fill out

find out
get back

get by
go on

grow up
look up

pick up

1.    On her way to work, she dropped off her daughter at school.

2.    Can I use your cell phone? I need to call up my mother and tell her everything is all right.
3.    He got into trouble with the boss. He went to lunch at noon and didn't get back to the office until 2:00.
4.    I don't have a huge salary (薪 金, 薪 水, зарпла́та), but  I make enough to get by (on).
5.    If your name isn't on the sign-in sheet, you need to fill out a registration form.
6.    I'm trying to read this sentence, but I can't figure out what it says.
7.    The President had plans to travel abroad (到 国 外, al extranjero, за границу or рубеж), but he called off his visit because a deadly hurricane (飓风, huracán, ураган) struck Florida and killed hundreds of people.
8.    When she was 18 years old, she found out that her parents had adopted* her. * 收养, удочерять
9.    I don't ride the bus. At 3:30, my mom picks me up at school and drives me home.
10.  Do you have a phone book? I need to look up her number.

Correctiion!!! Housing & Building Vocabulary

Note the following corrections!!!
Look at the answers at the bottom.
The answer to #20 should be I (not h).
The answer to #21 should be H (not i).
   Match the definitions below with the vocabulary words in the list at the bottom of the page. Write the letter.

Definitions and Translations (English, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian)

a.   a person who sells sex for money, 妓 女/男 妓, prostituto/a, проститутка

b.   a piece of land, 地, terreno, участок

c.   a very tall building

d.   a washer and dryer

e.   Muni Metro, Muni buses, BART, CalTrain, and SamTrans

f.   new style, 现 代 的, 新 式 的, moderno, современный

g.   rises at a high angle (角, ángulo, угол), 陡 的, epinado, крутой

h.   the grass around a house or building, 草 坪, césped/pasto, газон

i.   the outside part

j.    to continue to do or be. She ___ lives in San Francisco. She has not moved to another city.

k.   very recently happened, 最 近, recientemente, hace poco, недавно

l.    with very much room or space, 宽 敞 的 , espacioso, просторный  

m.  a building material we make by mixing sand, stone, cement (黏 固 剂, cemento, цемент), and water.  具體, hormigón/concreto, бето́н

n. You often find it on the floor in bathrooms and sometimes on roofs. 地砖, 片状材料, teja, baldosa, losa, azulejo, черепи́ца, пли́тка

o.   a kind of rock, often with beautiful lines and colors in it. 大理石, mármol, мра́мор

p.  the building material that comes from trees, 木材, madera,  дерево

q. another word for "rock".  石 头, piedra, (горная) порода

r.  a kind of stone for building. 石板, pizarra, сла́нец

s.  a hard piece of baked clay (黏 土, barro, глина), usually shaped like a rectangle. We put one on top of another to build things. 砖, ladrillo, кирпи́ч

t.  another kind of stone for building. 花崗岩, granito, грани́т

u. a hard and usually shiny (闪 闪 发 光 的, brillante, блестящий) material, such as gold, silver, steel, or copper. 金属, metal, мета́лл 

v.   a very strong metal* we often use to build highrises. 钢,钢铁, acero, сталь

w.  the smaller towns and cities around big cities. Daly City, Hayward, Alameda, Pacifica. 郊 区 , una zona residencial de las afueras de la ciudad, пригород

x.   the inside

 

__ 1. just + past tense

__ 2. still

__ 3. is steep 

__ 4. is modern  

__ 5. is spacious

__ 6. the brick

__ 7. the concrete

__ 8. the metal

__ 9. the steel

__ 10. the tile

__ 11. the wood

__ 12. the stone

__ 13. the marble

__ 14. the slate

__ 15. the granite

__ 16. a suburb

__ 17. the interior

__ 18. the lot

__ 19. a highrise,

            a skyscraper

__ 20. the exterior

__ 21. the lawn

__ 22. the prostitute

__ 23. the public transportation

__ 24. the laundry facilities

1. k

2. j
3. g
4. f
5. l
6. s
7. m
8. u
9. v
10. n
11. p
12. q
13. o
14. r
15. t 
16. w
17. x
18. b
19. c
20. i
21. h
22. a
23. e
24. d

Michael Ho came to the U.S. from...

Michael Ho came to the U.S. from Hong Kong. He looked at a house in Hillcrest, but he didn't buy it because he thought it was unlucky. There was a straight path from the front to the rear doors. Also, there wasn't a good place to put the bed. He finally found a house he liked. It was in Covina Palms.