Title: School Celebration

Target vocabulary: celebrate/ squirrel/ memory

Target Sentences: Happy 100^thbirthday to Ren Ai Elementary School.

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Conversations ( H: Host / G: Guest)

H: Welcome to Ren Ai Bai Ling Guo. This is Jamy. I'm Teacher Zhi Shuo.

G: This is Jamie, I'm Teacher Yi Fei.

H: Jamie, did you know? This year is a very special year for Ren Ai Elementary School!

G: Really? Tell me quickly, what good day is it?

H: Ren Ai Elementary School this year

H+G: is one hundred years old! (Music fades in) Happy 100^thbirthday to Ren Ai Elementary School!

H: On such a special day, let's teach everyone some English related to Ren Ai Elementary School's "school anniversary." What do we say to "celebrate" Ren Ai Elementary School's 100th birthday? How do you say "celebrate" in English?

G: Celebrate. School anniversary can also be called school celebration.

H: Celebrate, to celebrate. There are many activities tocelebratethe school anniversary. Ren Ai Elementary School is holding many activities to celebrate its centennial anniversary!

G: Such as?

H: First up is the mascot naming event. Our mascot is a squirrel.What do you say for "squirrel" in English?

G: The English for squirrel is squirrel.

H: Squirrel, squirrel. Our school mascot is a squirrel. The school held a naming event, and after student voting, it was named "Ai Yue Shu."

G: So cute! Why is it called Ai Yue Shu?

H: Let me tell you."Yue"has three meanings. Ren Ai Elementary School has two main school-based curricula: reading and jump rope. The first 'Yue' (閱) refers to reading. The second 'Yue' (躍) refers to jumping while holding a jump rope.

G: What about the third 'Yue' (ㄩㄝˋ)?

H: The third 'Yue' (樂) refers to music. Ren Ai Elementary School has a music class, and the sound of music fills every corner of the campus.

G: That's a beautiful and meaningful name! What other school anniversary celebration activities are there?

H: The school anniversary series of activities also includes alumni reunions, alumni lectures, sports days, and evening parties. It's very rich!

G: This beautiful campus has many shared memories for alumni over the past hundred years.

H:What do you say for "memory" in English?

G: Memory. Memory means recollection or remembrance.

H: Memory, recollection. The school holds many people’s memories.

G: The campus holds many people's memories.

H: Welcome back to school, alumni! Alumni, welcome back to visit the school!

H: Let’s review today’s lessons."celebrate"is called

G: Celebrate.

H: Celebrate, to celebrate. The school mascot is a"squirrel", called

G: Squirrel.

H: Squirrel, squirrel. On campus, everyone's"memories"is called

G: Memory.

H: Memory, recollection. Let's wish Ren Ai Elementary Schoolone hundred years oldbirthday

H+G: Happy 100^thbirthday to Ren Ai Elementary School!

H: Thank you for listening to Ren Ai Bai Ling Guo.

H+G: See you next time.