词 （ci2, vocabulary）
上边
above; top
li3 bian
front
今天没有昨天那么冷。
Today is not that cold as yesterday.
A： Does your school has a computer center?
B: Yes, our school's computer center is inside of the library.
A: 你的学校有电脑中心吗？
B: 有，我们学校的电脑中心在图书馆的里边。
左边
left
yun4 dong4 chang3
sports field
in the middle of, between
你的书包没有我的书包这么好看。
Your schoolbag is not as good-looking as mine.
A: 你家离学校远吗？
B: 不远，我家离学校走路五分钟。
A： Is your home far away from school?
B: Not far, my home is 5 minutes walk away from school.
旁边
next to
shu1 dian4
book store
very far
I want to go to the park to skate this weekend.
这个周末我想到公园去滑冰。
A: Where is my pen? I cannot find my pen!
B: It is in front of you, between your Chinese book and computer!
A: 我的笔在哪里？我找不到我的笔。
B：在你的前面，中文书和电脑的中间！
对面
opposite to
di4 fang
place
away from
离，li2
Japan is extremely far from America, it takes 8 hours by plane. But I want to go to Japan for Japanese food.
日本离美国非常远，坐飞机要8个小时。可是我想到日本去吃日本菜。
A: I heard that Tom is going to a new school, is it true?
B: Yes, he likes our school very much, but his new home is in the South of Manhattan, too far away from here!
A: 我听说Tom会去一个新学校，真的吗？
B：对，他很喜欢我们的学校，可是他的新家在Manhattan的南边，离这里太远了！
听说
to be told; to hear of
dian4 nao3 zhong1 xin1
computer center
activity
我的中文比我的朋友说得好，但是我的汉字没有我的朋友写得漂亮。
I speak Chinese better than my friend, but my character writing is not as beautiful as my friend.
A：我觉得今年的中文课很难，可是Julia觉得今年的中文课没有去年的中文课那么难。为什么？
B：Julia常常到学习中心去学习中文，今年她的中文比去年好多了！
A：对！明天我要和Julia一起去学习中心。
A：I feel that Chinese class very hard, but Julia thinks it's not as hard as last year. Why?
B: Julia often goes to study center to work on her Chinese. This year her Chinese is much better than last year!
A: Right! I am going to study center with her tomorrow!