Vocabulary
boast
To my son, I am a tedious oddity.
对我的儿子而言，我是一个乏味的怪物。
brush up
复习，提高
Language should be looked upon as a road map.
语言应该被看成是一张路线图。
必修课
required course
She searched the heavens for the right words.
她绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语。
茶馆
tea house
My hometown Shaanxi, one of the cradles of ancient civilization in China, has a long history.
我的家乡陕西，是中国古代文明的发祥地之一，有着悠久的历史。
be noted for
以……而闻名
He learned from scratch to the major parts of speech in a sentence.
他从对语法一无所知到学会了句子中主要词语的词性。