Tuesday

Comprehension Questions

Wednesday

Write a sentence with each word.

Cool Words!

terminal (p. 5): area of an airport

characters (p. 6): written symbols

Chinese (p. 6): language spoken in China

rumbling (p. 11): deep, loud sound

concrete (p. 19): made of cement

engineer (p. 19): person who drives a train

squeeze (p 20): press affectionately

copy (p, 22): make something that is exactly like something else

tracing (p. 22): drawing lines over

generation (p. 27): all the people born around the same time

motioned (p. 28): signaled with a hand movement

strokes (p. 28): lines drawn with a pen

hen hao (p. 28): very good (Chinese)

whistle (p.32): device that makes a high—pitched sound