Y6 Unit 5: Is It Ever Just a Game?

biography

传记 The story of a real person's life.

sports legend

体育传奇 A very famous and great athlete.

pre-assessment

预评估 A first test to see what you know.

biographical sketch

生平简介 A short piece of writing about someone's life.

comprehension

理解 Understanding what you read or hear.

life event

人生大事 An important thing that happens in a person's life.

achievement

成就 Something good and successful you did.

trait

特点 A special quality of a person.

adversity

逆境 Difficulties or problems.

timeline

时间线 A line that shows when events happened.

hero's journey

英雄之旅 A story pattern where a hero faces problems and wins.

pivotal

关键的 Very important; changing things.

categorize

分类 To put things into groups.

preposition

介词 A word like in

perseverance

毅力 Not giving up when things are hard.

inference

推断 A smart guess using clues.

mentality

心态 The way a person thinks.

rival

对手 A competitor or enemy in sports.

foil

衬托角色 A person who makes another person's qualities easier to see.

future tense

将来时 Verb forms like will or going to.

aspiration

愿望 A strong hope to do something in the future.

legacy

遗产 What a person is remembered for after they stop playing or die.

PEE paragraph

PEE段落 A paragraph with Point

annotated timeline

带注释的时间线 A timeline with short notes about each event.

characterization

人物塑造 How a writer shows what a person is like.

motivation

动机 The reason why someone does something.

sensory detail

感官细节 Words that describe how things look

cultural storytelling

文化故事 Stories that show a group's beliefs and values.

in medias res

从中间开始 Starting a story in the middle of the action.

hook

开场钩子 An interesting first sentence to make you want to read more.

figurative language

比喻语言 Words that mean something different from their usual meaning.

metaphor

暗喻 Saying something is something else (e.g.

simile

明喻 Comparing using like or as (e.g.

noun-pronoun agreement

名词与代词一致 Using he/she/it/they correctly to match the noun.

lexical variety

词汇变化 Using different words instead of repeating the same one.

synonym

同义词 A word that means the same as another word.

convention

常规写法 The usual way to write a certain type of text.

blueprint

写作蓝图 A plan that shows the structure of your writing.

primary source

第一手资料 Original evidence from the time of the event (e.g.

quotation

引语 The exact words someone said or wrote.

embed

嵌入 To put a quotation smoothly into your sentence.

body paragraph

主体段落 A paragraph in the middle of an essay that gives one main idea.

conclusion

结尾 The last part of a text that sums up the main points.

draft

草稿 A first version of writing that you will improve later.

peer feedback

同伴反馈 Comments from a classmate to help you improve.

source credibility

来源可信度 How much you can trust a source of information.

reliable source

可靠来源 A source that is true and can be trusted.

unreliable source

不可靠来源 A source that may have wrong information.

synthesize

综合 To combine information from different places.

non-essential clause

非必要从句 Extra information in a sentence that you can remove.

publish

发表 To finish and share your writing with others.

power card

提示卡 A small card with keywords

oral presentation

口头展示 Speaking in front of a group to share information.

rehearsal

排练 Practicing before the real performance.

showcase

展示活动 An event where you show your work to others.

before and after

前后对比 Comparing your first try with your final version.

growth

进步 Getting better at something over time.

hall of fame

名人堂 A special place that honors the best people in a field.