Studio Classroom- August 7- [Holidays] A day for Dad

【Chat Room】

• parenting n./adj. 教養，養育孩子
  - Parenting is how you raise a child, especially the care, love and guidance you give to your child.
  - Parenting often involves reward and discipline.
• parenting 作形容詞用時：

1. parenting tips 教養技巧
2. parenting styles 教養方式
   - Different parents have different parenting styles, some parents may be strict to their children, and some may be lenient.
   -- strict adj. 嚴格的
   -- lenient adj. 仁慈的，寬大的
3. parenting skills 教養技能

• Q：How long does parenting last?
  A：Parenting last when child~ to his or her adult.
• the empty nest syndrome 空巢症候群
  - The empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of lonelyness or depression, that parents may feel when their children grow up and leave home.

【Garmmar on the Go】

• 本日討論例句：
  Time with their families ranked high on many dad's lists.
  - "rank high" means to be placed in a top postition on a scale of importance.
  = Many dads would view time with their families as one of their top choices.
• Use this phrase "rank high" when you want to describe how important or successful something is.
• ex:
  1. Finding a part-time job ranks high on Frank's list of things to do.
  2. For weeks the singer's newest album has ranked high on every music chart around the world.

【Language Tips】

1. day in, day out [idiom] 日復一日
   ex:
   1. Day in, day out, we go to the same places, do the same kind of work, and eat the same kind of food.
   2. Day in and day out, no matter what the weather is like, Sandy jogs 5 miles.
2. open up v.-phr. 暢談自己的心裡想法與感受
   sentence pattern: open up about something
   ex: After I was with the boy several days, he finally opened up about his tragic past.
3. trick n. 惡作劇；本文：祕訣，招術，手法
   ex:
   1. The article tells you 10 tricks to make microwave food delicious.
   2. The tricks of staying young is to laugh a lot every day.