开学了Back to School

New words

• 学期xuéqī — term, semester
• 级jí — level, grade (四年级)
• 班bān — class; shift
• 校长xiàozhǎng — headmaster (长 zhǎng = head: 队长, 班长, 家长)
• 教室jiàoshì — classroom

The story

乐乐：大卫！小雨！今天开学了！我上四年级了！David! Xiaoyu! School starts today! I'm in fourth grade now!

小雨：四年级了？你又长大了！Fourth grade already? You've grown up again!

乐乐：对！比去年高了一级！大卫，今天你送我去学校吧！Yep! One grade higher than last year! David, will you take me to school today?

大卫：好啊。哇，你的书包怎么这么重？Sure. Whoa, why is your schoolbag so heavy?

乐乐：新学期，新书嘛！四年级的书特别多。New term, new books! Fourth grade has loads of books.

小雨：哎，包子呢？今天早上我没看见他。Hey, where's Baozi? I haven't seen him this morning.

大卫：肯定在哪儿睡觉呢。走，开学第一天，别迟到！Asleep somewhere, for sure. Come on, it's the first day of school, don't be late!

校长：同学们好！我是新校长。新的学期开始了！Good morning, everyone! I'm your new headmaster. A new term has begun!

Opening the lesson…