Discussion on School Subjects and Sports Activities

TQ 106 Matthew from Shanghai, China

Matthew, age 14, will enter the 9th grade this fall. I interviewed him while he and his mother stayed with me and my mother in Arkansas. He came to the U.S. with a singing group to compete in the Golden Gate International Choral Festival. After that he and his mother traveled to several places in the U.S. to visit friends. Listen as we talk about his name, which classes he likes, and how Chinese students have to do lots of homework in the summer. In the summer!

Here are some words that we use that you may not know: maiden name, boarding school, algebra, geometry, spaghetti, landmark, bass (not the fish; the kind of sound), cockpit, aviation.