臺灣籍旅美老師今天交給我們的句子是：

There are apparently over 80,000 Chinese characters, which can seem pretty intimidating -- but guess what you only need to know 3,500 in Standard Chinese. This might still seem like a lot, but you can actually get by with only 1,000 of the most frequent characters.
據說有超過八萬多個漢字，這聽起來感覺很嚇人，但是你知道嗎，你只需要知道3500個規范漢字就好了。這聽起來好像還是很多，但你只要掌握1000個最常見的漢字其實就夠用了。

學習重點：

1.apparently 顯然地；似乎、表面上
apparently (adv.) 顯然地；似乎、表面上
evidently (adv.) 明顯地

2.intimidating 令人生畏的
intimidating (adj.) 令人生畏的
scary (adj.) 引起驚慌的
frightening (adj.) 使人驚嚇的

3.get by (勉強) 對付過去；(勉強) 過活
get by (v.) (勉強) 對付過去；(勉強) 過活
cope (v.) 對付；應付
scrape by (v.) 勉強維持；勉強度日；勉強通過

4.frequently 頻繁地
frequently (adv.) 頻繁地
regularly (adv.) 有規律地；定期地