台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

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.
据说有超过八万多个汉字，这听起来感觉很吓人，但是你知道吗，你只需要知道3500个规范汉字就好了。这听起来好像还是很多，但你只要掌握1000个最常见的汉字其实就够用了。

学习重点：

1.apparently 显然地；似乎、表面上
apparently (adv.) 显然地；似乎、表面上
evidently (adv.) 明显地

2.intimidating 令人生畏的
intimidating (adj.) 令人生畏的
scary (adj.) 引起惊慌的
frightening (adj.) 使人惊吓的

3.get by (勉强) 对付过去；(勉强) 过活
get by (v.) (勉强) 对付过去；(勉强) 过活
cope (v.) 对付；应付
scrape by (v.) 勉强维持；勉强度日；勉强通过

4.frequently 频繁地
frequently (adv.) 频繁地
regularly (adv.) 有规律地；定期地