F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [S]

Grammar

I at home do my work today. – I stayed home and did my work.  / I worked at home. 

Vocabulary

dress lengths: short > knee length > long or floor length 

unsuccessful vs. successful

sink / sinking / sank or sunk v. – to make sth go down below usually in water
eg. The woman’s diamond ring is sinking to the bottom of the pool.
eg. I am sinking! Save me! Help me!

drive / driving / drove / have or had driven 

chase / chasing / chased v. – to run after sb or sth
eg. The dog chased the cat.
eg. The police chased the thief.
eg. The grandma chased her grandchild.

xiaotou = thief / thieves 

escape / escaping / escaped ( S kape t) – to get away from sb or sth
eg. The cat escaped from the dog.
eg. The girl escaped from the cat.

Tell a summary about the article. What do you think about it?

The story is the man is drive a car into the water. The police is catch him but the man tried climbed the window but he is not successful.

I think the man is drived the car is run and the police is think catch him. So he is drive the car into the water to escape.

The ocean is not drive car. The ocean is water, how can drive the car? He is die.

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The story is about a man who was driving a car into the ocean in Perth, Australia. The man tried to climb out the window because the car was sinking but he was not successful. Police walked into the ocean and caught him.

I think the man drove the car to escape the police who were chasing him.

People cannot drive cars in the ocean. Some cars can drive on the beach. The ocean is water, how can people drive cars in the ocean?

What would happen if he did not escape his car? He will die.