F2F Class Notes (Lily)[R/W]

Reading

http://www.english-online.at/environment/polar-bears/global-warming-shrinks-polar-bears.htm

Pronunciation

polar– pole ler

impact= IM pact

main- mane

source- s wor s

them— thum

sheet– sh eeeee t     * remember “ee” and “ea” both make EEEEE sound.

seals- s eeeeeeals.

survive- ser vIve

predict- pre DIK t

Vocabulary

  1. impact= ying xiang

ex: global warming has a big impact on animals.

2. used to _______ (verb)= guo qu jing chang, often do

ex: I used to play the computer 5 hours per day.

ex: I used eat a bag of chips everyday.

3. I am used to (it)= xi guan

ex: I am used to go to gym every night.

4. predicted= tell something in advance, yu yan

I predict that it will rain tomorrow.

Writing exercise

summarize the article in your own words.

nowadays, polar bears less and less and we need to protect them, don’t hunting them. they haven’t eaten and they eaten each other. When the ice melt, the seals not coming up, so polar bears will starving.

nowadays, polar bears are endangered , we need to protect them and not hunt them. They don’t have a lot of food so they eat/hunt each other.  When the ice melts, the seals do not come up the surface, so polar bears will starve/ will be hungry/ will have no food.