F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Homework

Write a short story about your new pets

Vocabulary

How much do you weight?
你体重多少?
I weight 40 kg

You lost some weight
你减轻了一些体重

lose weight-体重减轻

kg-kilogram 公斤

surname (n)he name that you share with other members of your family; last name
姓,姓氏
E.g.: Her first name is Sarah but I don’t know her surname.
她名叫萨拉,但是我不知道她姓什么。

passport (n): an official document containing personal information and usually a photograph that allows a person to travel to foreign countries and to prove who they are
护照
E.g.: passport control (= the examining of travelers’ passports)
护照检查
E.g.: a passport photo
护照像片
E.g.: You should take your passport with you when changing money.
兑换货币时应该带着护照。

Grammar

My mother bought two rabbits in Shaoxing and that was her present to for me

My mother bought a nice gift for me.

We wouldn’t say that she “bought a nice gift to me” because we don’t buy things to someone, we buy things for someone.

Similarly, we might also say:

My mother gave a nice gift to me.

because we give gifts to people, not for people; therefore, the word “for” is not appropriate there