Online Class Notes (Ally) [W]

Vocabulary

culture: wen hua
ie. China has a long history and culture.

pretend: jia zhuang
ie. Linda always pretends to finish her hw.

opposite: xiang fan de
ie. “Easy” is the opposite of “difficult”

escape: run away
ie. The rabbit escaped from the fox.

prove: zheng ming
ie. She proved to us that she’s very clever.

sightseeing: guan guang
ie. Mary went sightseeing in lots of countries.

brand: pin pai
ie. Chanel is an expensive brand.

close: qin mi de
ie. Mary has many close friends.
ie. Mary’s family is very close.

siblings: brothers and sisters
ie. Mary’s parents have a lot of siblings.

Grammar

as + adj + someone can/could
ie. In this test, she studied as hard as she can.

think – thought – thoughts (noun)
ie. Linda is thinking about the test tomorrow
ie. Linda thought about the test tomorrow.
ie. Linda has thoughts about the test tomorrow

But in Australia, we have 12 people
But 12 of us went to Australia

But my another cousin doesn’t go
But my other cousin didn’t go

But in that time, Spain don’t have coronavirus.
But in that time, there wasn’t any virus in Spain.

We had a sightsee
We went sightseeing

We go to there for 12 days.
We were there for 12 days.

Linda always pretends to finish her homework.

She does as hard as she can.
She studied/reviewed as hard as she can.
She did as well as can.

Washington’s horses has stole by a neighbor. So he took a policeman to the neighbor’s house and asked him to get his horse back. But he wasn’t. Then Washington said that the horses’s one eye is blind, but it wasn’t. The neighbor believed that, so the police said that the horse is not blind, he proved that the horse is not him.

Washington’s horses was stole by a neighbor. So he took a policeman to the neighbor’s house and asked the neighbor to give his horse back. But he didn’t./But the neighbor wouldn’t. Then Washington said that the horse is blind in one eye, but it wasn’t. The neighbor believed that, so the police said that the horse is not blind. He proved that the horse is not his.

Pronunciation

pretending

prove  (proov)