Online Class Notes (Jesse)

On the new year holidays we went back to Shandong to visit my grandparents. They live in Rizhao which is a beautiful small seaside city. We celebrated the new year in restaurant and after the meal we went to seaside. my son is very excited on the beach and he picked up some cockleshells. I think we have a good memory in Rizhao. Then we moved back to Shanghai and my son resisted going to kindergarten after holiday. He said he forgot how to join the game. But he calmed down after I talked a lot.
On weekends we will go to children theater instead of going to Disneyland. I found my son is very interested in opera performance.
On February my son will go to the new kindergarten which has good reviews and I am looking forward to that day.

During / For the new year holidays we went back to Shandong to visit my grandparents who live in Rizhao which is a beautiful small seaside city. We celebrated the new year in a restaurant and after the meal we went to the seaside where my son was very excited and picked up some shells while we walked. I think we had a good time in Rizhao. Then we came back to Shanghai and my son resisted going to kindergarten after the holiday. He said he forgot how to join the games but he calmed down after I talked a lot with him.
Next weekend we will go to a theater for children instead of going to Disneyland because I found my son is very interested in opera (performance).
On February my son will go to the new kindergarten which has good reviews so / and I am looking forward to that day.

Vocabulary

Next weekend – specifially not this one, but the one after 1 week
On weekends – generally most / some / every weekend

move to Shanghai – ban jia

I have good memories in Rizhao – many of your experiences there were good (in your life)
I have a good memory – you’re good at remembering things

needles – the leaves of a christmas tree
eg. the needles of the tree keep dropping every day

word of mouth – when you recommend things to your friends
eg. many SE students come from word of mouth

housekeeper / maid – ayi

sandcastle – a little house you build in sand

new years resolution – a goal for the new year (eg. quit smoking / lose weight / get a new job)
eg. do you have a NY resolution?

childlike – like a child
manly – like a man
ladylike – like a women
girly – like a girl
boyish – like a boy
babyish – like a baby

apartment complex / compound / community – xiao qu

bilingual – 2 languages
eg. he is going to a bilingual school / he is bilingual

diabetes – tang niao bing

nursery school – before kindergarten (pre school)

Grammar

he’s needs some social – he’s needs to socialise / he needs some social skills / he is not very social 

for (reason / amount of time)
for lunch I will eat pie
I will go to sleep for 1 hour