Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Next Class Focus

Before next speaking, ensure Sofia knows the focus for her speaking is: 3rd person verbs, replacing names with pronouns like he / she, and using conjunctions to connect ideas, especially practice using “when”

Needs more review

equipment – machines, tools, and things you use to do something
eg. I bought some sporting equipment so I could play baseball
eg2. the equipment I need for school includes pens, paper, a ruler, a calculator…

duplicate – copy / two
i.e. Can you duplicate this form?

wallet – qian bao
eg. I have a wallet and I can put money in it

Vocabulary

including – bao kuo
eg. I have a lot of homework, including Jesse’s homework and school homework

empty – to have nothing inside
eg. the wallet is empty! he is poor!

hurry up – kuai yi dian!
eg. Hey Sofia! Can you hurry up and finish your homework?!

parking space – a place you can stop your car
eg. Mr Bean can’t find a parking space

fun fair – you le yuan
eg. Mr Bean goes to a fun fair to try to win money

advertisement / ad – guang gao
eg. Mr Bean sees the ad on the wall for the fun fair

cabinet – gui zi
eg. Mr Bean looks in the cabinet

Speaking exercise

Mr Bean is at home with teddy. Mr Bean is look for a tea cup for teddy but he don’t find it, and there is a tomato and there is many plates but no tea cup so Mr Bean go to the shop. He find 2 cups. One is for teddy, one is for him and he looks it long time but he don’t have money. It have 5 yuan but Mr Bean has 1 yuan.His moneybag is empty. The person behind him is say “look at the time it’s so long, please don’t use the long time”. Then he sees a ad / advertisement, so he thinks “hmm I can take lots of money in the fun fair”, and then he go to the fun fair by car.  He look for a parking space but no parking space so he is very sad.

Mr Bean is at home with teddy and he is looks for a tea cup for teddy but he doesn’t find it, and there is a tomato and there is many plates but (there is) no tea cup so Mr Bean goes to the shop. He finds 2 cups, including one for teddy, one is for him and he looks it long time but he doesn’t have any money. It costs 5 pounds but Mr Bean only  has 1 pound. His wallet is empty. The person behind him is saysI have waited for you for a long time, please hurry up“. Then he sees an ad / advertisement, so he thinks “hmm I can get / make lots of money in the fun fair”, and then he goes to the fun fair by car / he drives there. Then he looks for a parking space but there is no parking space so he is very sad.