Online Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

surgery: a place where you get treatment from a doctor or dentist 诊所

background: things behind the main things or people in a picture 背景

eg. What can you see in the background of this picture?

eg. The book’s cover has white lettering on a blue background.

rocking horse: a wooden toy horse that children can sit on to move back and forth

rug: like a piece of thick cloth which is smaller than a carpet 小地毯

vote: to officially show your support for someone by marking on paper or speaking up about it  投票；选举

eg. Citizens will vote today for their new governor.

eg. She was too young to vote in the election.

calm: peaceful quiet and without worry 冷静的

eg. He always remains calm at all times.

eg. Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.

beard: 胡子

government: the group of people who officially control a country 政府

eg. The government will announce its tax proposals today.

eg. The government has said that it will not be intimidated by terrorist threats.

Grammar

child – singular

children – plural

It looks like a children’s hospital. There are four families in it. There are four kids there and there are four adults. One baby is cry and two children is playing and one child is looking book. Maybe her daughter is sick. He go to the hospital with his daughter. I can see a painting is “No smoking” and one is a nurse and one is a children wearing a big red hat. One is a horse. and a window and a door.

Many people look happy but some people look angry. The man with the beard looks angry. He thinks it’s not very good. The policeman is not against this parade. I think they’re walking because someone’s feet are raised and look like they’re walking. Maybe they go to the government’s office. There people become more. More jobs. More people from the country.

Revised: 

It looks like a children’s hospital. There are four families in it. There are four kids there and there are four adults. One baby is crying and two children are playing and one child is reading a book. Maybe his daughter is sick. He goes to the hospital with his daughter. I can see a painting which says “No smoking” and another is a painting of a nurse and another one is of a child who is wearing a big red hat. There is another painting of a horse. There is also a window and a door.

Many people look happy but some people look angry. The man with a beard looks angry. He thinks it’s not a good idea. The policeman is not against/does not interfere with the parade. I think they’re walking because someone’s feet are raised so it look like they’re walking. Maybe they are going to the government’s office. There are more people in the second picture. It looks like there are more people with different jobs. Also, there are more people from the country.