Online Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

colleagues: people whom you work with

adults: people above 18

eg. The adults are not at home now.

kids/children

hut: small, basic house made of straw 草屋

cold dish: 凉菜

excited: feeling very happy

eg. I’m excited for the trip next week.

eg. The kids were so excited on Christmas Eve it was difficult for them to get to sleep.

hunt: to catch and kill an animal

tribe: minority groups of related families 部落；部族

eg. There are many tribes living in the Amazon.

weapon: 武器

traditional: following old customs 传统的

eg. The dancers were wearing traditional costumes.

eg. She comes from a traditional family.

parade: a large number of people gathering on the streets to celebrate something 游行

eg. It looks like they’re parading on the streets.

Grammar

bigger vs. older

bigger/smaller – in size 

The dog is bigger than the cat.

older/younger- age 

The cat is 1 year older than the dog.

I think this weekend is good. I play video game and do my homework and have class and nothing. Next week we will go outside with my mum’s colleagues and her kids. No, only 3 or 2 days. They’re bigger than me. I don’t know maybe 2 kids and 2 big people.

A lot of people it look like a village. There are 3 people in a row. They live in a hut. There are 2 female and one man sit on the ground. Maybe they are cooking because maybe it’s like a bowl in front of them. I don’t know maybe like a cold dish with chicken, duck. I think maybe yes. I don’t know how can they go in it because I see the door is so little. Maybe they want to go to hunt and bring some meat to the tribe. Because they have weapons.

It’s like a festival and maybe it’s traditional festival. Maybe 游行. There pollution in the air. It’s very white. One is a tall building and one is a hut. There are no plants in the second picture. It’s not very good, I think there is a lot of pollution.

Revised: 

I think last weekend was good. I played video games and did my homework and had class. Next week we will go outside with my mum’s colleagues and her kids. No, only for 2 to 3 days. They’re older than me. I don’t know maybe 2 kids and 2 adults.

There are a lot of people it looks like a village. There are 3 people in a row. They live in a hut. There are 2 females and one man/male sitting on the ground. Maybe they are cooking because it looks like there is a bowl in front of them. I don’t know, it might be a cold dish with chicken or duck. I think maybe yes. I don’t know how they can go inside because the door looks very little. Maybe they want to go hunting and bring some meat back to the tribe because they have weapons.

It’s like a festival and maybe it’s a traditional festival. Maybe they’re parading. There is pollution in the air/The air is very polluted. It’s very white. There is a tall building and the other is a hut. There are no plants in the second picture. It’s not very good, I think there is a lot of pollution.