VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

130 words writing homework: write about the perfect holiday

Vocabulary

lame: 烂
ie. It’s good that you didn’t give me a lame excuse.

steal/stole(past tense): 偷
ie. My dog likes stealing dog food on the coffee table.

hide/hid (past tense): 躲
ie. My brother’s dog always hides on the bed and my brother hits him.

tick tock: 滴答滴 – hurry up
ie. Jason, tick tock! Start doing your work.

when sb gets a chance ：趁机
ie. I always play with my phone when I get a/the chance.

grab: 抢
ie. My dogs like grabbing the toys or food when I’m not looking.

species: 种类 for animals or plants

Samoyed：萨摩

German shepherd：德国牧羊犬
ie. Samoyed and German Shepherd are two species of dogs.

tattle-tale: 爱告状的小人
ie. I’m not a tattle-tale; I solve my own problems.

vet: animal doctor

overweight: weighing more than you should
ie. The vet says even though my dog is very overweight, he is healthy.

raise: 养
ie. Raising a dog is very hard.
ie. Raising my dog is like raising two dogs at once.

balcony：阳台
ie. My dog likes staying on the balcony.

beef jerky: 牛肉干

muscle: 肌肉
ie. Eating beef jerky will make you have more muscles.

Grammar

Even though: 即使 – NO BUT
ie. Jason’s English level is very advanced, even though he is a little kid.
ie. I don’t want to go swimming even though I have time during the winter holidays.
ie. I must do my homework even though it’s my free/play time.

我的狗偷了一些狗零食然后躲在了暗处但是我假装没看到
My dog stole some dog snacks then hid in the dark, but I pretended not to see it./that I didn’t see it.

我想开这个包装但是我的狗一直在舔我的手。
I want to open this package but my dog keeps licking my hand.

Are we done? – Are we finished? – Yes, we are, no we’re not.

He’s fatter than me vs He weighs more than me

is like -> likes
– “is” and “like” are both verbs, choose ONE ONLY.

I get up at eight o’clock but now is winter holiday.
I got up at eight o’clock even though it’s the winter holidays.

My dog is fat but my brother’s dog is thin and tall. One is like sleeping the other one like running. The fat one very like eating, but my brother’s dog always fight over/grab get a chance. And my brother’s dog is run away very fast, but my dog is like sleeping so he can’t run very fast so he always gets beat by my brother’s dog. And my brother’s dog is wolf and my brother’s coming and my dog always run away. They always hate each other.

I have a Samoyed and my brother has a German shepherd, so my dog is fat but my brother’s dog is thin and tall. One likes sleeping the other one likes running. The fat one really likes eating/likes eating very much. He eats a package of dog snacks and four pieces of beef and one cup of milk for lunch. His breakfast is yoghurt, and his lunch is milk. In the morning, he eats two sausages and yoghurt, and sometimes he eats some beef jerky.  My dog likes eating what we call “la ji shi pin” (garbage food), but his dog likes eating steak and lamb. His dog has muscles, and on his legs you can see them. On my dog’s body, all you can see is fat. My brother’s dog always fights over/grabs toys, food and drinks when he gets a chance. And my brother’s dog runs away very fast, but my dog likes sleeping so he can’t run very fast so he always gets beat by my brother’s dog.  And my brother’s dog barks and my brother comes very quickly so my dog always run away. My dog and my brother’s dog hate each other when they come inside the room, because there are many toys and food in the room, so they fight over them. 

He is eating than sleeping.
He eats more than he sleeps.

We have a sliding door, so they learned how to open it and get inside.

We have two sofa – one we read books. They like sleep on the sofa.
We have two sofas, and we used to read books on one of them. But, because they like sleeping on the sofa, I have to read on my bed now (to make room for the dogs). 

My dog’s teeth are very sharp, but my brother’s dog’s teeth are a little round. I don’t know why his teeth are round.

Pronunciation

still vs steal