VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Vocabulary

committed: (adj)you cheng nuo de  (n) commitment  (v) commit
ie. My boyfriend and I are in a committed relationship.
ie. My boyfriend and I made commitments to each other.
ie. My boyfriend is committed to me/our relationship.

propose: (v) qiu hun (n) proposal
ie. He proposed to me with flowers.
ie. He proposed a new solution to the problem.

expected (adj): yu qi
ie. She’s expecting. <– she’s pregnant.

aftermath: result of something bad (hou guo)
ie. The army had to deal with the aftermath of the storm.

tend to/tendency (n): zong shi / something you usually do
ie. You tend to write a lot.
ie. You have a tendency to write a lot.
ie. You tend to think too much.

differentiate: fen bian
ie. You have to differentiate (v) between the “ee” and the “i”.

gradually: 逐渐地
ie. She is gradually becoming a very mature woman.

affordable: neng fu dan de
ie. Zara is an affordable brand.

Grammar

because of + noun/concept
ie. because of getting neutered

because + sentence/idea

to : marks destination

TIME:
in : for time concept
ie. in the summer, in the afternoon, in the moment, in the aftermath of …
on: specific day
ie. on Friday/Fridays, on weekdays/business days, on your birthday, on their anniversary
at: o’clock – most specific
ie. at that moment, at 8

PLACE:
in: inside of sth/concept
ie. I’m in the hospital. <– I’m sick
ie. I’m still in school. <– I’m a student.

at:  marks specific place
ie. I’m at the hospital. <— I arrived/I’m there right now.
ie. I’m at school. <– I might not be a student, I’m just there.

tense:
– only on verbs (V in SVO)
– only for events, not for FACTS.
ie. I worked on Friday. I work on Fridays.
– for people/animals/living things who pass away
ie. She was a great friend. She was a daughter.

Speaking exercise

Last week I go to holiday.
Last week I was on holiday/on vacation.

Lily is an unpopular person.
Lily doesn’t have any friends./Lily is a person who doesn’t have any friends.

Writing exercise

About five months ago, I adopted two cats, one is an orange cat, and the other one is a white cat. They are all stray cats.

Let me introduce my orange cat first. His name is Suanmi, he is nine mouths old, and he is a male cat. He was four mouths old when I adopted him, first I took him to a pet hospital. He felt very fear and he acted particularly fierce. The pet doctor drew blood and ran many tests, when the results came back, the doctor told me that my cat seems to had cat-fever. I felt very scared at that time because I didn’t know how to do next. Doctor gave me some medicine and told me how to fed it to my cat. Then we went home.

When he first got home, because it was a strange home for him. I held him and touched his fur all the time, he felt relaxed slowly. Then I fed him some cat food and canned food, he ate food very fast. About two weeks later, I took him to the pet hospital for a review and he was fine, I was so happy.

The other one is a white cat, his name is Tangyuan, he is eight mouths old, and he is also a male cat. He was three mouths old when I adopt him. Like Suanmi, I took him to the pet hospital first. He felt very fear but he was very tame. The results showed that everything was fine. When we got home, Tangyuan always stayed at his cat cage. Suanmi felt very excited because he had a new friend. I didn’t interfere with their communication, and a moment later, Tangyuan came out of the cage, and then he ate some food and water. Then he stayed in the cage again, Suanmi watched him silently from a distance. At that time I thought I was happiness.

But now, They are fighting all the time. They are lively at night so I can’t sleep very well. But, during day time, they always sleep. About two mouths ago, I got Suanmi neutered because it was in heat and it peed on the bed, and Tangyuan is still a normal cat. Because of Suanmi was neutered he became cold, he won’t actively beg you to touch him, but if you do, he will purr. And Suanmi is allowed to be touched by anyone. But Tangyuan won’t allow anyone to touch it except me. He is very cute and tame. Suanmi is especially greedy, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with tangyuan except he is blind in one eye. I will tease them everyday, and I like them very much.

Edited:

About five months ago, I adopted two cats, one is an orange cat, and the other one is a white cat. They are all stray cats. /strays. (n)

Let me introduce my orange cat first. His name is Suanmi, he is nine months old, and he is a male cat. He was four months old when I adopted him, and the first thing I did was taking him to a pet hospital/I immediately took him to… He felt very scared(adj) and he acted particularly fierce. The pet doctor drew blood and ran many tests, when the results came back, the doctor told me that my cat seemed to have cat-fever. I felt very scared at that time because I didn’t know what to do next/how to respond. The doctor gave me some medicine and told me how to feed it to my cat. Then we went home.

When he first got home, he felt scared because it was a strange place for him. I held him and touched his fur all the time, and he relaxed slowly/gradually. Then I fed him some cat food and canned food, he ate very fast. About two weeks later, I took him to the pet hospital for a review and he was fine, I was so happy.

The other one is a white cat, his name is Tangyuan, he is eight months old, and he is also a male cat. He was three months old when I adopted him. Like Suanmi, I took him to the pet hospital first. He felt very scared but he was very tame. The results showed that everything was fine, so I was very thankful/glad. When we got home, Tangyuan always stayed inside/in his cat cage. Suanmi felt very excited because he had a new friend. I didn’t interfere with their communication, and a moment later, Tangyuan came out of the cage, and then he ate some food and drank some water. Then he went in the cage again, Suanmi watched him silently from a distance. At that time I thought I felt/found happiness./I was happy.

But now, They are fighting all the time/they fight all the time. They are too lively at night/like to move around at night so I can’t sleep very well. But, during day time, they always sleep. About two months ago, I got Suanmi neutered because he was in heat and he peed on the bed, but Tangyuan is still a normal cat. Because/After Suanmi got neutered, he became cold. He won’t actively beg me to touch him, but if I do, he would purr. And Suanmi doesn’t allow himself to be touched by anyone. But Tangyuan allows me to touch him when I want. He is very cute and tame. Suanmi is especially greedy, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with tangyuan except that he is blind in one eye/except for being blind in one eye. I would tease them everyday, and I like them very much.

Pronunciation

ed: id

“I” “A” “ee”

again – a + gan/gen

he’s his

leave live

fine not “fan”