VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

cellphone: shou ji, mobile(can move around) phone
ie. Ally likes to play on her cellphone.

laptop: computer that looks like a book, notebook computer
ie. Ally has a purple laptop.

opponent: dui shou

enemy: di ren
ie. The Baron is Gran’s opponent, but he is not her enemy.

monitor/screen: display, xian shi qi
ie. There are many monitors in the room.

mouse: something you click on to use the computer
ie. Ally doesn’t use a mouse.

mask: kou zhao
ie. Ally is wearing a black mask, but Aiai is wearing a blue one.

flash: bling bling
ie. The lights are flashing. The yellow light is flashing.
ie. Ally’s nails are flashy.

life guard: jiu sheng yuan
ie. A life guard watches out for you when you swim.

fur: dog’s hair, animal hair  (adj)furry: lots of fur
ie. I have a big, furry dog.

leather: pi
ie. Ally’s bag is made of leather.

garbage can/bin: a holder for garbage
ie. There is a black garbage bin in the room.

textbook: ke ben
ie. This is our English textbook.

bookshelf: shu jia
ie. There are lots of books on the book shelf.

Grammar

06/02 : June second
06/01: June first
06/03: June third
06/17: June seventeenth
06/12: June twelfth

break – broke- broken
ie. The bridge breaks.
ie. The bridge broke.
ie. The bridge is broken.

I’m very fine.
I’m very good. / I’m fine. -> cannot say “very fine”

I have an iPad and I read the story on it. You can play on it and it’s good for English.
I read stories everyday.

The great race. It is about Biff and Chip’s gran having a car race. She is a very good driver. Biff and Chip didn’t race with Gran, because they’re children. The Baron is a bad man. He put the oil on the road. Gran skidded on it, and Gran is not very excited. She go left and the Baron was behind them. They go to a bridge, the bridge is made of rope and wood. When Gran go on the bridge, the bridge began to wobbling. When Gran was go on the other land, the Baron come on the bridge, and the bridge broked. But the water is not deep. It’s a little lake. He can swim.

The story “The Great Race” is about Biff and Chip’s gran having/in a car race. She is a very good driver. Biff and Chip didn’t race with Gran, because they’re children. The Baron is a bad man, but he is not an enemy. He put some oil on the road. Gran skidded down the slippery hill, and Gran is not very excited. She go left and the Baron was behind them. They went on a bridge, the bridge is made of rope and wood. When Gran drove on the bridge, the bridge began to wobble/began wobbling. When Gran was on the other side, the Baron came on the bridge, and the bridge broke. But the water is not deep/pretty shallow. It’s a little/shallow lake. He can swim in it.

…broke itself.
The bridge broke on its own.

If he don’t go out, he can drive me….
If he doesn’t go out, he can drive me to school.

“not really like”
“not a lot”, “not too much”, “not really”

it can have many things in it.
it can hold many things.

Pronunciation

deep = DEEP, not dip