VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Today we focused on:

Vocabulary

poisonous: you du
ie. The puffer fish is poisonous so we shouldn’t eat it.

peacock fish: kong que yu
ie. Aiai has fifty peacock fish in her fish tank.

extinct: mie jue
ie. All dinosaurs are extinct.

mouse: 1. little animal 2. shu biao
ie. Lily has a mouse and Ally stole it.
ie Mice eat cheese.

soggy: soft and wet
ie. The banana is soggy because Aiai left it on the table for a week.
ie. The biscuit is soggy because Aiai dipped it in water.

cousins: biao mei / biao jie / biao ge /biao di

relatives: qin qi

siblings: sisters/brother (qin)
ie. Aiai has many cousins and relatives, but she doesn’t have any siblings.

balcony: yang tai
ie. On Aiai’s balcony, there are lots of books.

shallow: qian
ie. This fish tank is too shallow.

peacefully: he ping
ie. The lion and the zebra lived together peacefully.

lamb: yang rou
ie. Both Aiai and Ally love lamb skewers.

Grammar

There have -> wrong
– We have to say “There is an apple” “There are two apples”

boring: not interesting, you don’t want to watch it
ie. Ally, this book is too boring. I don’t want to read it.
ie. Aiai doesn’t like to watch TV because it’s boring.

bored: nothing to do
ie. Aiai is bored sometimes because she doesn’t want to read or draw.

Speaking exercise

One day there was a man. His name is Mr. Poopoo. He was having a walk. The wind blowed his hat away, then blowed his arms away. Then the wind blowed his legs away. Then blows his head away. But he is alive. He is a funny man who have a magic. He never dead. He can fly in the sky, eat everything… eat peoples eat animals eat tigers eat computers…He sometimes will be very hungry and eat the earth. He will have the earth in his tummy, and everyone will never mind. They can still work.
One day there was a man. His name is Mr. Poopoo. He was taking a walk. The wind blew his hat away, then blew his arms away. Then the wind blew his legs away. Then blew his head away. But he is alive. He is a funny man who has magic powers. He is never dead./He will never die. He can fly in the sky, eat everything… eat peoples eat animals eat tigers eat computers…He sometimes will be very hungry and eat the earth. He will have the earth in his tummy, and everyone won’t mind. They can still work in his belly.

There have two beds, because my sister will come and they will sleep with me on the bed. on the top of the bed.
There are two beds, because my cousin will come and they will sleep with me on the bed. on the top bed.

I think I need a little sister because I’m so boring.
I think I need a little sister because I’m so bored.

There is a fish tank across from the television.

Pronunciation

shrimps