VIP Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

arrange: an pai
ie. My mom arranges my classes.

system: xi tong
ie. Ally’s computer system is very slow.

homeroom teacher: ban zhu ren
ie. Mary doesn’t like her homeroom teacher because she teaches math.

novels: xiao shuo
ie. She always reads novels in math class.

memorize: bei
ie. I can’t memorize your phone number.

physics: wu li

chemistry: hua xue

biology: sheng wu
ie. Mary likes chemistry more than biology, and she hates physics the most.

college/university: da xue
ie. Some college/university students don’t go to class.

annoyed: fan
ie. Mary feels annoyed by long math word problems.
ie. Long math word problems annoy (v) Mary.
ie. Long math word problems are very annoying.

drop: reng diao
ie. If Mary could choose, she would drop physics right away.

trick: pian ju
ie. Don’t let her trick you.

cheat: zuo bi
ie. Don’t cheat on the test.

lecture: jiang ke (n)(v)
ie. Mary’s parents lecture her when she gets bad marks.
ie. The teacher gave a very boring lecture.

rent: fang zu (v) zu
ie. Lily rented an apartment today.
ie. Lily paid rent today.

lag (n) : yan chi
ie. We had a big lag and I died in my game.

fail (v) : bu jige
ie. I failed my English test.

detention: stay after school (n)
ie. She got detention because she got a bad mark.

Grammar

“take it out on” – 泄怒
ie. Mary does not give her parents bad news when they’re already angry because she is scared that they will take it out on her.

How long has it been since …
ie. How long has it been since you were at Smart English?
– It has been about a month.
ie. We have known each other for 15 years.

once in a while = one time in some time …

In the September, I will get in to grade 7
In September/In the fall, I will be a grade 7 student.

Q: Tell me about a bad thing.
A: When I’m in primary school, my math is not good. In the first test in primary school, I get a very bad mark, like 87. But many students in our class is 100. But in another time in Gr. 2, I am reading some books in the classes, so the teacher take my books away, because you were reading some story books in the class. I have read these books in math classes too. But I always not listen to the class, but I always get good marks in the class…. Some students (da bu fen) is not listen to the classes but we can have classes by reading books. Many countries are the biggest or smallest.

A: When I was in primary school, my math was not good. In the first test in primary school, I got a very bad mark, like 87. But many students in our class got 100. But in another time in Gr. 2, I was reading some books in the class, so the teacher took my books away, because I was reading some story books in the class. I had read these books in math classes too. But often, I didn’t pay attention in geography class, but I always got good marks in the class…. Most students didn’t pay attention in the classes but we often have open-book tests. We only learn about the main countries, like the biggest or smallest.

It have a test
We can take the open-book test.

Q: Tell me 5 bad things that happened to Lindsay.
– Another was wearing the same clothes like her.
– She get a very bad mark.
– The teacher don’t want to change her marks.
– The teacher find that she is talking to a boy.
– The boy left.
– She got hit by a volleyball in PE class.

Edited:

– Another girl was wearing the same clothes as her./Someone else was wearing her shirt.
– She got a very bad mark in English class.
– The teacher didn’t want to change her marks.
– The teacher found that she is talking to a boy.
– The boy left.
– She got hit by a volleyball in PE class.