VIP Class Notes (Bryce)

Nick C

Today we focused on:

Nick is on Winter Holiday.  We spoke about his time off.  He is doing a lot of homework during his holiday.  He doesn’t like it.  He would prefer to have P/E class. It would be more fun to run on the track or shoot hoops on the basketball court!  Doing Chinese homework is awful.  He would rather do Math homework.

We reviewed his homework.

Edited:

In the book, it didn’t tell you the things that happened before they moved to the hill.  The movie did tell you.  In the book, Mr. Fox has four children and didn’t have a cousin.   In the movie, he has only one child and one cousin.  Also in the movie, Mr. Fox has a friend.  They go to steal food together.  There is also a Fox School in the movie.  Mr. Fox likes to listen to the radio.

Original:

In the book, it didn’t tell you the thing happen before they moved to the hill.  But the movie told you.  In the book, Mr. Fox has found children and don’t have cousin, but in the movie it has only one child and one cousin.  And in the move, Mr. Fox has a friend.  They go to steal food together.  There is also a Fox School in the movie and Mr. Fox like to listen to the radio.

Vocabulary

cheating – zuo bi – Doing something to get ahead dishonestly.

P/E = Physical Education

length – long way, Can you swim the length of the pool?

width – short way, Can you swim the width of the pool?

running track – the rubber ground for running on

shoot hoops – throw the basketball into the rim

rim – basketball rim, the round hole to shoot into

opinion – noun – yi jian – In his opinion, Italy has the most delicious food.

ceremony – noun – dian li – Getting many people together and having many beautiful things when something good has happened.

parade – noun – you xing – Usually along a street, many people together with many beautiful things moving down the road to celebrate an event.

crust – noun – mian bao pi – Do you like thick crust or thin crust pizza?

memorable – adjective – nan wang – worth remembering – Salty ice cream was his most memorable flavor.

blocked – verb – shou zu – not able to use

Laos – noun – a country between Thailand and China.

Vietnam – a country on the southern border of China.

border – noun – bian jing – the outer line of something

great grandmother/great grandfather – parents of your grandparents

Grammar

Many homework  a lot of homework

Nick is a student at 71 Middle School.  He is 13 years old.  Bryce was a teacher there 16 years ago.  Nick wasn’t even born yet!

He has used his passport to travel to many countries.  He says that Finland has snow and is very beautiful.  In his opinion, Italy has the most delicious food.  I agree!

His father likes France because there are so many museums.  He likes the mushroom soup in Paris.  They were lucky enough to be there during the National Day Parade.

He likes to eat fresh sushi in Japan.  During the 3 or 4 times that he has been there, he ate delicious Japanese ice cream.  Salty ice cream was his most memorable flavor.

He prefers to travel by airplane or boat.  Airplanes are faster and boats are more comfortable.  He usually travels with his parents.  Here is to wishing them a safe next trip!