VIP Class Notes (Celeste)

Homework

Listen to the recordings of today’s class and review the notes below. Practice the pronunciation.

Needs more review

famous – you ming de
eg. this chinese garden is very famous in suzhou
eg2. suzhou is famous for its gardens and food

same – yi yang
similar – xiang
different – bu yi yang

my / mine / myself 
eg. you are my teacher and I am your student / this pen is my pen
eg2. this pen is mine.
eg3. I took the pen myself 

your / yours / yourself
eg. I am your teacher / the pen is your pen
eg2. the pen is yours
eg3. you took the pen yourself

slept late / slept in
eg. I slept in today until 10AM

every week I sleep in on the weekend

until
eg. we have class until 2PM today

want more sleep

midnight / 12AM – sleep time

midday / 12PM – lunch time
eg. I went to bed last night at midnight
eg2. I woke up around midday today

what type / kind of restaurant? – na yi zhong can guan
eg. what kind of restaurant did you go to? we went to a japanese restaurant

teppenyaki

tender – soft meat / easy to eat

delicious – fei chang hao chi
eg. they have delicious steak

whole
eg. I ate the whole cake = 1 cake
all 
eg. I ate all the cakes = more than 2 cakes

we are ate japanese steak – we ate Japanese steak 

we eat = no time / always / often / sometimes / every day
we ate = past time – te ding de shi jian
we will eat = future
we are eating = now

train
tree
triangle
trouble
true

Pronunciation

restaurant ( ress – chr ont )

teppanyaki ( tep – pen – ya – ki )

delicious ( duh – lih – shiss )

train ( ch rein )

triangle ( try ang gull )

people ( pee pull )

famous ( fei miss )