VIP Class Notes (Celeste) [S]

Homework

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Vocabulary

My body is too hard and stiff. / My muscles are tight.  

massage therapist/s n. = the person who gives massages to sb / sb who does massage
Clients receive/get massages

knot/s n. – a hard bump in your body that is usually painful
eg. I have a lot of knots in my chest, back, and legs.

weight/s n. – heavy things at the gym used to build muscle
eg. First I should stretch and then lift weights.
eg.  Celeste has 2 little blue hand weights in her office.

adventure / adventuring / adventured v. – to go somewhere new, do sth new
eg. Many people like to stay at home on the weekends and some people like to go out and adventure around Shanghai.
eg. I had some exciting adventures in the United States of America, Germany, and Iran.

adjacent ( uh – J – sint )  adj. – very near, next to, touching
catty-corner / kitty-corner (USA) adj. – diagonally across from

vertical adj. – up and down
horizontal adj. – left to right
diagonally adj. – \ or /

Are you finished with work?
Am I your last student?
Is this your last class?

Speaking exercise

Tell a description of your house using the words from your previous lesson.

I designed my parents’ house in my hometown. It’s 400 squares. The living room close to the dining room and the kitchen. It is 60 squares and there are three bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Also there is a big yard in the middle of the house. I also designed some rooms for the animals, for dog and chicken and pigs so when I finished this design I think my design is good, I think it’s perfect. So these days the house is rebuilding and it begin to use brick. I’m exciting. In the yard, I want to have a outdoor open fireplace and a pool/____.  I think sprinkler system is too expensive I will not install it. When we rebuild the house, my father called someone use excavator to dig the house. When I went to the house on the Golden week, I went to my hometown, the base has finished and just haven’t put soil. Then later, after several days, we put the soil on the base and the next day my father bought some bricks. It took two days, after my father finished this and he called the worker to make… wood…it’s put on the roof, almost roof, this took 1 day. Then I came back to Shanghai, my father told me they began to use the bricks to make house.  It’s continue, I think after several days it will be finished.

I designed my parents’ house in my hometown which is around 400 square meters. The living room is adjacent to(close to) the dining room and the kitchen which is 60 square meters (sq.m) and there are 2 master bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. One master bedroom is connected to a bathroom which is connected to a spare bedroom. Also there is a big courtyard in the middle of the house. I also designed 1 chicken coop, 1 dog house, and 4 pig pens so when I finished this design I thought it was perfect.

TBC

So these days the house is rebuilding and it begin to use brick. I’m exciting. In the yard, I want to have a outdoor open fireplace and a pool/____.  I think sprinkler system is too expensive I will not install it. When we rebuild the house, my father called someone use excavator to dig the house. When I went to the house on the Golden week, I went to my hometown, the base has finished and just haven’t put soil. Then later, after several days, we put the soil on the base and the next day my father bought some bricks. It took two days, after my father finished this and he called the worker to make… wood…it’s put on the roof, almost roof, this took 1 day. Then I came back to Shanghai, my father told me they began to use the bricks to make house.  It’s continue, I think after several days it will be finished.