VIP Class Notes (Dimple)
Reading
Molly’s First Party
Vocabulary
race car 赛车, cars engineered to be used for racing
rotate 旋转, to move in circle around a center
press 按压, to push
glue stick 胶水棒
brand 品牌
Italian – from Italy, made in Italy
dawn – when the sun sets down, between night and afternoon
mimic – to copy someone’s behavior, action, 模仿
mother tongue – the language you speak when you were a child
i.e. Chinese is my mother tongue.
native speaker – someone who speaks the language when he/she was born
skull 骷髅头
antique 古董
shovel 铲子
medal 金属
detector – used to detect 探测器
hammer 锤子
sewer – where the dirty water, rain goes 下水道
gold coin 金币
Writing exercise
Original:
Mr Bean made a machine to find treasures. But he find lots of things in his yard. And then Mr Bean find a box and there are lots of money in the box. And Mr Bean was very happy. Two bad guys into Mr Bean’s home and then the police office go into his home and toke them away. Mr Bean was very sad in the end because his treasure went into the sewer.
Revised:
Mr Bean made a machien to find treasures. He found lots of trash in his yard. Then he went searching, and found a treasure box with a lot of money in it. Mr Bean was very happy. But two bad guys followed him to his home, and then the police officers came to take the treasure box away. In the end, Mr Bean was very sad because his gold coin dropped into the sewer.
Pronunciation
Jerry’s pronounciation is really good. I can tell his vocabulary base helps him break the sentences in a more natural way. I would encourage him to speak more like a native. A good way to do it is to listen to audio books and repeat after the audio.
Homework
Recite the words we learned from today’s class. Write a story with “dawn”, “antique”, “shovel”, “sewer” and “gold coin”. Please pay attention to past tense when writing the story.
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