VIP Class Notes (George) [S]

Homework

Write something about your favorite planet or stars and explain why.

Vocabulary

Constellation-xing zuo a group of stars.

e.g. I love looking up at the sky and finding the constellations.

Milky Way- yinhe a galaxy in the sky

e.g. I love looking at photos of the milky way.

Asteroid-xiaoxingxing  a kind of very big rock that flies through space.

e.g. If a very big asteroid hits the earth, then we will all die.

Photoshop- A kind of software we use to change our pictures and make them better than they were.

e.g. Today many people use photoshop to make really beautiful pictures

Skinny- when someone is not fat, and doesn’t have much meat on them.

e.g. I want to be skinnier so I don’t eat at night.

Tall- When someone has a high height.

e.g. I want to be taller but I can’t because I was born this way.

Employee-  people who work for a company.

e.g. I heard all employees must come into work tomorrow at 7 am.

Deliver- to bring something to somewhere

Milk powder-  nai fen  a kind of powder you mix with milk and drink.

e.g. I use milk powder to make milk because that means I can always have fresh milk.

Weird- qiguai odd, not very usual.

e.g I think it would be very weird if chicken would make milk.

Pork Chop-  a piece of pork that is cut.

e.g. I love to curry pork chop on top of rice.

Steak- niupai a piece of beef that is cut.

e.g. I don’t really like steak because I have to chew it for a long time, it’s so tough.

Speaking exercise

Original

Last weekend I joined a photography activity whichi wasu organized by the shop that I bought my camera. I bought my camera at Sony. They found a teacher who is very famous for taking photos. This teacher often travels abroad and takes pictures of beautiful scenery. In this activity he taught us how to take photos of the stars.  Because when you see it in the sky, it looks like spilled milk. He also taught us how to modify photos using PS/ he taught us how to use PS to modify photos. After the class, we took a pictures of a model. And then we had the employees help us install some apps on our cameras.

Corrected

Last weekend I joined a photography activity which was organized by the shop that I bought my camera from. I bought my camera at Sony. They found a teacher who is very famous for taking photos. This teacher often travels abroad and takes pictures of beautiful scenery. In this activity he taught us how to take photos of the stars.  Because when you see it in the sky, it looks like spilled milk. He also taught us how to modify photos using PS/ he taught us how to use PS to modify photos. After class, we took a pictures of a model. And then we had the employees help us to install some apps on our cameras. 

Pronunciation

Which was- weich wuz