VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [R]

Adelaide – your new hometown

Write a short plot about the book your reading.

Vocabulary

Willing vs Excited
Willing – can accept it or its okay (but not very happy about it)
Excited – very happy to go

Orphan – a child without parents
eg. Orphans usually live in an orphanage.

Expedition – a trip by several to explore a new place (usually a very difficult trip)
eg. I want to go on an expedition to the North Pole.

Villain – a bad guy in a book or movie
eg. In Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is the villain and tries to separate Bell and the Beast
Villainous – a person/thing that does stuff like a bad guy

Panther – a black cat that is similar to a tiger but smaller

Wrath – use your power to do bad things

Tangled – something that wrapped together, needs to be unwrapped before you can use
eg. My headphones are always tangled when they are in my pocket

Australian Slang

Barbie – BBQ

Chockers – very full 很饱

Mozzie － Mosquito

Ta – thanks

Whinge – to complain or cry about something
eg. I don’t want to invite her because all she does is whinge.

Thongs (Australian)/Flip flops (America) – 

Encounter – to run into or experience something
eg. I was walking downtown and I encountered one of my friends near the mall
eg. When I was in Thailand, I encountered a tiger while I was at the park.

ruthless – to be very horrible and have no care for something/someone (don’t have feelings)
eg. He was a very ruthless leader and was very mean to everyone.

Plot to Jungle Book

Living among the wolves in the jungle, young man cub Mowgli quickly learns to live life among his wolf pack and all the animals that inhabit the jungle, but when the villainous tiger Shere Khan threatens Mowgli’s life, black panther Bagheera offers to take Mowgli to a nearby man village where he will be safe from the tiger’s wrath. Along the way, Mowgli gets tangled up in a series of encounters with a sly snake named Kaa, a swimmingly ruthless giant gorilla named King Louie and a lazy bear named Baloo, who quickly becomes his guide to the ‘bear necessities’ of life.