VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Also: listen to the reading that we did in class.

Next Class Focus

continue reading seathome beginner from “a fast driver” going upwards

Needs more review

childhood

jewelry / jewellery – shou shi

passion / passionate – re qing

I went to the cinema with my husband to watch movies

Pronunciation

restaurant – res tront
sell – sell
sale – say yel

Vocabulary

brushing your teeth when you first wake up is a good habit / After I wake up the first thing I do is brush my teeth which is a good habit

in depen dent lydepend – to need sth
eg. we depend on water / my son depends on me

independent = I don’t need anyone to help me
eg. I want my son to be independent

neumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis – longest word in English

sour – suan
sweet – tian
salty – xian
bitter – ku
spicy – la
eg. I don’t like spicy food because it is too hot. I prefer sweet food!

spice – xiang liao

add a “y” to a noun = adj
this tea is flowery
this brown color is chocolatey

ation = n
inflammation
information
creation

repeat / what?sorry? / can you say that again? / what was that? / could you repeat that please?

bite – yao

I bite the apple
the dog bites me

lick – tian
eg. I use my tongue to lick the icecream

count sheep – shu yang
eg. if I can’t sleep I count sheep because it helps me to fall asleep

body check – cha shen ti
eg. I went to the doctor for a body check

take medicine – chi yao
eg. I take lots of medicine because I am sick!

anxious – jiao lv
eg. I was very anxious