VIP Class Notes (Jesse)
Homework
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 ly – depend – 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
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