VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Homework

Use the vocabulary from today in some writing about parenting in China and what you hope for in the future from your husband and son.

Next Class Focus

on, of, to, for, with, by, at…

Grammar

i pay 3 days play with my son i spent 3 days to play with my son

he play the clayhe plays with clay 

he can painting the paint very wellhe can paint well 

when my son was baby when my son was a baby 

traveling is very tiredtraveling is tiring 

the generation of us our generation

Vocabulary

clay – tao tu

he has a good eye for detail

hibernation – animal sleeps for months
eg. the bear hibernates for 2 months

branch – a stick from a tree

light globe – deng pao

3 and a half
eg. my son is 3 and a half

junior schoolprimary school 

stressful – to feel a lot of stress
eg. work is stressful

only child 
eg. Yoyo is an only child

patient – nai xin

much time / much money a lot of time / a lot of money 

i out the office – i am out of the office / i go out of the office / i leave the office 

of course – only use for obvious things

childish – like a child
boyish – like a boy
girly – like a girl
womanly – like a woman
ladylike – like a lady
manly – like a man

Pronunciation

weird – “weee errd”

cocoon – “ca cooon”