VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Homework

Write about what you did after class tonight. Try to make longer sentences: use because, but, so, and, if, when, and then.

Speaking exercise

I get up at 6 o’clock and then I eat breakfast at 6:15 because I’m hungry, and I eat egg. I 7 o’clock go to school with my mum by car. I finish school at 4 o’clock so I am very happy.

I got up at 6 o’clock and then I ate breakfast at 6:15 because I was hungry, and I ate an egg. I went to school at 7 o’clock with my mum by car. I finished school at 4 o’clock so I was very happy.

Reading

Susan likes to eat apples. She likes to eat big red apples. She likes to wear a blue hat. She wears a big blue hat on her head. She wears a hat and eats an apple. She drinks some water from a white cup. Susan drinks water and eats apples. She doesn’t cut the apple with a knife. A knife is sharp. She just eats the apple. She holds the apple in her hand. She bites into the apple with her teeth. She licks her lips. She drinks more water. She wipes her mouth with her hand.

Vocabulary

I forgot – wang le
remember – ji de
eg. I don’t remember = bu ji de

and then = ran hou

finish school – feng xue

hold – zhua
bite – yao
lick – she tou tian
lips – zhui chen
wipe – ca

She just eats the apple. She holds the apple in her hand. She bites into the apple with her teeth. She licks her lips. She drinks more water. She wipes her mouth with her hand.

Why does she hold the apple? because she wants to cut the apple with a knife
Why does she bite the apple? because she wants to eat the apple
When does she lick her lips? She bites into the apple and then licks her lips = She lips her lips after she bites into the apple. = Before she licks her lips, she bites into the apple.

After class, what will you do? I will go home
Before class, what did you do? I studied Chinese

after < > before
after =
yi hou
before =
zhi qian
eg. I wake up and then I eat. = I wake up and after that, I eat. = I wake up before eating.

I come here to study English
I want to study English

when did you wake up? I woke up at 7 o’clock
who are you? I am William

Grammar

get – got 
eat – ate 
am – was
is – was
are – were
be – was
go – went
finish – finished
dance – danced 

I am William
I am tall
I am happy
I am here
I am running

Pronunciation

wif – use teeth (牙)
with – use tongue (舌头)

wif = short i
wife = eye – long i

plan = short a
plane = ay – long a