VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

wet – is like water

adulthood

put on – puuuton
take off – taaeeekoff

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, my son’s grandpa gave him 500 yuan to buy toys, and my son immediately bought two legos. In fact, I knew he didn’t like the legos very much. It was just a way of using grandpa’s money to celebrate.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, my husband and I took my son out to dinner with my husband sister. In the afternoon,we went to the mall and my son saw a new toy which name was monster beria. Unfortunately, he used the money which was his grandpa gave him, so he didn’t buy his favorite toy.

Before Dragon Boat Festival, my son’s grandpa gave him 500 yuan to buy toys, and my son immediately bought two boxes of LEGO. In fact, I knew he didn’t like that LEGO very much and that was just a way of using grandpa’s money to celebrate.

On Dragon Boat Festival day, my husband and I took my son out to dinner with my husband‘s sister. In the afternoon, we went to the mall and my son saw a new toy (which was) named “Monster Beria”. Unfortunately, he had used the money which his grandpa gave / had given him, so he didn’t / couldn’t buy his favorite toy.

Grammar

Mum named me Jesse.
I was named Jesse.

I have a teacher who is named Jesse.
I have a teacher named Jesse.

I went to a restaurant which is called McDonald’s
I went to a restaurant called McDonald’s

I drink the water.
The water was drunk by me.

names – don’t add “the”
We went to GuangZhou during Chinese New Year
I went home for Christmas 

USA = the USA 

he sleeps very good – he sleeps very well < > he sleeps very poorly

Vocabulary

plastic – su liao
metal – jing shu
leather – niu pi / yang pi
wool – yang mao
denim – niu zai bu
silk – si chou
fabric – mian liao

coffee gives me energy

sore= you yi dian teng – “sor”
eg. my mouth is sore

sour = suan de wei dao – “saaaooower”
eg. the lemon is sour

went to clean my teeth – went to the dentist and she cleaned them
eg. if you go to clean your teeth you always need to clean your teeth

brush my teeth – shua

I have a computer and it is black. = I have a computer which is black.
I have a computer and I bought it in Shanghai. = I have a computer which I bought in Shanghai.

grade – fen shu / nian ji
eg. When I was in grade 4 I had good grades

he tosses and turns at night

close / near / nearby 
eg. I live in JingAn Temple and my office is nearby.
eg2. I live in JingAn Temple and my office is near my home. 

close – cloesss – jin
close – cloezzz – guan