VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Try to write about the Corona Virus and use some of the words to describe it.

We have stayed at home for 20 days because the epidemic is spreading everywhere.My husband and I are bored with doing nothing at home every day.To be safe,our daughter is staying with her grandparents.When I was busy with work before,I wanted to have a rest.,but now I really have a rest and start to miss the busy life.Sometime people are so contradictory.Many people start the New Year with many goals，now there is only one goals is to stay healthy and alive.

We have stayed / we have been staying at home for 20 days because the epidemic is spreading everywhere. My husband and I are bored with doing nothing at home every day.To be safe,our daughter is staying with her grandparents.When I was busy with work before,I wanted to have a rest.,but now I really am having a rest and start to miss the (my) busy life. Sometimes people are so contradictory. Many people start the New Year with many goals，but now there is only one goals which is to stay healthy and alive.

Vocabulary

Corona Virus – COVID-19 

quarantine – ge li
eg. I traveled from Japan to China and quarantined for 14 days

virus – bing du

contagious – you can give it to other people
eg. the wuhan corona virus is very contagious

infected / infection – to have a sickness from sth else
eg. I infected you = I give it to you
eg2. I wear a mask so I cannot infect you

symptom – the problems you feel from a sickness
eg. the symptoms of the wuhan corona virus are coughing, fever, breathing difficulties

dizzy – tou yun
eg. I am dizzy

cough – ke sou
eg. I have a cough / I cough

fever – fa shao
eg. I have a fever

some time = yi hui
sometimes = you shi hou

leather – pi
eg. I bought some leather shoes

pre-school – tuo er suo 
kindergarten – you er yuan
primary school – xiao xue
middle school – zhong xue
high school – gao zhong
university / college – da xue

percent – bai fen zhi
eg. I got 60% less customers last month but this month we only got 25% less

Grammar

We have been having class for 15 minutes = we started 15 minutes ago, and we are still doing it
We have had class for 15 minutes = we started 15 minutes ago.

Pronunciation

epidemic – ep pi dem mick 

contradictory – kon tra dik tor ree 

goals – gou llllzzz

healthy – hel thee 

alive – a laiiiiivvv