VIP Class Notes (Li)

Write down how to make one type of food that your grandma has taught you.

Vocabulary

decorate (v): put items up in your room to make your room better

decorations (n): the items you use to decorate a place

red paper strips/spring couplets: 春联

red packet/envelope: 红包

lion dance: 狮舞

spend: spend money

eg. What do you spend your money on?

eg. I don’t like to spend money because I want to save money.

chase away: 赶走

eg. People believe that setting fireworks could chase away bad things.

reunion dinner: the meal you eat with your family on New Year’s eve

receive: to get something from another person

eg. I will receive many red packets on CNY.

eg. I received a letter from my classmate.

precede: before

eg. Most families clean the house in the days preceding CNY.

Chinese Zodiac Sign – what year is it?

A: It is the year of the rat.

B: I was born on the year of the dragon.

During CNY, we eat New Year’s dinner and I watch TV. I play some games, but I forgot game’s name. My grandma puts some decorations for CNY. The new clothes just one colour so I don’t like the new clothes. I get some red packets, there are many money in the red packets. I would buy food, toys and drinks.

Revised: 

During CNY, we eat New Year’s/have a reunion dinner and I watch TV. I play some games, but I forgot the name of the game. My grandma decorates the house for CNY. The new clothes only have one colour so I don’t like them. I receive some red packets and there are a lot of money in the red packets. I would buy food, toys and drinks.

My grandma told me that she always starts to clean the house and to buy some delicious food a month before the Spring Festival. Although that is tired, but she feels very happy. Everybody will put on their new clothes. On New Year’s eve, our family usually get together for dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala. After that we played with firecrackers and fireworks at that time. But now we can’t do that.

Revised: 

My grandma told me that she always starts to clean the house and to buy some delicious food a month before the Spring Festival. Although it was tiring, she always felt very happy. Everybody would put on their new clothes. On New Year’s eve, our family would usually get together for dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala. After that, we played with firecrackers and fireworks at that time. But now, we can’t do that anymore/we are not allowed to play with them.