ViP Class Notes (Li)

Reading – Gretchen’s Surprise

Vocabulary

homesick – to miss home when you go somewhere for a while

eg. Aiai feels homesick when she goes away for too many days.

boarding house – a place providing food and a room for paying guests

year/grade 3

flat pack – pieces of furniture/equipment that need to be put together when you buy it

home goods store – a store that sells things you see at home (plates, pots, beds, towels, chairs)

screw – 螺丝

Grammar

use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past

ex. When I was little I liked to play football.

ex. I used to swim every week 3 years ago.

ex. She didn’t like to talk when she was little.

her dad sick 

Her dad got sick 

When I just 0 years old, I like drawing. When I’m small I didn’t like to talk.

When I just 0 years old/a few months old, I liked drawing. When I was small I didn’t like to talk.