VIP Class Notes (Lily) [R]

Pronunciation

ten= t an
Mr. = mister
Mrs.

all= 喔 hall mall stall falling wall

Vocabulary

1.pick(  )  up/ drop(  ) off= 接／送
ex: I can pick you up today. 我今天可以接你
ex: Can you pick me up from work/ from school?
ex: I can drop you off to work/ to school.

2. do you get it? Yes I get it. 你懂了吗 嗯我懂了
ex: do you get what I’m saying? Sorry I don’t get it. 不好意思我没懂

3. got it= 我会做的
ex: “Lily, we must clock in and clock out from now on” ” ok got it!”

4. end of the month =月底
end of the year = 年底
end of the week= 周末类的
ex: I will finish the report by the end of the month.
ex: I will get the bonus at the end of the year.
ex: I will be busy at the end of the month, I don’t have time for you.

All the birds were wondering about the strange looking man that stood in Farmer Brown’s cornfield. The bluejays, the blackbirds, and the crows were frightened . They wanted to dig up the corn, but they were afraid of the scarecrow.  Now said the farmer, the birds will not crown as soon as it comes up. This scarecrow looks so much like a man that the birds not come near it. But the wrens were not afraid of the scarecrow. They had lived near houses, and they had learned that people would not hurt them. They flew all around the scarecrow and soon saw that it was not a man. Then Mrs. Wren found a little hole in the scarecrow’s hat. She looked inside and saw a good place for a nest. Wrens are very small birds, they are afraid of most big birds. They hide their nests so that crows and bluejays will not find their eggs and eat them. That is why wrens often make their nests in very strange places. Mr. and Mrs. Wren thought that the scarecrow’s hat would be the best place in the world for a nest. They knew that the bigger birds were afraid to come near the scarecrow.

Soon Mr. and Mrs Wren were very busy. They brought weeds and grass from the pasture to build their tiny round nest. Then they found some feathers and put them inside the nest to make it soft and warm. It took the birds just five days to make their nest. One week after it was done, there were six little spotted eggs in the nest inside the scarecrow’s hat. Mrs. Wren sat on her nest day after day. In two weeks there were six tiny wrens in the nest. At first the baby wrens and no feathers and could not open their eyes.