VIP Class Notes (Lily) [R/S]

Pronunciation

poor= poo or
door= doo or

Vocabulary

1.confident (adj)= 自信的
confidence (noun)= 自信
ex: He’s so confident, he thinks I will be his girlfriend one day.
ex: you can build up your confidence by talking to foreigners.

2. proud (adj)= 骄傲的
proud of XX= 为XX感到骄傲
ex: The camel was very proud because he was tall
ex:I am so proud of you, you learned so much in half a year.
ex: I’m so proud of China being stronger than ever.

3. curve (noun) = 曲线
ex: Some people are skinny but have no curves.

4. celebrity– celebrities= 明星–明星们
ex: a lot of celebrities are super thin and have curves.
ex: Who is your favorite celebrity? Eddie Peng.

5. ripe (adj)= 熟了
ex: I like to eat ripe apple because it’s sweeter.

6. rip (verb)= 撕
ripped= 撕了
ex: I ripped the contract because I was angry about the terms条约。
ex: don’t rip my homework!

7. excuse = 借口
ex: In our math class, if we are late, we need to give an excuse to the teacher.
ex: we need to think of a good excuse to tell the teacher.
ex: There’s no excuse for your mistake.

8. reach= 够到
ex: My nanny can never reach my juicer so I have to help her everyday.
ex: I can’t reach it, can you help me?

9. juicer= 榨汁机
ex: I have a juicer, I haven’t used it for a long time.
ex: I have a mini juicer, I use it everyday to make avocado milk.

10. poopoo= 💩
ex: I need to go poo, please wait for me for 10 mins.

11. skip school =翘学
skip class= 翘课
skip work =翘班
skip meeting =翘会
ex: have you ever skipped work?
ex: I always skip school because the classes are boring.

12. caller ID= 来电显示
hide/block your caller ID= 隐藏你的来电显示
ex: If the caller ID is from my school, we don’t pick up.

13. piggyback (verb)= 背
ex: I can’t piggyback you, you are too heavy.
ex: I’m so drunk, can you piggyback me?

14. do a draw= 抽签
ex: let’s do a draw to be fair.

We played some games, one boy piggybacked a girl. Everyone did a draw of the names.

The camel and the pig
Once a camel and a pig were talking to each other. The camel was very proud because he was tall, just look at me, he said, see how tall am I, don’t you wish you were tall like me? Oh no, said the pig, it is much better to be short like me. Both of us can’t be right, said the camel, but if I am not right, I will give up my hump. and I will five up my snout if I am not right, said the pig.

Then come with me, said the camel, I will show you that I am right. So that tall camel and the short pig went down the toad together. Soon they came to a garden. Around this garden was a high brick wall. There was no door in the wall. But the camel was too tall that he could see right over the top of the wall. He could see the fine ripe fruit in the garden.

The camel stuck his head over the wall and ate all the fruit he wanted. The poor pig was so short that he could not reach over the wall. He could get inside the garden because there was no door. So he got no fruit. haha laughed the camel, now isn’t it better to be tall like me than to be short like you? The pig didn’t say a word, they went on a little farther and came to another garden. The wall around this garden was so high that even the camel would not reach over it. There was a small door in this wall. The pig pushed the door open with his snout and went in. This garden was full of ripe fruit too and the pig ate all he wanted.