VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Pronunciation

st- sd sound: mistake stand stip strap stream stakeholder

Vocabulary

1.end of the month= 月底
end of the week= 周末
end of the year =年底

2. relatives (noun)= 亲戚
ex: I have many relatives in Guangxi.
ex: I will see my relatives this week, but I don’t like them.

3. stubborn (adj)= 固执
ex: My parents are very stubborn, they will make you do things.
ex: My husband is very stubborn, he never listens to other people’s opinions.

4. train= 火车
high-speed train=高铁🚄
ex: Tomorrow, I will take the high-speed train to Shenzhen.
ex: It’s take 8 hours from SZ to SH on the high-speed train. 

5. allowance (noun)= 零用钱
ex: My brother gave me allowances when I didn’t want to work.
ex: My mom never gave me any allowance. 

Speaking exercise

Tomorrow I will back home see my grandmother because her body is not good, she is in hospital, so maybe it’s the last time I see her. My grandmother is from Guangxi, so she wants to back in hometown. Tomorrow I will go to Shenzhen and then go to Guangxi. My mom is busy and she doesn’t live with my father. Next week my father will go to Guangxi. My all relatives will from Shenzhen to Guangxi to see my grandmother. We can’t talk each other. I am the second child, when I was young, I lived with my grandma for 5 years, so she’s very important for me. Although we didn’t talk each other, but I want see her. I lived with her when I was young, because she fell boring. This time I don’t want to come back, so it’s very complicated. My relatives are very stubborn and traditional, I very hate this feeling.

Revised

Tomorrow I will go back home to see my grandmother because she is not well, she is in the hospital, so maybe it will be the last time I see her. My grandmother is from Guangxi, so she wants to back to her hometown. Tomorrow I will go to Shenzhen and then go to Guangxi. My mom is busy and she doesn’t live with my father. Next week my father will go to Guangxi. All of my relatives will from Shenzhen will go to Guangxi to see my grandmother. We can’t talk to each other. I am the second child, when I was young, I lived with my grandma for 5 years, so she’s very important to me. Although we didn’t talk to each other for many years, but I want see her. I lived with her when I was young, because she broke her leg and she was bored. This time I don’t want to go back to Guangxi, so it’s very complicated. My relatives are very stubborn and traditional, I really hate this feeling.