VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/W/R]

Homework

Finish reading the article, write about “What do you fear?”

Pronunciation

scr- sgr

ex: script, scratch, scribe, scrap,  scrub

described- des gribed

Vocabulary

1.ban- to prohibit, to stop something for good

ex: The Shanghai government banned firework during Chinese New Year.

2.irrational: not logical, without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.

ex: I got married at 25, it was an irrational decision.

ex: Some men are irrational, they get mad for no reasons and can be harmful.

Writing exercise

Last week was Chinese New Year week, In China, New Year is important as Christmas in the West. During Chinese New Year, we play firework and youngsters will have many Red Begs from their parents… Also we have reunion dinner. But now Chinese New Year in Shanghai is a little different compare to when I was a kid. In my childhood, we could play various sorts of firework if we want. But now, about environment protection and security, Shanghai’s government announced that people can not play firework in downtown. But In my opinion, firework is the key mood production in Chinese New Year. I hope one-day I can play firework at Chinese New Year in Shanghai downtown again!

Revised

Last week was the Chinese New Year week, In China, New Year is as important as Christmas in the West. During Chinese New Year, we play firework and youngsters will have many Red Packs from their parents… we also have reunion dinner. But now Chinese New Year in Shanghai is a little different compared to when I was a kid. In my childhood, we could play various sorts of firework if we wanted. But now, due to environmental protection and security, Shanghai’s government announced that people cannot play firework in downtown. But In my opinion, firework is the most important thing in Chinese New Year. I hope one day I can play firework during Chinese New Year in Shanghai downtown again!

Speaking exercise

Pets- my dog (Samoy)

We bought it when I 11 year old. My mom thought he is a boy and he was very cute, because when we bought it, he was just 4 year old. One day, my mom and I went out and we came back home very late because we forgot we have a dog already. When we back to home, we saw that our sofa just be destroyed, and our dog shakes his tail and came to us. But my mom was very very angry. My mom wants to beat it, and he noticed the bad things coming, then he went under the table and still shake its tail. When my mom shout to it, he stopped shake his tail. After this thing, my mom realized that she cannot come back home very late, if have some situation that made she come back late, she would let it in cage before she go out. He was very clever and he likes to eat meat. One day I bought a meat bun and I gave it to him, because he likes meat, so he doesn’t eat the bun. He wastes food. I tried to give him the bun with some meat soup , because he never thought, he just smells and eat. He’s scared of fireworks. During CNY, he don’t want to go out, because there are so many firework outside. If you want to take him out, he will get away the chain, and back to home.

Revised

We bought it when I was 11 years old. My mom thought he was very cute, because when we bought him, he was only 4 years old. One day, my mom and I went out and we came back home very late because we forgot about the dog. When we went back to home, we saw that our sofa was destroyed, and our dog wiggled his tail and came to us. But my mom was very very angry, she wanted to beat him, and he noticed and went under the table and still wiggled his tail. When my mom yelled at him, he stopped wiggling his tail. After this event, my mom realized that she cannot come back home very late, if there were unexpected situations that caused her to come home late, she would keep the dog in the cage before she goes out. He was very clever and he liked to eat meat. One day I bought a meat bun and I gave it to him, because he likes meat, so he doesn’t eat the bun. He wastes food. I tried to give him the bun with some meat soup , because he never thought, he just smells and eats. He was scared of fireworks. During CNY, he doesn’t want to go out, because there are so many firework noises outside. If you want to take him out, he will escape the chain, and run back to home.

Reading

https://english-magazine.org/english-reading/learn-language-articles

We can be frightened for all kinds of reasons; some are logical, such as a fear of snakes which might bite you, but people can be frightened of all sorts of  things, many of them harmless: clowns, butterflies, clocks, moonlight. We call them phobias, and there are long lists of these phobias, most of them seemingly totally irrational.  However, not all fears can be classed as phobias, and we have lots of different words to describe fear, and even ways to describe the people who experience these feelings.