VIP Class Notes (Li)[R]
Today we focused on:
Try some of these in your own time. Focus on your tone especially when you see “?!,” Don’t forget to connect the letters before AEIOU.
Vocabulary
based on true events/based on a real story
Aryan race: 亚利安种族
nonfiction: writing about real events and facts
eg. I prefer reading nonfiction stories.
matriarch: the most powerful woman of a society
eg. The matriarch is the leader of an elephant herd.
herd: a group of animals (elephants, sheep)
eg. a herd of elephants
desire/power-hungry
trumpeting: a loud call from an elephant
eg. We could hear the elephants trumpeting in the distance.
American/Australian/British accent
useless – negative
useful – positive
bilingual – two languages
trilingual – three languages
Speaking exercise
The Jewish will be killed at the several hundred millions. I can’t believe this is real thing happen around 70 years ago.
Only humans would kill each other.
Revised:
Several hundred millions of Jewish people/the Jews were killed. I can’t believe this is real and it happened around 70 years ago.
Only humans would kill each other.
Reading
A Loud Radio
Brent was at the stop light. His car radio was on. The music was very loud. Brent liked to listen to loud music in his car. A police car pulled up next to Brent. The policeman looked at Brent. He shouted, “Pull over to the side of the road.” Brent said, “What?” The policeman said, “Pull over to the side of the road.” Brent pulled over to the side of the road. The policeman said, “Do you know why I am giving you a ticket?” Brent said, “You are giving me a ticket? Why are you giving me a ticket?” The policeman said, “Because your radio is too loud.”
Pronunciation
busy – be-zee
music – mew-zik
pulled-up – pooled-ap
matriach – may-tree-yark
memories – me-ma-rees
puppies – pa-pees
trees -tr-ees
water – war-tuh
lion – lie-yan
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