VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

What do you think is inside a haunted house? What type of ghosts/zombies are in there? Who do you want to go with? Do you think you will be scared?

Vocabulary

college/university: 大学

California: 加州

coast: 海岸

eg. Her house is just 3km off the coast.

eg. They are having a fantastic holiday on the east coast of Japan.

advice: when someone tells you what you should do when you need help 意见

eg. William gave me some good advice when I needed help.

eg. My advice is to go by train.

communicate/talk with each other

message: 信息

eg. Carlos sent a message to Maria on Wechat.

eg. I received your message just before you arrived.

lend/t: borrow/give you something but you need to return it to me later 借

eg. Carlos lent Maria some money to buy a van.

eg. I lend you this pen for today.

give: to give you something and you don’t need to return 给; 送

eg. She gave me 1000 yuan for my birthday.

eg. I give a cup to you for Christmas.

library: place to borrow books

eg. Everyone can borrow books from the library.

eg. There is a library next to my house.

museum: 博物馆

eg. Ther are many exhibitions in the museum.

rollercoaster: 过山车

hanging upside-down: 倒过来

eg. The scariest rollercoaster is the one where the seats hang upside-down.

track: 轨道

eg. Don’t walk on the train tracks when there’s a train coming.

scream: making loud noises because you’re angry or scared 叫

eg. People on the rollercoaster are screaming during the ride.

Grammar

simple present – in the present/general

She plays the piano every day.

William comes to class on Tuesdays.

simple past – in the past/at one time in the past

She played the piano yesterday.

William came to class yesterday.

present continuous – happening right now

She’s playing the piano right now.

William is having class right now.

simple future tense – in the future

She’s going to play the piano tomorrow.

William’s going to come to class tomorrow.

I don’t like to have class on weekend, but I have class on weekends.

I don’t afraid of it, but I think it’s just not fun. I go to a place, it’s very tall. It just have a chair and it’s hanging upside down.

Fast, and I hear many people is screaming. Like the rollercoaster and you don’t need to ride the motorcycle.

Revised: 

I don’t like to have class on weekends/on the weekend, but/unfortunately, I have class on weekends.

I’m not afraid of it, but I think it’s just not fun. I went to a place and it’s very tall. It just has a few chairs and it’s hanging upside down.

It’s fast, and I heard many people were screaming. It’s like the rollercoaster and you don’t need to ride the motorcycle.