VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Homework

There is a chocolate truck in front of your school. It’s there every day for only 10 minutes. You have 10 people waiting in front of you and you only have 5 minutes left. The child in front of you is still counting his money. What do you do?

Finish this story.

Today we focused on:

Prepositions – words that tell you about direction, time and position

Vocabulary

under/on top

in front of/behind

tunnel – 隧道

burglar – someone who steals from you

eg. The burglar breaks into Mr Bean’s house and steals teddy from him.

hive – home for bees

line up  – to wait in line for sth (for food, to buy sth)

eg. Many children lined up to buy ice-cream.

eg. You have to line up to buy lunch in school.

run out – no more of sth

eg. The ice-cream truck ran out of ice-cream.

eg. He bought some toilet paper because his house ran out of it.

Grammar

into – inside

ex. I put my book into my backpack.

ex. She went into the house.

ex. I put my pencil into my pencil case.

through – from one end of sth to the other 通过;穿越

ex. The ball went through the window.

ex. You walk through a tunnel.

ex. Hades walks through the hall.

across – on the other side/to go from one side of a place to another  从一边到另一边

ex. Across the road, there are many people.

ex. You swim across the river.

ex. I go across the playground.

along – to keep going in one direction 沿着,顺着

ex. She walked along the hallway by herself.

ex. Walk along the river and turn right you’ll my school.

ex. He spent the evening running along the beach.

towards – to come/go towards sbd

ex. Come towards me when you finish eating.

ex. The little boy ran towards his parents.

ex. I go towards my mum.

past – to go further from a place 经过

ex. I walk past Jingan Park to come here to learn English.

ex. I run past you to buy an ice-cream.

ex. They marched past the White House.

Speaking exercise

Mr Bean wanted to eat ice-cream but he forget to give money and then he go to home and bring some money. There are many people to buy ice-cream and no he don’t have ice-cream. No, he go in the ice-cream car and make ice-cream himself. There are many children to buy the ice-cream and at last the ice-cream runs out. He didn’t eat ice-cream. The man goes to get ice-cream. Then, Mr Bean makes some ice-cream in the car. Mr Bean is be found. He runs and then his ice-cream melts. He didn’t eat any ice-cream.

Revised: 

Mr Bean wants to eat ice-cream but he forgets to bring money so then he goes home and brings some money. There are many people who want to buy ice-cream and he did not get to buy ice-cream. No, he goes in the ice-cream truck and makes ice-cream for himself. There are many children who want to buy ice-cream so at last, the ice-cream runs out. He didn’t eat his ice-cream. The man goes to get ice-cream. Then, Mr Bean makes some ice-cream in the truck. Mr Bean is found. He runs and then his ice-cream melts. He didn’t eat any ice-cream in the end..