VIP Class Notes (Li)[S/W]

Tell me one story about your cats.

Different use of in, on, at 

vertical (adj)垂直的  from top to bottom
I take vertical pictures when I shoot my friends

horizontal (adj)水平的 left to right
I take horizontal pictures when I shoot the landscape

Grammar

at the top/bottom

in the middle

on the left / right

Vocabulary

progress: movement forward or toward a place 进步，进展

eg. You can see each student’s progress at the bottom left.

eg. I am not making much progress with my Spanish.

zoom in/out: make bigger/smaller

eg. You can zoom in to make the font bigger.

eg. Zoom out to see the whole picture.

you can see your challenges/progress

what have you completed/how much you have completed

under that/below that

adopt: to take in a person or animal as your own 收养；领养

eg. It’s better to adopt animals than to buy them.

eg. They decided to adopt a child after several years of not being able to have a baby.

number/licence plate: 牌照

breed: a type of animal or plant

eg. What breed is your cat?

eg. I can’t tell which breed my cat is because he looks mixed.

lively: full of energy 活跃的

eg. Cats are usually lively at night.

eg. They have three lively children at home.

tame: not wild or dangerous ）温顺的

eg. Those dogs are very tame due to their breed.

neuter: to remove an animal’s sexual organs 阉割（动物）

eg. Has your dog been neutered?

pee: 尿

lick: 舔

eg. Some cats spend all day licking their fur.

eg. She licked the chocolate off her fingers.

fur: hair of animals

bury: to cover something up 掩埋

eg. He buried a box under the ground.

eg. The grey cat buried his poo after he was done.

purr: a noise that cats make when they feel relaxed

eg. The cat purred as I stroked its fur.

eg. My cat purrs when he sits on my lap.

1/3 or one third 

1/2 or one half/a half 

1/4 or one fourth 

Grammar

courses – what you study

cousins – your relatives

the – singular/plural (specific)

the picture/this picture

the employees in my company

a – singular (general)

there is a book on the table.

the car has a black number plate.

an – for AEIOU nouns

an orange/apple/ice cream/umbrella

at – night/midnight/noon

in – the morning/afternoon/evening

on – on weekends/weekdays

third-person pronouns (present tense)

he/she/it wants/likes/sits

I have two cats and I adopted them. One of them is a orange cat and other is a white cat. They are male. The orange cat is very cold. It will close to you if it want to eat something. In other time, it don’t allow any people to touch it. Another cat is very cute and tame. It likes people to touch it. When you touch it, it will make some noise that sounds like hulu hulu. If it make this noise represents it feels comfortable. My cats lively in the night so I can’t sleep very well. But, during daytime they always sleep.

The orange cat about 10 months and about two months ago I got him neutered because of it is in heat and it peed on the bed. The white cat about 8 months and it is very clean. It always licks its fur. When it want to pee or poo, it will go to the toilet of the cat. It will bury it. Sometimes it will bury the orange cat’s poo. I think I like white cat better.

Revised: 

I have two cats and I adopted them together. One of them is an orange cat and the other is a white cat. They are both male. The orange cat is very cold. It will come close to you if it wants to eat something. At other times/Otherwise, it won’t allow anyone to touch it. The other cat is very cute and tame. It wants people to touch it. When you touch it, it will purr. If it makes this noise, it represents that it feels comfortable. My cats are lively at night so I can’t sleep very well. But, during day time, they always sleep.

The orange cat is about 10 months old and about two months ago, I got him neutered because it was in heat and it peed on the bed. The white cat is about 8 months old and it is very clean. It always licks its fur. When it wants to pee or poo, it will go to the cat toilet. Then, it will bury it. Sometimes it will bury the orange cat’s poo. I think I like the white cat better.

Now let’s take a look at this picture and then let me introduce it to you.

First, There is looks like a balcony guardrail of a building in the foreground of picture, and there are some leaves on the trees. Then there are some fountains spouting water in the middle ground and there are some mountains in the background. We see a blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the picture, and there are many trees below the mountain.

This picture looks like it was taken on the balcony of a villa. Next let’s guess what villa looks like. First I think it is a villa that has three floors, and there is a big swimming pool in front of the villa. There is a garden on which their children can play behind the villa.

Revised: 

Now let’s take a look at this picture and then let me introduce it to you.

First, in the centre/middle, there is a balcony guardrail of a building in the foreground of the picture, and there are some leaves on the trees. Then, there are some fountains spouting water in the middle ground, and there are some mountains in the background. We see a blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the picture/in the background, and there are many trees below the mountain.

This picture looks like it was taken on the balcony of a villa. Next, let’s guess what this villa looks like. First I think it is a villa that has three floors, and there is a big swimming pool in front of the villa. There is a garden on which the children can play behind the villa.