VIP Class Notes (Mark) [S]

Grammar

plus (s.) – pluses (pl.)

minus (s.) – minuses (pl.)

Example: One plus can make two minuses.

“All Aboard!” – board means to get onto a train, plane, bus, etc. . aboard means you are on it. “All aboard!” is something the conductor of a train might say to let everyone who wants to ride the train know to get onto it.

lucky charm – a thing or a pet that brings good luck.

Vocabulary

Train crossing – the intersection of a roadway and train tracks.

Valley – the low place between two mountains.

Pronunciation

throw – [TH ROW]

through – [TH REW]

Irish – [EYE RISH]

magnetically – [MAG NET IK LEE]

Shanghai has trains. They are called the subway. Why? And why are trains important in a city like Shanghai.