VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Speaking exercise

Grandma was going outside but before she left she told MB to take care of her golden fish. The cat wanted to eat the fish so MB put the cat under a basket and the fish was safe. But then the fish fell into the toilet and it down, the fish was in sewer it was smelly and gross but somehow he put the fish in the pond.  Little man catch the fish and take the fish to his home. MB steal the fish but grandma is coming and the fish is safe in the water but the cat is under a basket so she’s angry

Grandma was going outside but before she left she told MB to take care of her golden fish. The cat wanted to eat the fish so MB put the cat under a basket and the fish was safe. But then the fish fell into the toilet and MB flushed it down the toilet, now, the fish was in sewer it was smelly and gross but somehow he managed to put the fish in the pond. A Little man caught the fish and took it to his home. MB stole the fish and put it back into the fishbowl, so the fish was safe again. Once grandma got home she could see that her fish is in the water but the cat was under a basket so she got really angry

Vocabulary

clumsy (adj): A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way.
笨手笨脚,毛手毛脚,不灵巧
That’s the third glass you’ve smashed this week – you’re so clumsy!
这已经是你这个星期打碎的第3只杯子了——真是太笨了!

sewer (n): a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely got rid of
下水道;排污管;阴沟
a sewer pipe
污水管
A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.
城市的地下布有复杂的排污系统。

flush (v): If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again.
冲洗(抽水马桶)
My children never flush the toilet after them.
我的孩子们用过马桶后从来不冲。
I can’t get the toilet to flush.
我无法让马桶冲水。

gross (adj): extremely unpleasant
极其令人厌恶的,令人恶心的,令人不快的
“Oh, gross!” she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
“呀,真恶心!”她看着在一堆堆脏盘子上方飞来飞去的苍蝇说道。

virus (n): an extremely small piece of organic material that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants
病毒
the chickenpox/flu/herpes/mumps virus
水痘/流行性感冒/疱疹/流行性腮腺炎病毒

snot (n): mucus produced in the nose
鼻涕