VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Speaking exercise

Birthday Party

It’s MB’s birthday, he write a card for himself  and he looked his grandma’s room have many people and he go down, but he don’t have invitation so that man didn’t  let him go in. MB got very angry, he tried many different ways to get in. First, he take another grandma’s invitation, but the doorkeeper looked at the card and he see that this is another grandma’s card. Then, he take take many balloons and put them in front of his face but the doorkeeper used his key to pop the balloons. Next he made a big cake and he  sit inside the cake, but the doorkeeper said that here have cake. So people get the cake to his room, and in the room MB find his invitation. He go down and doorkeeper check his card and go in. But MB didn’t know that this is his birthday party and he’s very happy

It’s MB’s birthday, he wrote a birthday card for himself  and he looked through the window and he saw that his grandma’s room was full of  people and he went downstairs, but he didn’t have an invitation so a doorkeeper didn’t  let him go in. MB got very angry, he tried many different ways to get in. First, he took another grandma’s invitation, but the doorkeeper looked at/checked the card and he saw that this is another grandma’s card. Then, he took many balloons and put them in front of his face but the doorkeeper used his key to pop the balloons. Next he made a big cake and he  sat/hid inside the cake, but the doorkeeper said that at this party they already got a cake. So people took the cake to MB’s room, and in the room MB finally found his invitation. He went downstairs and the doorkeeper checked his card and let him in. But MB didn’t know that this was his birthday party and he felt very happy.

Vocabulary

let sb/sth in (v): to allow someone or something to enter
允许…进入
E.g.: She opened the door and let me in.
她打开门让我进去。
E.g.: These shoes are starting to let water in.
这双鞋子开始进水了。

through (prep): from one end or side of something to the other
通过;穿越
E.g.: They walked slowly through the woods.
他们缓步穿过树林。
E.g.: The boy waded through the water to reach his boat.
男孩涉水来到他的船上。
E.g.: He struggled through the crowd till he reached the front.
他挤过人群来到前面。

hide | hid | hidden

hide (v): to put something or someone in a place where that thing or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found
把…藏起来;躲藏
E.g.: She used to hide her diary under her pillow.
她过去常把自己的日记藏在枕头下。
E.g.: I like wearing sunglasses – I feel I can hide behind them.
我喜欢戴太阳镜——我觉得我可以藏在镜片的后面。

doorkeeper (n): a person whose job is to stay near the entrance to a public place and prevent people entering without permission:
E.g.: He had been working as a doorkeeper at the club.