VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Homework

Ask your grandparents about the Spring festival when they were children and write a story about it

小时候问问你的祖父母关于春节的事,写一篇关于春节的故事

Speaking exercise

For Chinese New Year I won’t travel because many people have flu and I don’t want to get sick. So, I willl at home eat New Year’s dinner and talk with family members. I will watch cartoons on the TV and do my winter vacation homework. We will eat sweet rice balls and noodles. Noodles are yummy and noodles are my favourite food.

For Chinese New Year I won’t travel because many people have flu and I don’t want to get sick. So, I will stay at home, eat New Year’s dinner and talk with family members. I will watch cartoons on the TV and do my winter vacation homework. We will eat sweet rice balls and noodles. Noodles are yummy and noodles are my favourite food.

Vocabulary

flu (n): a common infectious illness that causes fever and headache
流行性感冒,流感
E.g.: a flu virus
流感病毒
E.g.: to catch/get/have (the) flu
患/染/得流感

fever (n): a medical condition in which the body temperature is higher than usual and the heart beats very fast
发烧,发热
E.g.: He’s got a headache and a slight fever.
他头疼,还有点发烧。

disease (n): (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or failure of health rather than by an accident
病,疾病
E.g.: a contagious/infectious disease
传染病
E.g.: a common/rare/incurable/fatal disease
常见病/罕见疾病/绝症/致命疾病

unknown (adj): not known or familiar
未知的;不知名的;不了解的;不熟悉的
E.g.: The exact number of people carrying the virus is unknown.
病毒携带者的准确数目还不清楚

unknown disease

won’t-short form of will not
(will not 的缩略形式)
E.g.: I won’t go without you.
你不走,我也不走。
E.g.: Won’t it be nice to see Paul again?
再次见到保罗难道不让人高兴吗?

寒假作业-winter vacation  homework 

I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during winter vacation.
我经常去看我的奶奶和爷爷在寒假期间。

close (adj): People who are close know each other very well and like each other a lot, or who see and talk to each other a lot.
亲密的;亲近的;联系紧密的
E.g.: Mira is one of my closest friends.
米拉是我的一位密友。
E.g.: Her relationship isn’t good with her father, but she’s very close to her mother.
她和父亲的关系不好,可是和母亲的关系非常亲近。
E.g.: My brother and I have become much closer over the years.
这些年,哥哥和我的关系亲密多了。