VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Speaking exercise

my favorite book is 5 wolves, it said 4 little wolves and their mother in a big forest. One day 2 people see them, they want to kill them, but one people want to help them. Finally a bear comes and it killed the wolves mother the people see it and kill the bear. People help these 5 little ones grows up.  Three months later the 5 little ones are big and strong , they can hunt  food finally they goes to the forest again

my favorite book is  a book about 5 wolves.  5 little wolves and their mother lived in a big forest. One day 2 people saw them, one of them who was a hunter wanted to kill them, but the other one who was a zoologist wanted to help them. One day a bear came and killed the wolves mother, the people saw it and they killed the bear. They helped these 5 little ones to  grows up.  Three months later the 5 little ones became big and strong , they could hunt for food finally at the end they went (back) to the forest again, and they lived happily  ever after

Vocabulary

three months ago-三个月前
three months later-三个月后

Animal Researcher/zoologist动物研究家

hunt an animal but hunt for food

chase away – force to go away;
E.g.: A dog came into  my backyard and I had to chase it away!

frighten (v) – to make a person or animal feel fear in order to make them go away
把…吓走
E.g.: Be quiet or you’ll frighten the deer off.
别出声,否则会把鹿吓跑的。

rifle (n): 步枪, a type of a gun usually used for hunting
E.g.: Most of hunters use a rifle when hunting.

For a happy ending we usually use phrase “and they lived happily ever after“.

hunt (v):to chase and try to catch and kill an animal or bird for food, sport, or profit
狩猎,捕猎
E.g.: Some animals hunt at night.
有些动物在夜间猎食。
E.g.: Cats like to hunt mice and birds.