VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S/W]

The cat and the mice

The cat every days to catch the mice. The mice are hungry. One day, the little mouse has an idea: 把铃铛挂在猫脖子上, and they are listen it was back. at the 明天, the little give the 铃铛 the cat, the cat is happy, the mouse is happy too. And the mouse are listen the 铃铛, and they’re back.

The cat every day tries to catch the mice. The mice were hungry. One day, a little mouse had an idea: to hang a bell around the cat’s neck, so they could hear once/when the cat is back to the house . The next day, the little mouse gave the bell to the cat, the cat was happy, the mice were happy too. Now the mice could hear  when the cat is near them so they could escape to their hole on time.

Vocabulary

doorbell (n)
an electrical device that makes a ringing sound when you press a button
（电）门铃
E.g.: I stood at the front door and rang the bell several times.
我站在前门，按了好几次门铃。

铃铛-Small bell

ring the bell
E.g.: Did somebody ring the bell?-有人按门铃了吗？
E.g.: Just ring the bell and I’ll come down to let you in.-你一按铃我就下来给你开门。

couple (n): two people who are married or in a romantic or sexual relationship, or two people who are together for a particular purpose
夫妻；情侣；（有共同目的的）两个人
E.g.: a married couple
一对夫妻
E.g.: An elderly couple live (US lives) next door.
一对老夫妻住在隔壁。

boring (adj): not interesting or exciting
烦人的；乏味的；无聊的
E.g.: She finds opera boring.
她觉得歌剧很乏味。
E.g.: It’s boring to sit on the plane with nothing to read.
坐在飞机上没东西可读真是无聊。
E.g.: a boring lecture
枯燥的讲座

realize (v): to understand a situation, sometimes suddenly
明白；认识到；意识到
E.g.: They didn’t realize the danger they were in.
他们没有意识到自己身处危险之中。
E.g.: “Do you realize (that) this is the third time you’ve forgotten?” she said angrily.
“你知不知道这已经是你第三次忘记这件事了？”她生气地说。
E.g.: I realize how difficult it’s going to be, but we must try.
我知道这有多困难，但我们必须试一试。
E.g.: the man realized that this wasn’t the hotel 那人意识到这不是旅馆

One day it have a man and lady to MB’s house but they think Mb’s house is a hotel. Mb had an idea, and made a bed and say to the couple: ‘please, come in!’ And they watch Tv and listen MB’s music and they’re happy but the man think this is not a hotel. The man is angry and he go to the hotel. But they like MB’s music and in the hotel is boring, so they go back and listen MB’s music.

One day a Japanese couple came to MB’s house but they thought that Mb’s house is a hotel. Mb had an idea, he wanted to make some money. So, he made a bed and said to the couple: ‘please, come in!’The couple was watching Tv and they were listening to MB’s music and they were happy but the man realized that this was not the hotel. The man was angry and they went to the hotel. But they liked MB’s music and in the hotel was boring, so they went back to listen to MB’s music.