VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S/W]

Speaking exercise

One day MB wants to take  wild animals’ photograph, so he go to the forest but animal don’t want to take photographs they were hiding. Next day MB see many animals near his home, so he take photograph but he forgot open the camera so he didn’t get the photograph. Then he see some fox near the home so he buy a fox clothes and he wear the fox clothes. He wanted to take fox photos but some people come in, so he can’t take photograph and people chase he, he ran to home. He want open the door but the door is closed so he can’t open the door.

One day MB wanted to take wild animals’ photos/he wanted to take photos of the wild animals, so he went to the forest but animals didn’t want to be photographed they were hiding. The next day MB saw many animals near his home, so he took some photos but he forgot to open the camera so he didn’t get any  photos. Then he saw some foxes near the home so he bought a fox costume and he wore the fox costume. He wanted to take fox photos but some people came, so he couldn’t take any photos and the people started chasing him, so, he ran home. He wanted to open the door but the door is locked so he couldn’t open the door.

Vocabulary

costume (n): a set of clothes worn in order to look like someone or something else, especially for a party or as part of an entertainment
(尤指聚会或娱乐活动中穿的)化装服
E.g.: Our host was wearing a clown costume.
我们的主人穿着小丑服。
E.g.: The children were dressed in Halloween costumes.
孩子们都是万圣节打扮。

a fox costume-狐狸装

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。

lock (v): to fasten something with a key, or be fastened with a key
锁,上锁
E.g.: Don’t forget to lock the door when you go out.
出去时别忘了锁门。
E.g.: If you shut the door it will lock automatically.
门关上就会自动锁好。
E.g.: the doors are locked-门是锁着的

wild (adj): used to refer to plants or animals that live or grow independently of people, in natural conditions and with natural characteristics
野生的;未经栽培的;未经驯化的
E.g.: wild grasses
野草
E.g.: a herd of wild horses
一群野马
E.g.:These herbs grow wild in the area.
在这个地区,这种草是野生的。
E.g.: wild animals

Wild  land is not used to grow crops and has few people living in it.
荒无人烟的;未经开垦的
a wild, mountainous region
荒无人烟的山区

in the wild-in natural conditions, independent of humans
在野生环境中
E.g.: Animals would produce more young in the wild than they do in the zoo.
动物在野生环境中的产崽数量要比在动物园里多。

domestic animal (n): an animal that is not wild and is kept as a pet or to produce food
宠物;家养动物,家畜

A silly mouse

One day a mouse is playing near the computer. He touches a button on the computer. There is a cat on the screen. He has two big eyes and is shouting “meaow”. The mouse is scared. He sit on the table and thinks ” I’m afraid of the cat. He’ll eat me soon. It’s time out. I need to fight with him”. Then the mouse is runing toward the cat and beating the screen with his paw. The screen is broken but the cat is still there. The mouse thinks “The cat wins, I have to run away”. Then he runs back home. What a silly mouse!

One day a mouse is was playing near the computer. He touched/pressed a button on the computer. There was a cat on the screen. He had two big eyes and was shouting “meow”. The mouse was scared. He sat on the table and thought ” I’m afraid of the cat, he’ll eat me soon. My time’s up! I need to fight with him”. Then the mouse ran toward the cat and started beating the screen with his paw. The screen got broken but the cat was still there. The mouse thought “The cat wins/won, I have to run away”. Then he ran back home. What a silly mouse!