VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Would you rather be a whale 鲸鱼 or a leopard 豹? Why?

Do you like to:
Swim or run?
Be big or small?
Be slow or fast?

Vocabulary

Compare – to say how two things are the same or different 比较
e.g. Let’s compare the table and the computer. Which one is bigger? What colors are they?

Silver – 银色
Gold – 金色

Trick – to make someone think that they are wrong when they are not 欺骗, 开玩笑
e.g. After William had said the names of all the months, I asked him: “any more?” But I couldn’t trick him. He knew that he had told me all of them!

Pyramid – 金字塔

Weekend – Saturday and Sunday 周末

Character – 字符, 汉字

Where – 哪里, 哪儿

Tasty – delicious 好吃

(Musical) Instrument – something you use to play music other than your voice 乐器

Nature class – 自然课
Plants – 植物
Animals – 动物
e.g. In nature class we learn about plants and animals.

Province – a place bigger than a city (市) or a county (县), 省
e.g. Nick has a friend from 山东 province, and another from 河南.

Whale – 鲸鱼
e.g. A whale sort of like a big fish (though it is not a fish!), and you can see them in the sea, especially in the north.

Leopard – 豹
e.g. A leopard is a cat that likes to go up in trees and hunt small animals.

North – 北
South – 南
East – 东
West – 西

桌子比电脑大 = The table is bigger than the computer
— 比 = is . . . than
— When we compare, use “-er” on your words, or “more”
e.g. bigger, smaller, faster, slower, etc.
电脑比桌子小 = The computer is smaller than the table.
电脑没有桌子大 = The computer is not as big as the table.
— 没有 = is not as . . . as
— When we use “not,” then we don’t need to use “-er”
桌子没有电脑小 = The table is not as small as the computer

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

I do my homework. The homework is hard, because the Chinese writing is hard. I play some games. Hide and seek with my mother. I eat rice and vegetables and some meat, 鸡肉. The meat is delicious. The meat is delicious than the vegetables.

I did my homework. The homework was hard, because the Chinese writing is hard. I played some games, like hide and seek with my mother. I ate rice, and vegetables, and some meat. It was chicken. The meat was delicious. The meat was more delicious / tastier than the vegetables.

Pronunciation

Jellyfish – jeh – lee – fish