VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Vocabulary

Math/Maths – 数学
e.g. Today, Sherry had to do her math homework.

三乘以六 = three times six
Multiplication – 乘法

Send – 寄给
e.g. She sent a letter to her son.

Envelope – what you put a letter in to send it 信封
e.g. You must have a good envelope so that your letter stays clean.

Mailbox / Postbox – 邮件箱 a mailbox goes outside of your home; a postbox is probably bigger and goes on the street
e.g. While I was in town, I put my letter to my son in the postbox.

Deliver (the mail) – to give someone something that someone else sent, like with mail 投递邮件
e.g. Every day the mail is delivered to our house.

Build a snowman – 造雪人
e.g. When there is a lot of snow you can build a snowman.

Scarf – 围巾
e.g. When it is cold, you should wear a scarf to keep your neck warm.

Stick – a small piece of a tree 树枝
e.g. We used some sticks to make arms for our snowman.

Arm – 胳膊

Melt – when ice or snow turns into water 融化
e.g. At the end of winter, all the snow melts and runs away.

Appetite / Hunger – when you want to eat something 胃口
e.g. Sherry didn’t eat lunch because she didn’t have an appetite.

Skate – to use special shoes to run on ice 滑冰
Sled – to lay down on something flat and slide down a hill on the snow 滑雪

Stone – 石头
e.g. To build a snowman, you can use some small stones for the eyes and buttons.

Button – 扣子

Speaking exercise

She writing letter. He is her son. She writes letter for pencil. She is put in envelope. She is 寄给. She is put in the postbox. Postman 寄给 send. He said it’s not for me. 寄错了. I’m sorry, he said.


She is writing a letter to her son. He is her son. She writes the letter for with a pencil. She is puts it in an envelope. She is will send it to her son. She is puts in the postbox. The postman delivers her letter. He said: “it’s not for me.” It was delivered to the wrong person. “I’m sorry,” he said.

Speaking exercise

Here is skate. It’s snowing. They are make a snowball. They are making a snowman. She has the carrot and make a snowman. Put on scarf, hat,树枝,石头,carrot. The Sun is come out. The snowman is melt.


Here there are some people sledding is skate. It’s snowing. They are making a snowball. They are also making / building a snowman. She has the a carrot and is making a snowman. They put a scarf, hat, some sticks, some stonesand a carrot on the snowmanThen the Sun is comes out and the snowman is melts.