VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S/R]

Next Class Focus

Finish the reading below and try to get Helen to summarize the story in her own words for a speaking.

Vocabulary

Drizzle – very small drops of rain 小雨,细雨
e.g. Today it has been drizzling all day.

Expert – someone who knows a lot about something 专家
e.g. Helen is my Chinese expert, so if she doesn’t know how to say “drizzle” in Chinese, I sure don’t!

America / the United States (of America) – 美国
e.g. Nick is from the United States.

Cursive – when you write with all your letters connected

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Tip – the end of something, the pointy part 尖
Cap – the part that goes on the end of a pen to protect the tip 盖
Pencil Sharpener – a tool so that you can fix a broken pencil, to make a new tip 转笔刀

Skip – you jump and the land with one foot, then the other 跳跃

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Totoro:
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Yawn – 打哈欠
e.g. When Totoro yawns, he opens his mouth really wide.

Mexico – 摩西哥

Offer – to say to someone that you will give them something 提供
e.g. I will offer you a cake for the price of Y10. Do you want it?

Free – you don’t need to pay for something 免费
e.g. The car was for free!

Speaking exercise

I stay at home. I draw girl. The girl’s hair is long. She is jumping a rope by herself. Her eating carrot and cake.


This weekend, I will stay at home. I will draw a picture of a girl. The girl’s hair is long. She is jumping a rope by herself. Her She is eating carrots and cake.

Reading

She offered her car to her brother. He said he would think about it. “Let me think about it,” he said. She called him up a week later. “Do you want my car for free?” she asked. He said, “I’m thinking about it.” She asked, “How long do you have to think about it?” He said he didn’t know. “Let me think about it some more,” he said. She called up a charity. She said, “Do you want my car for free?” The man at the charity said yes. She asked, “You don’t have to think about it?” He said, “No, I don’t have to think about it. Who has to think about a free car?” He picked up her car the next day.

Do You Want It or Not?