VIP Class Notes (Raph)[R][S]

Vocabulary

Notice (v): 1-  to see something or someone or to become aware of something or someone:
E.g.: I noticed that his clothes were dirty.
E.g.: Mary waved at the man but he didn’t notice her.
E.g.: He noticed that the woman was looking at him.
E.g.: Did you notice how she did that?

Stare (v): 1- to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or thinking:
E.g.: Don’t stare at people like that, it’s rude.
E.g.: The dog was staring at all the food on the table.

Rude (adj): 1-  not polite.
E.g.: He’s a very rude man.
E.g.: It’s rude not to say “Thank you” when you are given something.

Nearly (adv): 1- almost.
E.g.: It’s been nearly three months since my last haircut.
E.g.: She’s nearly as tall as her father now.
E.g.: They ate nearly everything.

Captivity (n): 1- the state of being held in one place without being able to leave (noun)
E.g.: The chimpanzee has spent most of its life in captivity.

Sanctuary (n): 1- a place where birds or animals can live and be protected.
E.g.: You cannot hunt inside the wildlife sanctuary.

Habitat (n): 1-  the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives:
We need to do more to protect these animals’ natural habitat.

Marine (adj): 1- related to the sea.
E.g.: We need to protect marine animals from water pollution.

Mammal (n): 1- animals that give birth to their young (do not lay eggs) and feed them on milk.
E.g.: Humans, dogs, elephants, and dolphins are all mammals, but birds, fish, and crocodiles are not.

Human (n): 1- a person.
E.g.: Humans need to take better care of nature.

Bottlenose Dolphin (n): 1- 瓶鼻海豚

Exhibit (n): 1- 展示

Original:

Today I went to school. At afternoon I and our classmates had a Chinese lesson. When I was having the Chinese lesson, my desk mate took something from my pencil case, but I didn’t know. After two minutes the teacher said to my desk mate gave me the things in your hand, and she gave it to her, and the desk mate said “it’s mine”. I said to teacher that she take that thing from my pencil case, but I didn’t know, and teacher was angry at my desk mate.

Edited:

Today I went to school. In the afternoon me and my classmates had a Chinese lesson. During that lesson, my desk mate took something from my pencil case, but I didn’t notice it. After two minutes, the teacher told her “Give me the things you have in your hand”, and when she gave it to her, my desk mate said that it was mine. I told my teacher that she had taken that thing from my pencil case without asking me, so teacher was angry at my desk mate.

A New Home
(Source: www.timeforkids.com/g56/new-home/)

The National Aquarium, in Baltimore, Maryland, is home to nearly 20,000 animals. Among them are seven bottlenose dolphins: Jade, Spirit, Maya, Bayley, Chesapeake, Beau, and Foster. Bayley, the youngest, is 9. Chesapeake, the oldest, is 26. She is Bayley’s mom. All seven were born in captivity. None has known life in the wild.

But soon, this dolphin colony will make a big move. The National Aquarium says it will close its Dolphin Discovery exhibit by 2021 and transfer the animals to a sanctuary that’s more like their natural habitat. It will be the first sanctuary for marine mammals in the United States. “We really are creating a new way for how humans and dolphins interact,” Leigh Clayton, director of the National Aquarium told TFK.

Pronunciation

Target: /ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/

Captivity: /kæpˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/

National: /ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/

Aquarium: /əˈkwer.i.əm/

Exhibit: /ɪɡˈzɪb.ɪt/

Sanctuary: /ˈsæŋk.tʃu.er.i/

Habitat: /ˈhæb.ə.tæt/

Nature: /ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/

Natural: /ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/