VIP Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Cemetery (n): 1- an area of ground in which dead bodies are buried.
E.g.: His father is buried in the cemetery on the hill.

Nearly (adv): 1- almost, or not completely.
E.g.: It’s been nearly three months since my last haircut.
E.g.: I’ve nearly finished that book you lent me.
E.g.: She’s nearly as tall as her father now.
E.g.: They have eaten nearly everything.
E.g.: It was so funny – we nearly died laughing.

Content (n): 1-  the ideas that are contained in a piece of writing, a speech, or a film.
E.g.: It’s a very beautiful movie, but it doesn’t have much content.
E.g.: Their teacher gives them too much content, but doesn’t give them enough time to actually understand everything.

Adapt (v): 1- to become familiar with a new situation.
E.g.: The good thing about children is that they adapt very easily to new environments.
E.g.: It took me a while to adapt to the new job.

Puberty (n): 1- the stage in people’s lives when they develop from a child into an adult because of changes in their body that make them able to have children. 2- 青春期.
E.g.: Puberty is always a confusing time in a person’s life.

Original:

Last week my son had high school monthly examination. His Math score is less than 80. Many mistakes were that he had done many times, so I was worried about his situation. Before he was two grade, he was in public primary school, because I took him and from to school inconvenient, so I let him to study in private primary school, nearly my workplace. It is difficult for him to study in the private school, I think my decision is wrong. His teacher taught them Math in advance, for example now, they are four grade, but they study knowledge five grade. My son isn’t interested in Math, he isn’t focus on one thing, sneak away in class.

Edited:

Last week my son had a primary school monthly examination. His Math score was less than 80 and many of the mistakes he made were on problems that he had already done many times before, so I was worried about his situation. Before second grade, he used to study at a public primary school, but because taking him there and picking him up was inconvenient, I decided to move him to a private school near my workplace. But his new school is difficult for him, so I think I made the wrong decision. He is currently in fourth grade, but his Math teacher is teaching them content from fifth grade in advance. As he isn’t interested in Math, he can’t really focus in class.

Pronunciation

Cemetery: /ˈsem.ə.ter.i/

Hometown: /ˈhoʊm.taʊn/

Competition: /ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/

Puberty: /ˈpjuː.bɚ.t̬i/