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

Vocabulary

Substitute (v/adj): 1- to use something or someone instead of another thing or person:
E.g.: You can substitute apples for pears for this cake.
E.g.: Howard’s teacher was sick, so another one came to substitute her.

Recipe (n): 1- instructions telling you how to prepare and cook food.
E.g.: Do you know a good recipe for chocolate cake?
E.g.: My grandmother’s recipe for pasta is delicious!

Ingredient (n): 1- a food that is used with other foods to make something else.
E.g.: This easy recipe of chocolate cake only needs four ingredients.
E.g.: The list of ingredients included 250 g of apples.

Similar (adj): 1- almost the same as someone or something else
E.g.: Our cats are similar in size/color.
E.g.: You two look very/quite similar to each other.

Elementary School (n): 1- 小学

Jim Picks Up his Sister

It was a cloudy day. It looked like it was going to rain. Jim put on his raincoat and rain boots. He grabbed his umbrella and left his house. He had to walk to an elementary school to pick up his sister. It was three o’clock. Jim’s little sister was coming out of school. He walked along the streets. He looked at his clothes. His rain boots were black. His raincoat was green. His jeans were blue. His umbrella was red. Jim looked around as he walked. People were dressed similarly. The clouds looked dark. They were heavy with rain. Jim walked faster. Jim arrived at 3:20. The school bell would ring at 3:30. Jim needed to wait ten more minutes. He was at the front gate. There were parents waiting alongside with Jim. The school bell rang and the children were taken to the front gate. Jim’s sister ran up to him, they hugged, and walked home together.

Original:

This weekend I went to Jiashan with my parents and grandparents and their dog. We lived in a hotel, the hotel is not very comfortable, and the hotel has no stars. I played bow and arrow, I played four times, but I didn’t win, because I played that very bad. In the night I went to bar with my father. My father drank a bottle of wine and I drank a cup of orange juice. The wine was 50RMB and the orange juice was 103RMB. They were very expensive.

Edited:

This weekend I went to Jiashan with my parents, my grandparents, and their dog. We stayed at a hotel, but it had no stars and it was not very comfortable. I played bow and arrow, but I’m not very good at it, so even though I played four times, I didn’t win. At night I went to a bar with my father. He drank a bottle of wine and I drank a cup of orange juice. The wine was 50RMB and the orange juice was 103RMB. The orange juice was very expensive.

Grammar

I know how to cook this, but I don’t cook before. – I know how to cook this, but I have never done it before.

Pronunciation

Though: /ðoʊ/

Substitute: /ˈsʌb.stə.tuːt/

Recipe: /ˈres.ə.pi/

Ingredient: /ɪnˈɡriː.di.ənt/

Husband: /ˈhʌz.bənd/

Clothes: /kloʊðz/