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

Homework

Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.

Speaking exercise


I think for most of the people especially the young population they cannot live without the internet. in daily life I usually go to internet for online shopping, reading news, contacting my friends and even send some working message to my Clie or colleagues. Internet is in the everywhere of my life. When I want to take a long break and get out of my city life, when I get a vacation or traveling, sometimes I wish internet was not in front of me. but I cannot stand for a long time, I will be boring. Nowadays I won’t bring my wallet with me, but of course I will bring my cellphone but I can use cellphone to connect to internet for shopping pay for taxi even go to the subway. I always carry the charger. Now I can even have classes through internet. Because I live and work far away from the office. so it can save a lot of time if I can have online classes. And also I can make some interactions with teacher though the class.


I think for most of the people especially the young population they cannot live without the internet. In my daily life I usually go to the internet for online shopping, reading news, contacting my friends and even sending  / to send some e-mails to my Client or colleagues. Internet is everywhere in my life / in every part of my life. When I want to take a long break and get out of my city life, when I get a vacation or if I am traveling, sometimes I wish internet / access to the internet was not in front of me. but I cannot stand for a long time, I will be bored. Nowadays I won’t bring my wallet with me, but of course I will bring my cellphone but I can use my cellphone to connect to the internet / web / wifi for shopping, to pay for a taxi, or even go to the subway. I always carry a charger. Now I can even have classes through the internet. Because I live and work far away from the office. So it can save a lot of time if I can have online classes. And also I can make some interactions with my teachers though the class. 

Vocabulary


Infrastructure: foundation
ex: Every year the government pays a lot of money for the infrastructure construction.
Wall piece: Part of the charger that plugs in the wall
ex: The shop will offer the wall piece together with the cellphone.
Chord: A wire
ex: If you don’t bring the wall piece you can use the phone chord directly to the computer for charging.

Reading

For the first time, plants from Earth are growing on the moon. China’s space agency showed photos of cotton seeds sprouting into life. It said they were among several plants that were growing. The other plants include potatoes, rock cress and rapeseed. It is part of a Chinese project to the far side of the moon. The project is called a “moon surface micro-ecological circle”. Project leader Liu Hanlong says the cotton was the first to sprout. He said he chose the plants because they were small, strong and could grow in the difficult conditions on the moon’s surface.

Professor Hanlong said the aim was to understand how plants grow in space and to develop plants that can grow on the moon or in space. The professor said the team is looking at the future survival in space. Learning about these plants growing could allow us to lay the foundation for starting a space base. The project also includes yeast and fruit flies in creating a mini-ecosystem. The plants will produce oxygen and food for the fruit flies; the yeast could change the flies’ waste and the dead plants into another kind of food source.

Pronunciation


Moon: moo*, remember to pronounce the “n” sound.
Cress
micro-ecological 
mini-ecosystem
Oxygen: ox /ey /jen
Client: Cly / ent
Infrastructure: in / fra / struck / ture.

Needs more review

Economy: Financial environment