VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework

Write about the Chinese military parade (using the past tense) and why it made you want to be a soldier (using the past tense + conditional)

Today we focused on:


HW review + talked about the military parade + practice using the past tense

Speaking exercise

I like guns, it can kill people.
All of guns. I play CS. Awm can shoot very very very far. Maybe can shoot 3 or 4 km.
It can just shoot 3 or 4 bullets 3 or 4 km.

My watch can look pictures, use WeChat, phone.
I charge maybe 1.5 days. It have Baidu and Siri , you can ask Siri.
There is only 2 teams. 6 people in the team.
same team with my father.

There were lots of rockets and tanks, there rockets were very big like a a big bus.
I like cars and planes and ships. I want to be a soldier because I can kill the bad people.
I liked the soldiers gun.


I like guns, they can kill people. / they are weapons which can be used to kill people.
I like all kinds of guns. I played a laser game with my friends .
The Awm can shoot very very very far away. It can maybe shoot 3 or 4 km away.
But it is slow,  You only have 3 or 4 bullets in the magazine.

My watch has many functions.It can show pictures, run WeChat, and phone.
I charge it every 1.5 days. It has Baidu and Siri , you can ask Siri for everything.

There were only 2 teams. there were 6 people in one team. / each team was made of 6 people.
I was in the same team as my father. / I was in one team with my father.

There were lots of rockets and tanks, the rockets were very big like a big bus.
I like cars and planes and ships. I want to be a soldier because this way I can kill bad people.
I like the soldiers rifles.

Writing exercise

Last year we went to France for about ten days. We flew there for 12 hours but the flight wasn’t boring because there was many movies.
We ate many macarons. We also saw their national day but the smoke from the plane was the wrong color. The color should be blue but it was red.
There was also a lot of powerful cars and planes.
I thought it was very interesting. Then we back to Shanghai I think that was my favorite trip.


Last year we went to France for about ten days. We flew there for 12 hours but the flight wasn’t boring because there were many movies.
We ate many macarons. We also saw the parade for their national day but the smoke from the plane was the wrong color. The color should have been blue but it was red.
There were also a lot of powerful cars and planes.
I thought it was very interesting. Then we came back to Shanghai I think that was my favorite trip.

Vocabulary

function(s) 功能
smartphones have many functions, they can give you a map, send messages and shoot pictures.

magazine(n) 弹仓
The magazine of this gun only holds 4 bullets.

gun 枪 (hand gun / you can hold it with 1 hand)
I shot my student with a gun because he didn’t do his homework.

photographer : 摄影师
A photographer makes money shooting people and doesn’t go to jail.

to gun : to kill we a gun
The enemy was gunned down by our soldiers.

rifle 步枪 (long gun, you need 2 hands  to hold it
The rifle of the soldier is cool.

tank 坦克
We use tanks in wars.

(military) parade (n) 阅兵式
We saw the French parade for national day.

bullet 子弹
I only have 1 bullet left in my gun.

machine gun : 机关枪
I used a machine gun to kill many zombies.

sniper gun 狙击枪
I used a sniper gun to kill the zombie boss from far away.

laser game (n) :真人CS
We played a laser game with my friends. I killed everyone.

cable : 线
I use a cable to charge my smart watch

Pronunciation

bullet

sniper

cable

rifle