VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework


Writing : tell us about your new year resolutions?

Speaking exercise

I have been to a temple in Hangzhou. 1 day travel with my roommate.
It is very beautiful and cold.
I went there by railway in the morning and I came back in the evening.
We went to xihu to see the small bridge. it is a really famous bridge in China with a romantic story.
Most Chinese know this story. It is not a real story, it is fiction. A beautiful girl wanna find the boy who saved her 1000 years ago. She is a snake but she has good looking. Very beautiful face. this girl want to find this boy and marry him but got information about this boy that they will meet on this bridge so she went to the bridge and wait this boy appear. and the fact the boy came to the boy. the girl lied to the boy, she ;pretend that was their first meet and she makes the raining then she take an umbrella with him. He had a hairpin and she pretended she lost her hairpin and she throw it in the front of him so he finds her hairpin and asks her is it yours? and they have a chat.
Then they fall in love and got married but this girl is not a real person she is a snake and have magic. And there is a monk, he hates this girl so he want destroy their marriage. it’s a long story.


I have been to a temple. in Hangzhou. it was a one day trip with my roommate.
It was very beautiful and cold.
I went there by train  in the morning and I came back in the evening.
We went to the west lake to see a small bridge. it is a really famous bridge in China with a romantic story.
Story, Most Chinese know this story. It is not a real story, it is fiction. A beautiful girl wanna find the boy who saved her 1000 years ago. She is a snake but she is good looking/ is beautiful. She has a beautiful face. this girl wants to find the boy and marry him and she knows about him thanks to magic/ with the help of magic/using magic she found out about him. She predicted that they would meet on the bridge so she went to there and waited for the boy to appear. It came true / it happened as she had predicted. But the girl lied to the boy, she pretended that was their first meeting. She used magic to change the weather and make it rain, then she pretended not to have an umbrella so that he would give her one. Unfortunately it didn’t work. She then dropped her hairpin in front of the boy and waited for him to pick it up and ask her if it was hers. 
Then they fell in love and got married but this girl was not a real person she was a snake with/and had magic. After they got married, a monk appeared, he hated this girl so he wanted to destroy their marriage. it’s a long story.

Vocabulary

for free – without asking for money
I will help you for free, you do not need to pay.
Today we let people have a checkup for free.

one day trip / when you go somewhere and come back on the same day>
I went to Hangzhou for a one day trip.

dry / no water
to dry up / to evaporate
In summer the lake next to our house  dries up,

to freeze (freeze/froze/frozen)
In Winter the lake next to our house freezes / becomes frozen.

means of transport:

I went there by:
Train
Plane
Boat
Bicycle
Car
Bus
……

on foot

to fall (fall / fell /fell) / to hit the ground
I slipped on the frozen lake and fell.

to drop  / to let something hit the floor / lose something
I think I dropped my hairpin, I can’t find it anymore.

a hairpin / something to hold hair
She is holding her hair with a beautiful hairpin.

magicians / people who can do magic
When I was young I wanted to be a magician.

fiction / not real/ imaginary
This movie is not real, it is a work of fiction.

west lake / xi hu in hangzhou
I went to the west lake in Hangzhou.

Grammar

wait for someone to do something
She waited for him to appear.
I am waiting at the airport for him to arrive

want to do something
He wants to destroy their marriage
I want to go to Thailand for holidays.

Pretend not to
She pretended not to see him when he arrived.
I pretended not too be nervous during the interview.

ask someone not to do something
I asked him not to say anything during the meeting

wait for something from someone
I am waiting for the report from John. / I am waiting for John’s report

Pronunciation

Magician
Stray