VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

When was the last time you had a hard time doing something?

• when
• where
• what
• who
• how

Last year, when I was at home and doing my homework, I ran into/encountered saw a math question was is very difficult. I didn’t know the answer, then I asked my dad to help me. In the end, I could do it.

read “diary of a wimpy kid” page 102 – 107

Vocabulary

basement – the underground
i.e. We have to go to the basement to get my toy.
i.e. We parked our car in the basement.

tag – to go
tag along – to go along or to follow
i.e. My sister and my parents are going to get ice cream so I tagged along.

assigned – 被分配
i.e. I was assigned to Class A while my friend was assigned to Class B.

gifted – talented / smart
i.e. That kid in my class is very gifted.

disappoint – 失望
i.e. My dad always says that he doesn’t want to be disappointed at me.

screening (n.) – 筛选 to pick out the good ones
i.e. The teacher is screening the students.
i.e. The screening for this competition was very difficult.

principal – the head of the school
i.e. I don’t like our principal.

apply – 对。。。适用
i.e. This rule does not apply to kids under 15.

expectation (n.) – 期待
i.e. My parents have very high expectations for me.

expect (v.) – 期待
i.e. My teacher expects me to be a good student.

practically – normally 通常的
i.e. I practically live at the school.

eventually – finally, in the end, at last
i.e. I have been doing my homework for 3 hours and eventually I finished.
i.e. The Chinese homework was difficult, eventually I finished it.

unfortunately – unluckily, 不幸的
i.e. Unfortunately, we cannot come to your party tomorrow because we have to go to the dentist.
i.e. Unfortunately, the teacher was sick.

head (v.) – go
i.e. I am going to head to work.

technically – 从技术上来说
i.e. Tomatoes are technically not a fruit.

definitely – 肯定的
i.e. I am definitely going to come to your birthday.

avoid – to hide, to stay away
i.e. I try to avoid people I don’t like.

annoyed – upset, not happy
i.e. I am very annoyed with my classmate because he is always talking when I am trying to listen.

I see Mr Bean see the man is drawing. He wants to do that too. He backs to home and wants to drawing. But there’s no color, so he used the blackberry, tomato, and cheese. And vegetables juice. He drive to the farm and wants to draw the house. He wants to draw but there are many bugs on his picture. And he let them go away. A few minutes later, he’s done. Then he back to home to sell his drawing. Price is $5. Then he sees a woman, she wants to buy the picture. Then she paid the money and go away. Mr Bean is happy but there was many bugs with the lady. Then the lady run away and threw away the picture. Then Mr Bean took the picture back and sell it again. Many days later, a man wants to buy the picture too. But there are still many bugs follow him and he also throw the picture. Finally, Mr Bean has many money.

REVISED:

I saw Mr Bean saw the man was drawing. He wanted to do that too. He went back to home and wanted to draw. But there’s no paint, so he used the blackberry, tomato, cheese, and vegetable juice. He drove to the farm and wanted to draw the house. He wanted to draw but there were many bugs on his picture. And he waved them away. A few minutes later, he’s done. Then he went back to home to sell his drawing. Price was $5. Then he saw a woman who wanted to buy the picture. Then she paid the money and went away. Mr Bean was happy but there was many bugs around the lady. Then the lady ran away and threw away the picture. Then Mr Bean took the picture back and sold it again. Many days later, a man wanted to buy the picture too. But there were still many bugs following him and he also threw away the picture. Finally, Mr Bean had lots of money.