VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Reading

Which baby has the best mother?
A baby gorilla has one of the best mums in the world. A grown-up gorilla may look a bit frightening to us, but she’s loving and gentle to her young. As well as grooming the baby, she feeds it for up to three years, and protects and helps it for longer still.

Which baby has the worst mother?
The female European cuckoo can’t be bothered to look after her chicks. This lazy mum lays an egg in another bird’s nest. When the egg hatches, it’s the other bird that does all the hard work, raising the chick.

Which mother has her babies in prison?
While the female hornbill is laying her eggs in a hole in a tree, the male helps her to block up the door. But he leaves a hole for her beak so that he can feed her while she’s stuck inside!

Which father gives birth to his young?
The male seahorse has a special pouch on his body where the female lays her eggs. The male has to carry them around till they hatch, and then hundreds of baby seahorses shoot out into the sea.

Whose feet keep an egg warm?
Every year, in the middle of winter, a female emperor penguin lays one egg, and gives it to her mate to keep warm. He balances the egg between his feet and his feathers, until it hatches in early spring.

Which father has a chest like a sponge?
Sandgrouse live in the dry desert areas of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe. When water’s in short supply, the male flies hundreds of kilometers to a water hole, and soaks up water in his feathers. Then he flies back to his thirsty chicks and lets them suck out the water for a long, refreshing drink.

Vocabulary

frightening – 令人害怕的

groom v. – give sb. a haircut

as well as = also

female  – 女性

European – 欧洲的/欧洲人

prison – 监狱

every other day  – 每隔一天

hundreds of sth. – 成百的。。。

give birth to – 生产

hatch  – 孵化

pouch  – 口袋

balance  – 平衡

spit  – 吐

chest  – 胸部

sponge  – 海绵

supply – 供应

Speaking exercise

Fat -> Pluto

thin boy -> Popeye

thin girl -> Ellen

Pluto want to be better than the popeye, so he do many bad things to popeye, such as he made the explosion to popeye and popeye’s face becomes black. And Ellen and Pluto are laughing for a long time. But when Pluto is on a boat with Ellen, suddenly, popeye make a big monster and they scared of the monster. After that, Pluto run away and sea monster chase him. The sea monster explosion and it’s on the tree. And Pluto is on the tree too. Popeye is on the boat with the Ellen. They laughed to Pluto. And Pluto sees this sea monster is a balloon.

Revised:
Pluto wants to be better than Popeye, so he does many bad things to Popeye such as he exploded Popeye’s face and his face became black. Ellen and Pluto were laughing for a long time. But when Pluto was on a boat with Ellen, Popeye suddenly made a big monster and they were frightened by it. After that, Pluto ran away and the sea monster chased after him. Then the sea monster blew up and it ended up on a branch of the tree with Pluto as well. At last, Popeye was on the boat with Ellen laughing at Pluto. Finally, Pluto realized that the sea monster was a balloon. 

Homework

Review the vocab