VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Reading

Read through Diary of a Wimpy Kid page 98-106

Vocabulary

basically – 基本上
i.e. She basically ate the cake all by herself.

practically – basically
i.e. He practically played the game for the entire night.

blacktop – ground/street outside 柏油路
i.e. I saw a piece of paper on the blacktop today.

totally – 完全的
i.e. It was totally a disaster last night.

worth – 值得
i.e. He is not worth my attention.

seriously – 严重的/严肃的
i.e. My dog was hurt seriously by a car.

exactly – 准确的
i.e. This class is exactly what I imagined it to be.

vacation – 假期
i.e. I love the summer vacation.

alarm clock – 闹钟
i.e. I threw my alarm clock out the window.

tag along – go with sb.
i.e. I want to tag along when you guys go to dinner.

chew sb. out – to yell at sb.
i.e. Dad chewed me out yesterday about my grades.

screw – 螺丝
i.e. I need a lot of screws to finish this project.

have a screw loose – someone’s head is not in the right place
i.e. My mom thinks that I have a screw loose lately.

disappointed – not happy with sth.
i.e. I was very disappointed with the class.

expectation – 期待
i.e. My expectation is very high.

Speaking exercise

In the library, the old woman gave him a book and in the book Mr Bean see his mother and dad in the castle. Then he drive to the castle. Mr Bean go to a castle and saw his mother and dad. Then in the evening he dropped into a hole. And then Mr Bean went out with a person same with him. And then Mr Bean’s mother and dad think the person their son. And they take Mr Bean away and wanted to kill him. At last Mr Bean drove his car and drive very quickly and went away. And mr bean’s mom and dad had many bills and Mr Bean gives them 200 pounds.

Revised:
In the library, the old woman gave Mr Bean a book and in the book he saw his mom and dad in the castle. Then he drove to the castle and saw his mom and dad. Then in the evening, he dropped into a hole and came out with a person who looks the same as him. And then Mr Bean’s mom and dad though the other person was their son so they took Mr Bean away and wanted to kill him. At last, Mr Bean drove his car and drove very quickly and went away. And Mr Bean’s mom and dad had many bills so he gave them 200 pounds. 

Mr Bean wanted to buy a bottle of milk and he drive into a school and one person bring Mr Bean to the classroom. The classmates was very naughty and Mr Bean wanted to go out. But the person locked the door. Then a classmate put a gas bomb on the floor and then mr bean locked the window. And one of the classmate says you are win and mr bean open the window. The classmates made paper planes and fly to mr bean and mr bean went to a little room. Then he went out and locked one of the classmate in the room. And the new teacher was in the school and person said this is your new teacher and Mr Bean went away. And then the person said Mr Bean come back, you must teach them and Mr Bean said but it’s tea time.

Revised:
Mr Bean wanted to buy a bottle of milk but he drove into a school. One person brought Mr Bean to the classroom. The classmates were very naughty and Mr Bean wanted to go outside. But the person locked the door. Then a classmate dropped a gas bomb on the floor and Mr Bean locked the window. And one of the classmates said “you win” so Mr Bean opened the window. The classmates made paper planes and flew them at Mr Bean so Mr Bean went and hid in a little room. The he went out and locked one of the classmates in the room. Then the new teacher came and the principal said “this is your new teacher” so Mr Bean was able to leave. But then the principal came out and begged Mr Bean to come back to teach the children but Mr Bean said “it’s tea time.”

Homework

Review the vocab and write about your favorite class and what do you often do in that class.