VIP Class Notes (Whitney) (S + R + W)

Homework

Create sentences for the “Shopping Places” exercise (pg. 17)

Do the exercise Holding the Purse Strings (pg. 28 – 29)

Pronunciation

allowance

taxes

automatically

waste

Vocabulary

congress (n) a national legislative body

plumbing (n) 铅工业
Plumbing is a skill of connecting water sources together. Building a system for a water supply.

recycling (n) 
Convert waste into reusable material.

sculpture (n) 雕塑
a type of art that looks like hard rocks that is often found in the art gallery.

Speaking exercise

Original
I think that the government can give money to our neighbourhood and our neighbourhood can fix things like the water tubes and put different rubbish in different bins. They can also plant some trees and flowers in our neighbourhood and it will be very beautiful and very clean.

Corrected
I think that the government can give money to our neighbourhood and our neighbourhood can fix things like the water tubes plumbing system and our recylcing system put different rubbish in different bins. They can also plant some trees and flowers in our neighbourhood and it will be very beautiful and very clean.

Writing exercise

telephone booth:

A long time ago, when everyone did not carry mobile phones, they would use telephone booths to make a call.

A telephone booth is a public place where people can telephone each other, therefore it is useful. We and we can see telephone bo0ths on the street, they are very tall and it is red. it is and useful for people to use it. 

escalator:

Escalators are automatic. We can always see it in the department store. It is very long and we can’t run or jump on the escalator or it will be very dangerous.

stadium:

The stadium is very big and there are many seats behind the playground field. We can play many sports in the stadium, we can also see some football matches in the stadium.

gallery:

The gallery is very nice, there are many paintings in it. The paintings are all from the famous painters and are also different. Some have dark colours and some have bright colours. Some even have different rocks. sculptures. 

museum:

The museum is very amazing, there are many old things in it. Different museums have different topics. Some topics are about nature, some topics is about developing cities and some topics are about people’s bodies. We can leave many things in the museum.

lift:

Lifts can be very large, some lifts can only have 13 people inside. Lifts are driven (run) by computers. It is very convenient for us. We can see lifts everywhere.

lane:

There are many houses on one alley. Some alleys are very quiet and (but) some alleys are very nice and have a lot of shops on it. There are cats, dogs, rats and many other small animals in the alley. The neighbours in the alley will all put their plants outside and in the evening, they will talk to each other.

cargo ship: used for trading. moving high quantity goods and products around the world in an inexpensive way.

Cargo ships are very large and it they can lift a lot of woods and metals. I think cargo ships are very magical because the things on it are heavy and but they it can also be driven by people on the sea. Because cargo ships can lift things, it  is convenient for workers to build houses. 

passenger liner: 

The passenger liner is very big (grand/huge) and beautiful (majestic/elegant) and it can go to many places. The things on  On board the passenger liners, there are also amazing performances, diamond rings, clothes and food for sale. We can enjoy the travelling on the passenger liner.

Helicopters:

Helicopters are nosier more noisy than the planes. Only two or three people can sit on it. In World War 2, many people used helicopters to find secrets. (spy on the enemy)

Sailboat: 

A sailboat is convenient for fisherman. It is very dirty. Fishermans use it to catch fishes. To sail a When sailboat, there needs to be wind to blow the sails.  driven it need wind to blow it. 

Fire Engine:

A fire engine is convenient (advantageous/beneficial/favourable) for firefights when places are on fire. They can drive fire engines and go there in time. The lights from the fire engine are different from each other cars, it sounds very loud.

Traffic Lights: 

Traffic lights are important in our world. If we don’t have traffic lights, police officers will much have many difficulties in letting to let people and cars to obey the rules. If we don’t have it, our world will be a mess.

Street: 

Nanjing Road is my favourite street in Shanghai. There are many shops where you can buy food, clothes and watches. There are many streets in one city. Some streets are large and there are many shops on it and we can buy a lot of things on it too. Some streets have metro ways and zebra lines crossing on the streets too.

Zebra Crossing: 

Zebra Crossing is a special road that people can walk on if the traffic lights is green. If the traffic lights are red, we can only stop behind the zebra crossing.

Pavement:

Only people, motorcycles and bicycles are allowed to drive on the pavement. The cars can’t drive on pavements. If we don’t have pavements, people will be in dangerous when to walking on the street. There are many lights and rubbish bins along the pavement. We had better don’t run fast on the pavement.

Road Sign:

Road signs are for people who don’t know the street very well. If you want to go for to a place but we don’t know where the place is, we can use the road signs to familiarise ourselves with the road.

Railway Station:

Railways Stations are a place that we can go on the railway. Some railways is are indoor, some railwaysis are outdoor.  We must stand in behind the yellow line at the railway station. Railway gives us more advantages over cars in traffic.

Crossing: 

There are many cars on a crossing. Some crossings have two lines and some crossings have one line. There must be some traffic lights and police officers on at big crossings. Crossings are different than (normal) streets, it can be very dangerous if we don’t obey the traffic rules.

Bus Stop: 

The bus stop is a station for people to wait for buses. At a bus stop, there is a TV on it. There we will see a time when the bus will come. Each bus stop has three to four buses that will arrive at the bus stop. There isn’t a lot of seats for people to sit at the bus stop. Sometimes we will wait a long time at the bus stop.

Highway:

There are few cars on the highway so we can drive faster than on the overpass. When we drive on the highway, we can see both sides. Both sides have green fields and the highway is very long. It is the road between two nearby cities. We can drive cars on highways to go to the next city.

Airport: 

The airport very huge. There are many planes in the airport field. The bus will take us to the airport. There are two airports in Shanghai and they are called Pudong International Airport and the other one is called Hongqiao International Airport. We can finally get our ticket in the airport. There are many shops in the airport, we can buy things before we get on the airplane.

Parking Lot: 

The parking lot is much better for cars than to parking on the street. Sometimes there is a gas station or some supermarkets near to a parking lot. Some parking lots are underground and some are on the floor. During Summer if we park cars on the out in the parking lot, our car will be very hot inside.

Overpass/Flyover: 

Each city has a lot of overpasses. When it is a rainy day, it will have a traffic jam on the overpass. Some overpasses are is higher than the houses. On the overpass, we can see a lot of houses and trees. Overpasses can go across the bridge. It is nice (suitable/helpful) for drivers.