VIP Class X 2 Notes (Dimple)

Vocabulary

on purpose 故意的

make something into… = turn something into… 把某物变成…

profile picture 头像 = headshot

think -> thought (past tense)

surprise v. 给惊喜 n. 惊喜  – surprised adj. 惊喜的 – surprising adj. 令人惊讶的

summer camp 夏令营

wait for… 等待

move away 搬走

bring … with… 把…带在身边

bring … to…  把…带去

friends with… 和…是朋友

telling the truth 讲真话

believe 相信

yesterday 昨天 -> the day before yesterday 前天

rock paper scissors 剪刀石头布

instrument 乐器

Q: Tell me about your family.

Original:

My family is very well. They are exciting every day. My mother like eating cake, the brownie. And my grandpa like playing chess with other old people. My grandma like work. I like eat vegetables. So they are happy. I’m my favorite person in the family. I was have two pets. One is rabbit. One is chick. The rabbit eat too much and he die. The chick eat something wrong and it die. And my granpda make the chick a delicious food. Yesterday, my uncle ask my mother “do you want a pet dog”. And my mother saw my cousin’s wechat “tou xiang” is dog. And she think it’s surprised and unbelievable. My grandpa and my grandma doesn’t want the dog. They think dog will poop in their rooms. I don’t want it peeing and popping in my homework.

Revised:

My family is great. They are unbelievable. My mother likes eating brownies. And my grandpa likes playing chess with other old people. My grandma likes working. I like eating vegetables. They are happy. I’m my favorite person in the family. I had two pets. One is a rabbit. One is a chicken. The rabbit ate too much and he dyed. The chick ate something wrong and it also dyed. And my grandpa made the chicken into a chicken soup. Yesterday, my uncle asked my mother “do you want a pet dog”. And my mother saw my cousin’s WeChat profile picture is a dog, she thought it’s unbelievable and surprising. My grandpa and grandma don’t want the dog. They think the dog will poop in their room. I don’t want it peeing and popping in my room.

Q: Tell me about your best friend.

Original:

My best friend moved to a different city. He move away in three months ago. And in that time it was holiday. And I play game with my cousin. And I saw he waiting me in the game. And he doesn’t tell me anything. And his brother told me he will go. And i’m very sad and I stop my game and have a telephone to ask him. But he go to the summer camp and I am very sad. And I tell my other friend and the friend is good with my best friend. And he said, “oh you are joking. I don’t think you talk real“. Then the school opened I ask teacher about my good friend. And my teacher say he went to the other city. And my other friend hear “oh my god, oh why why.” And he is sad. My best friend have telephoned me. He told me seriously “oh I have a girlfriend, and you don’t”. I‘m very angry and think he’s a bad people. Why you do this. Unbelievable.

I have a second-best friend. He is very tall but shorter than me. And his hair is very short. Every Friday, we’ll go to shopping to buy something we want to eat. Because Friday after school is very early. Yesterdays’s yesterday, he bought a great thing. Ice cream! I think it’s very cold, but he ate it. Yesterday, his tummy is not great. He has puuu long time. And he use the telephone to need some help. And I say you need some medicine. I heard a lot of sound. Yesterday’s yesterday’s yesterday, we play a game. The game name is stone paper and this. And I win. I‘m happy. And now, I remember that scene I am happy again. In holiday, he always play games. And I tell teacher. And he said teacher put his phone in his office. But I’m happy.

Revised:

My best friend moved to a different city. He moved away three months ago. It was holiday, and I was playing a game with my cousin. And I saw he was waiting for me in the game. And he didn’t tell me anything. And his brother told me he will move away. And I was very sad and I stopped my game and called him. But he didn’t bring his phone to the summer camp, so I was very sad. I told my other friend, who is also friends with my best friend. And he said, “oh you are joking. I don’t think you are telling the truth/ I don’t believe you”. Then the school opened I asked the teacher about my best friend. And she said he went to another city. And my other friend was right next to me when I heard the news, and he said “oh my god, oh why why.” And he was sad.
My best friend called me and told me, “oh I have a girlfriend, and you don’t. Haha”. I was very angry and thought he’s a bad person. Why did he do this to me! Unbelievable.

I have a second-best friend. He is very tall but shorter than me. And his hair is very short. Every Friday, we’ll go shopping to buy something we want to eat. Because Friday we get off school very early. The day before yesterday, he bought a great thing. Ice cream! I think it’s very cold, but he ate it. Yesterday, his tummy was not great. He was pooping for a long time. And he called me for some help. And I said you need some medicine. I heard a lot of sounds. Three days ago, we played a game, rock paper scissors. And I won. I was happy. And now, I remember that scene I am very happy again. He always plays games on holidays. And I tell the teacher. And he said the teacher put his phone in his office. That made me laugh.

Pronunciation

work – “werk” [er]

walk – “wook” [o]

profile – /’prōˌfīl /

truth – /tro͞oTHs/