2xVIP Class Notes (Vicki)

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Vocabulary

wild – 狂野的

generous – 慷慨的

reserved – 保守的

calm – 冷静的

neat – 整洁干净的

honest – 诚实的

sincere – 真诚的

laid-back – 放松的

independent – 独立的

stay out late – 在外呆到很晚

flight attendant – 航空服务人员

hire – 雇佣

insist – 坚持

eventually – 最终
i.e. I eventually left the room.

stand – 忍受
i.e. I can’t stand the noise.

breath – 呼吸
i.e. Breath, relax.

unfortunately – 不幸的
i.e. We wanted to go to the park today, unfortunately it is raining so we can’t go.

considerate – 体贴的
i.e. She is very considerate, she brings me water all the time.

normal – 正常的
i.e. I just want to live like a normal person.

head – to go
head to some place
head up to some place
i.e. I am heading to my parent’s house today.

definitely – of course
i.e. I am definitely a girl.

avoid – 避开
i.e. I want to avoid the sun.

annoy (v.)- 烦
annoying (adj.) – 烦的
i.e. He annoys me all the time.
i.e. Babies are annoying.

locker – the cabinet to put your stuff in
i.e. I keep my books in my locker.

hang out – a cool to say “play with”
i.e. Come hang out with me!

noogie – 敲脑门

image – 形象
i.e. I want to manage my image.

dumb – stupid

gimmick – 小伎俩
i.e. She thinks she is smart but those tricks are just gimmicks to me.

take sb. under my wing – take care of sb.

mostly – 大部分
i.e. This cup of water is mostly fresh water.

prank – 恶作剧
i.e. Stop pranking people!

all sorts of – 各种各样的
i.e. I like to buy all sorts of clothes.

deserve – 应得的
i.e. She deserves the honor.

permanent marker – cannot erase
i.e. Don’t draw on the wall with permanent marker.

self-portrait – 自画像
i.e. I drew a self-portrait yesterday.

pronounce – 发音
i.e. I can’t pronounce that word.

cereal – 麦片

plastic – 塑料
i.e. This plate is plastic.

potty – toilet

scrape – 刮
i.e. I scraped gum off my shoe today.

corn flake – 玉米片

appetite – 胃口
i.e. I have no appetite today.

Pronunciation

5 vowels: a, e, i, o, u 

short vowel “a” 

-at
cat, sat, mat, rat, hat, bat

-an
fan, pan, van, can

-ap
cap, map, gap, nap, lap, sap

-ad
dad, pad, bad, mad, sad, fad

-am
jam, ham, yam, ram

-ag
flag, rag, bag, tag, wag, sag

-ash
flash, lash, cash, rash, trash, crash

-amp
camp, ramp, champ, stamp, damp, lamp

-and
band, land, strand, hand, stand, sand

-ack
pack, crack, quack, back, sack, snack

-ant
slant, pant, ant, plant

short vowel “e”

-ed
bed, red, fed, wed

-en
hen, ten, pen, men, den

-et
pet, jet, net, wet, vet

-eck
neck, deck, check, peck

-ell
bell, cell, smell, yell, well, sell

-end
bend, send, spend, lend, blend

-est
rest, test, check, nest, vest

s的变音 (基本在做开头的时候）

st -> sd

sp  -> sb

sk/sc -> sg

Read “Dairy of a Wimpy Kid” page 106-113

One day Mr Bean want a shelf and something is on the shelf. It’s a flower in a vase, a bell, and other things. When Mr Bean want put the statue on the last shelf, the shelf is fall down. mr bean is so unhappy and he go with his teddy go to the shop. in the shop, he finally find a perfect shelf and he want to buy this shelf. and mr bean ring the bell a man is come here. mr bean say he want to buy this shelf but this man say please buy this under the ground. mr bean is not happy but finally he has to go with another man. Another man put a unassembled shelf, mr bean is angry, he want a shelf like he see it. But the man disagree his request. Mr Bean have no idea, he agree this request and mr bean go home. He assembles according to the instruction. But he miss a screw the shelf is fall down.