VIP Class Notes (Li)
Homework
Review the words from today and write about an animal you’ve seen in a documentary.
Vocabulary
Christmas/New Years eve – day before actual day
turquoise – a shade of light green blue
handbag – a bag you carry with your hands
subtitles – words on a video/tv series which tells you what somebody says
ex. I only watch documentaries with English subtitles.
bracelet -a piece of jewellery you wear on the wrist
reunion dinner – new years eve dinner
hit – when two things touch each other at a high speed
ex. There is an accident in front because both cars hit each other.
mammals – group of animals that breed milk
ex. Humans are a type of mammals.
ex. Mammals feed milk to their children.
discount – can be bought for a cheaper price
ex. I bought this coat at a discounted/cheaper price.
ex. The store gave me a 20% discount.
sale – similar to discount
ex. The items on this side of the shop are on sale.
ex. There is a 50% sale at the shopping mall during CNY.
relative/s – uncle, aunty, cousin, grandma, grandpa
ex. I have 3 close relatives.
pay someone a visit – to see someone at their house
ex. You should pay your grandparents a visit since you’re here for 10 days.
documentary – a video about real events in the past/sbd’s life/animals etc.
ice age – a period on earth where there is only ice
herbivores – eat plants/vegetables
carnivores – eat meat
omnivores – eat both
volcano – a mountain that spits out fire
ex. Some people live in villages near a volcano.
dine – to eat at a restaurant
ex. My relatives invited me to dine at the Chinese restaurant for dinner later.
buffet – all- you-can-eat
ex. I always leave the buffet with a full stomach.
cafeteria – a dining hall with many restaurants to choose from
ex. The food at my school cafeteria was very bad.
Grammar
because of…
ex. Because of COVID-19, everyone is not allowed to travel abroad.
ex. He doesn’t want to talk to us because of what we said to him today at work.
Speaking exercise
Maybe go to a restaurant with my mother and my friends.
Maybe I will go to a restaurant with my mother and my friends.
Half at home half with my friends go to shopping mall
I will spend half of the time at home and half of the time with my friends. We might go shopping.
Eat in a restaurant and buy some bag and coat
We eat in/dine at a restaurant and buy some bags or coats
Last year, I had new year dinner and I stay at home because of COVID-19.
Last year, I had a new year dinner/reunion dinner and I stayed at home because of COVID-19.
Just CNY
I go to CM to see my grandparents just on CNY
Maybe I go to visit her
Maybe I will pay my cousin a visit.
Buy things very cheap
Things are very cheap during CNY/Clothes are on discount/sale
I like English movies but this CNY just Chinese movies
I prefer English movies but this CNY there are only Chinese movies
The weather change and ice frozen the tree
The weather/climate changed and there was an ice age so the plants froze
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