VIP Class Notes (Tony) [R]
Next Class Focus
Review pronunciation of the Vocab.
Reading
Read before next class:
http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Special_English/one-in-four-americans-have-not-visited-famous-us-buildings-natural-wonders-79219.html
Vocabulary
waitress = Server
waiter = Server
Actor = Actor
Actress = Actor
Writing Vocab:
Cursive – a kind of handwriting, which all the letters are connected.
eg: When we were young, our teachers told us we must all learn cursive writing.
Letters – a symbol that represents a sound, no meaning
eg: The English language has 26 letters.
eg: Chinese does not have letters.
Capital – Big version of a Letter
eg: AAA – (Three capital A’s)
eg: When you say “I” it should always be capitalized. (V)
Lowercase – small version of a letter
eg: don’t start a sentence with a lowercase letter.
Alphabet – all the letters of a language, (In English A….Z)
eg: Can you sing the alphabet song?
eg: Can you alphabetize (V) these books? Just put them in order from A to Z.
eg: They are already alphabetized.
Characters – a symbol that represents a word
eg: Chinese language has much more than 80,000 characters.
Signature – your official written name, used for legal agreements
eg: Just put your signature here.
eg: Do you need my signature?
Scoop ( V.) a Scoop of ( N) –
eg: I’ll take two scoops of rice.
eg: They put a scoop of ice cream in the black tea. It’s popular in South China.
Pronunciation
Soup – Sooop
Soap – Soww’P
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