F2F Class Notes (Ben) [W]

What was your favorite toy when you were a child? (Why?)
8. Do you like toys?
9. Did your parents give you toys?
10. Do you still have any of your old toys?
11. What kind of toys do children like today?
12. If you had a child, what toy would you buy him or her? = What toys do you buy for your son?
13. Do you think toys should be passed on (given) to other kids when these toys are no longer wanted?

I have many kinds of toys when I was a child . Mom always let me feel so happy when I was intestesting at sth. For my favorite toys ,i think spielkonsole ( you xi ji ,a machine for playing game) is the best one and my parents keep it for souvenir (ji nian, sth is worth to be kept). I spent lots of time on it and never impact my study. I have the ambility of controling myself fortunately.

I could not sure what kind of toys do children like taday . Maybe balls ,cars,stuffed toys(mao rong wan ju) are popular for them . And as they grow up, ipad and phone will be on focus. That is bad news for our parents . My son extremly likes basketball ,not for child ,which is uesd by adult.

I give him a good custom at sports and he play it naturely. for example below:

For the other toys, I buy a robbot and little cars for him and my wife buy building blocks, lego.
He is interesting at figured things at this age ,18 months. After some time, he will lose the interesting at them and we will buy some new toys to let him try. It is surprised ,that he will like some toys back. so we need to keep the old toys for a while until he does not like them any more.
It ia a good way that I will pass on old toys (given) to other kids when these toys are no longer wanted.or sale it in a second hand shop on website at a loe price. I hope the toys could be used all the time until they retire.

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I had many kinds of toys when I was a child. Mom always wanted me to feel happy when I was interested in something. For my favorite toys, I think my game console (游戏机, a machine for playing games) was the best one and my parents kept it as a souvenir (纪念品, something that is worth to be kept).
I spent lots of time on it and it never impacted my study. I had the ability of controlling myself fortunately.

I can’t be sure what kind of toys do children like today. Maybe balls, cars, stuffed toys (毛绒玩具) are popular among them. And as they grow up, iPads and phones will be on their focus. That is bad news for their parents.
My son really likes basketball, but not the one for children, the one for adults.

I gave him a good interest in sports and he plays it naturally, for example below:

For the other toys, I bought a robot and little cars for him and my wife bought building blocks and Lego’s.

He is interested in figure blocks at this age, 18 months. After some time, he will lose his interest in them and we will buy some new toys to let him try. It is surprising, that he will like some toys again in the future. So we need to keep the old toys for a while until he does not like them anymore.

It is a good thing that I will pass on old toys to other kids when these toys are no longer wanted or sell them to a second-hand shop or on a website at a low price. I hope the toys can be used all the way until they retire.

Grammar

let = allow 允许
My parents won’t let me go out after 10 pm.
I can go out tomorrow. They will let me.

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somethING is interestING. It makes you interesTED
The movie was interesting. I was interested.
The concert was boring. Everyone was bored.
The story that he told at the dinner was very amusing. Everybody was amused.
Africa is a fascinating place. I am fascinated with it.
She made a disgusting cake with sugar and garlic. I was disgusted.

Vocabulary

popular among
Red cars are popular among young men.
Korean pop groups are popular among Chinese teenagers.

a teenager = TEEN – AGE = someone whose AGE ends in ‘TEEN’. A young person.
thirTEEN
fourTEEN
fifTEEN
sixTEEN
sevenTEEN
eighTEEN
nineTEEN

adverbs = adjectives + LY
quick –> quickly
honest –> honestly
real –> really
natural –> naturally
extreme –> extremely (Careful ! ‘extremely’ is an adjective)

I am extremely happy.
I am extremely sad.
I extremely run –> I run a lot
I extremely like –> I like ______ a lot / I really like _____

all the way = used to emphasize a long distance or time
My Mom came to see me all the way from America!
The lift was broken so I had to climb all the way to the 15th floor !
I had to wait all the way until I was 25 to have my first girlfriend.