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Class focus: needs to focus on making good sentences, correcting his chinglish grammar. He has improved a lot in the last 2 years with us but now needs more discipline if he wants to get rid of his chinglish. Make sure he speaks using longer sentences, adding details to describe things, and asking questions when he doesn’t understand and to keep the conversation flowing. Mr Bean vids are good for him, talking about his life and experiences and thoughts on things too.
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Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 2, 2022
Vocabulary
nerve-wracking (adj): Something that is nerve-racking is difficult to do and causes a lot of worry for the person involved in it.
伤脑筋的;使人心烦的
My wedding was the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever experienced.
我的婚礼是我经历过的最伤脑筋的事情。sequel (n): a book, film, or play that continues the story of a previous book, etc.
(书、电影或戏剧的)续篇,续集
I’m reading the sequel to “Gone with the Wind”.
我正在读《飘》的续集。mortal (n): an ordinary person, rather than a god or a special, important, or powerful person
凡人,普通人
The police officers guarding the door let in the celebrities, but they prevented us lesser/mere mortals from going inside.
把守大门的警官让名人们进去,但不让我们这些普通人入内。They became allies-他们成了盟友
ally (n): a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war
(尤指战时的)同盟国,盟友
The US is one of Britain’s staunchest allies.
美国是英国最忠实的盟友之一。
During the First World War, Turkey and Germany were allies/Turkey was an ally of Germany.
在第一次世界大战期间,土耳其和德国是盟国/土耳其是德国的盟国。ambush (v): to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them
伏击,埋伏突袭
Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road.
公车在一条乡村道路上遭到伏击,车上5名士兵身亡。
He was ambushed by gunmen on his way to work.
他在上班的路上遭到了持枪歹徒的伏击。lie/wait in ambush
to hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.
埋伏下来等待发动袭击Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 23, 2022
Vocabulary
rotate (v): to turn or cause something to turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point
(尤指围绕一个固定点)(使)旋转,(使)转动
Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door.
要想打开门,将把手旋转180度。
The wheel rotates around an axle.
轮子绕轮轴旋转。
The satellite slowly rotates as it circles the earth.
人造卫星围绕地球旋转的同时也在缓慢自转。six-pack (n): six containers, usually bottles or cans, of a particular type of beer or other drink that are sold together as one unit
(啤酒或其他饮料的)六瓶装,六罐装humorous
the well-developed muscles of a man’s stomach
(男子的)发达腹肌crunch noun (EXERCISE)
an exercise in which you lie on your back on the floor with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor, and then raise your head and shoulders
增强腹肌的锻炼;仰卧起坐
Doing crunches every day strengthens your abdominal muscles.
每天练习仰卧起坐可以增强腹部肌肉。push-up (n): a physical exercise in which you lie flat with your face towards the floor and try to push up your body with your arms while keeping your legs and your back straight
俯卧撑electronic music
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 25, 2022
Vocabulary
brisk (adj): quick, energetic, and active
轻快的,生气勃勃的
a brisk walk
轻快的步伐
He set a brisk pace and we struggled to keep up.
他步伐矫键,我们在后面拼命跟着。
Her tone on the phone was brisk (= she spoke quickly and used few words) and businesslike.
电话里她的语气简洁干练。abstract adjective (GENERAL)
existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object
抽象的;纯理论的;纯概念的
Truth and beauty are abstract concepts.
真和美都是抽象的概念。board game (n): any of many games, for example chess, in which small pieces are moved around on a board with a pattern on it
棋类游戏betray verb [T] (NOT LOYAL)
to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies
背叛,出卖;对…不忠诚
He was accused of betraying his country during the war.
他被指控在战争期间背叛了祖国。
She felt betrayed by her mother’s lack of support.
她觉得母亲背弃了她,因为母亲没有支持她。phone (v): to communicate with someone by phone
(给…)打电话
She phoned just after lunch.
刚吃完午饭她就打了电话。
He’s phoned me (up) every day this week.
这周他每天都给我打电话。I phoned him last night
He kicked me out of the group five days ago
anniversary (n): the day on which an important event happened in a previous year
周年纪念;周年纪念日
We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with dinner in an expensive restaurant.
我们总是去豪华饭店就餐来庆祝我们的结婚纪念日。
Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the revolution.
明天是革命30周年纪念日。treaty (n): a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders
条约;协定
a peace treaty
和平条约
the treaty on European union
欧盟条约
We’ve signed/concluded a treaty with neighbouring states to limit emissions of harmful gases.
我们和几个邻国签署/缔结了限制有害气体排放的条约。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 11, 2022
Vocabulary
velocity (n): the speed at which an object is travelling
速度;速率
Light travels at the highest achievable velocity in the universe.
光的传播速度是宇宙中物体所能达到的最高速度。
He always used high velocity lead bullets in his rifle.
他的步枪一直使用高速铅弹。fracture (v): If something hard, such as a bone, fractures, or is fractured, it breaks or cracks.
(使)(骨头等硬物)破裂,(使)断裂,(使)折断
She fractured her skull in the accident.
她在事故中颅骨骨折。
Two of her ribs fractured when she was thrown from her horse.
她从马上摔下来,折断了两根肋骨。
A fractured pipe at a steelworks has leaked 20 tons of oil into the Severn estuary.
一家钢铁厂的管道断裂,致使20吨油泄漏,流入塞文河口。sustain verb [T] (SUFFER)
to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss
经历,遭受(尤指破坏或损失)
She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.
她在这次事故中多处受伤。
Most buildings sustained only minimal damage in the earthquake.
在这次地震中,大多数建筑物受到的破坏都很小。
The company has sustained heavy losses this year.
公司今年遭受了严重的亏损。plaster cast/cast (n):
a covering made of plaster of Paris that is put around part of someone’s body, forming a hard case to protect them while a broken bone repairs itself
(熟石膏制成的)石膏绷带,石膏夹in a cast (UK also in plaster)
If a part of your body is in a cast, it has a plaster cast around it to protect it while a broken bone repairs itself.
打着石膏
My leg was in a cast for about six weeks.
我的腿打了6周左右的石膏。swollen (adj): larger than usual
肿大的;膨胀的;大于正常的
a bruised, swollen face
青肿的脸
The stream is swollen because of the heavy rain.
天下了大雨,溪水涨了。freestyle (n): a sports competition, especially a swimming race, in which each competitor can use any style or method they choose
(体育比赛的)自由式;(尤指)自由泳
He won the 400 metres freestyle.
他获得了400米自由泳比赛的冠军。era (n): a period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical
时代;年代
the Jefferson era
杰斐逊时代
a bygone (= past) era
过去的时代
the post-war era
战后年代
They had worked for peace during the long era of conflict.
在漫长的冲突不断的年代里,他们努力争取和平。golden age (n): a period of time, sometimes imaginary, when everyone was happy, or when a particular art, business, etc. was very successful
(有时指想象中的)黄金时代,鼎盛时期
Adults often look back on their childhood as a golden age.
成年人常常追忆童年时代,认为那是他们最美好的岁月。
She was an actress from the golden age of the cinema.
她是在电影业鼎盛时期脱颖而出的女演员。ancestor (n): a person related to you who lived a long time ago
祖先,祖宗
There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room.
房间墙壁上挂着他祖先的画像。revolt verb (PROTEST)
If a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action.
反抗;造反;反叛
The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.
人们奋起反抗外来统治,并成立了自己的政府。rebel (v): to fight against the government
武力反抗;造反;反叛
The people rebelled against the harsh new government.
人民起来反抗这个残暴的新政府。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
January 25, 2022
Vocabulary
trimmer (n):a device used for making something tidier or more level by cutting a small amount off it
修剪器
a hedge trimmer
树篱修剪器generation (n): all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family
(社会或家庭的)一代(人),同代人,同辈人
The younger generation smokes less than their parents did.
年轻的一代比他们父母这一代人吸烟要少。
There were at least three generations – grandparents, parents and children – at the wedding.
婚礼上至少有3代人——祖父母、父母和孩子们。
It’s our duty to preserve the planet for future generations.
为了子孙后代保护好这个星球的环境是我们的职责。
This painting has been in the family for generations.
这幅画已被该家族收藏了数代之久。World War II- the Second World War
第二次世界大战ration (n): a limited amount of something that one person is allowed to have, especially when there is not much of it available
(尤指在分配物短缺时的)配给量,定量配给
During the war, no one was allowed more than their ration of food, clothing and fuel.
战争期间,所有人得到的食物、衣服和燃料都不得超过其配给量。mental health class-心理健康课
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
January 4, 2022
Vocabulary
term (n): one of the periods into which a year is divided at school, college, or university
学期
In Britain, the spring term starts in January and ends just before Easter.
在英国,春季学期从一月份开始,到复活节前夕结束。
Our college has three terms that we call trimesters.
我们的大学有三个学期,我们称之为三学期制。
We’re very busy in term-time (= during the term).semester (n): one of the periods into which a year is divided at a college or university, especially in the US and Australia
(尤指美国和澳大利亚大学的)学期
the first/second semester
第一/第二学期
the spring/fall semester
春季/秋季学期lean (sth) against/on sth (v):to sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support
斜靠着,倚着
He leaned against the wall.
他倚着墙。
She leaned her head on his shoulder.
她把头靠在他的肩上。prose (n): written language in its ordinary form rather than poetry
散文
I’ve always preferred reading prose to poetry.
我一直更偏爱读散文而不是诗歌。poetry (n): poems in general as a form of literature
(总称)诗,诗歌
contemporary poetry and prose
当代诗歌散文
She started writing poetry at a young age.
她年纪很小就开始写诗了。the Stone Age (n): the early period in human history when people made tools and weapons only out of stone
石器时代
a Stone Age settlement/site
石器时代居住点/遗址
My grandma’s TV looks like something out of the Stone Age (= is very old-fashioned)!
我奶奶的电视机看起来就像是来自于石器时代的东西。spear (n): a weapon consisting of a pole with a sharp, usually metal, point at one end, that is either thrown or held in the hand
矛;枪;梭镖Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 23, 2021
Vocabulary
抽奖
lucky draw
lucky dip (n): a game in which you pay to pick a prize out of a container with many different prizes in it, without being able to see what you are picking
摸奖,摸彩ride (n): a machine in an amusement park that people travel in or are moved around by for entertainment
(游乐园里)供人乘坐的游乐装置
We went on all the rides.
我们玩了游乐园里所有的装置。
My favourite ride is the Ferris wheel.
我最爱坐摩天轮。disinfect (v): to clean something using chemicals that kill bacteria and other very small living things that cause disease
给…杀菌,为…除菌,替…消毒
disinfect the toilets/a wound
给厕所/伤口消毒Once you enter the school you can take off your mask.
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 21, 2021
Vocabulary
brand noun [C] (PRODUCT)
a type of product made by a particular company
商标,牌子
This isn’t my usual brand of deodorant.
这不是我通常用的那种牌子的除臭剂。
When I go to a supermarket I usually buy own (US store) brands (= the cheaper products with the shop’s own name on them).
我去超市时常常购买超市的自有品牌产品。What are you up to?
你在忙什么?
up and running-If something, especially a system or a machine, is up and running it is operating.
(尤指系统或机器)运行,运转
The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again.
工程师很快就使空调重新运转起来。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 1, 2021
Vocabulary
newborn (adj): recently born
新生的
Breast-feeding is extremely beneficial to the health of newborn babies.
母乳喂养对新生儿的健康极有益处。skydiving (n): a sport in which a person jumps from an aircraft and falls for as long as possible before opening a parachute
(延缓张伞的)跳伞运动soccer (n): a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team’s goal
英式足球,足球
Did you play soccer at school?sleep in (v): to sleep until later in the morning than you usually do
睡懒觉
I usually sleep in on Saturdays.
我通常星期六都要睡到很晚才起床。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 14, 2021
Vocabulary
surgery of her vocal cords-她的声带手术
vocal cords-声带
headphones (n): a device with a part to cover each ear through which you can listen to music, radio broadcasts, etc. without other people hearing
耳机It rained so much that our garden got flooded
noise cancelling-噪声消除
my mom bought me a pair of wireless headphones with a noise-cancelling function
Noise-cancelling headphones
wireless (adj): using a system of radio signals rather than wires to connect computers, mobile phones, etc. to each other
无线的
a wireless connection
无线连接wire (n): (a piece of) thin metal thread with a layer of plastic around it, used for carrying electric current
电线;导线
Someone had cut the phone wires.
有人切断了电话线。
Don’t touch those wires whatever you do.
无论如何都别碰那些导线。Pronunciation
flood- /flʌd/
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 11, 2021
Vocabulary
oral (adj): spoken and not written
口头的;口述的
an oral agreement/exam
口头协议/口试comprehension (n): a test to find out how well students understand written or spoken language
理解力测试
a listening/reading comprehension
听力/阅读理解comprehend (v):to understand something completely
充分理解;领悟
I fail to comprehend their attitude.
我无法理解他们的态度。
He doesn’t seem to comprehend the scale of the problem
他似乎没意识到问题的严重性。
I’ll never comprehend why she did what she did.
我永远也不会明白她为什么那么做。
I don’t think he fully comprehends that she won’t be here to help him.
我看他还没有充分意识到她是不会来这里帮他的。terrorist (n): someone who uses violent action, or threats of violent action, for political purposes
恐怖分子
Several terrorists have been killed by their own bombs.
有几个恐怖分子被自己的炸弹炸死了。
There has been an increase in terrorist attacks.
恐怖袭击事件有所增多。
The government has stated that it will not give in to terrorist threats.
政府已宣称决不会被恐怖分子的威胁吓倒。collapse (v): to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
(由于压力、无力或缺乏支持而)倒塌,坍塌;崩溃,垮掉
Thousands of buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
数以千计的建筑物在地震中倒塌了。
The chair collapsed under her weight.
椅子承受不了她的重量散架了。
He thought his whole world had collapsed when his wife died.
妻子去世后他觉得自己的整个世界都坍塌了。pregnant (adj): (of a woman and some female animals) having a baby or babies developing inside the womb
怀孕的,妊娠的
She’s five and a half months pregnant.
她怀孕有5个半月了。
My mother stopped smoking when she became pregnant.
我母亲怀孕后就不吸烟了.
My sister is pregnant with twins.
我姐姐怀了双胞胎。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
July 16, 2021
Vocabulary
green thumb (n): the ability to make plants grow
园艺技能;种植技能
My father’s got a green thumb.recite (v): to say a piece of writing aloud from memory, or to publicly say a list of things
背诵;朗诵;当众吟诵
She proudly recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
她自豪地背诵《效忠誓言》。
The opposition party recited a long list of the government’s failings.
反对党列举出政府一大堆失误之处。simplify (v): to make something less complicated and therefore easier to do or understand
使简化;使简易
the new simplified tax system
简化后的新税制
He tried to simplify the story for the younger audience.
在讲给年龄较小的听众听时,他尽可能地简化这个故事。perform verb (ENTERTAIN)
to entertain people by dancing, singing, acting, or playing music
演出,表演
Thomas and Elisa performed a rousing duet for violin and piano.
托马斯和伊丽莎共同表演了一曲激动人心的小提琴钢琴二重奏。
She composes and performs her own music.
她自己创作音乐自己演奏。
A major Hollywood star will be performing on stage tonight.
今晚一位好莱坞大牌明星要登台表演。
There are plans to ban circuses with performing animals.
有计划禁止马戏团使用动物进行表演。rebellion (n): violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in their country
反叛,造反;叛乱
The government has brutally crushed the rebellion.
政府残酷镇压了叛乱。action against those in authority, against the rules, or against normal and accepted ways of behaving
叛逆;抗争;反抗
a backbench rebellion against the new foreign policy
后座议员对新外交政策的反对
her teenage rebellion
她青春期的叛逆行为rebel (v): to refuse to obey rules or people in authority
叛逆,反叛
Jacob rebelled against his parents’ plans for him and left school at the age of 16.
雅各布反抗父母替他做好的计划,在16岁就辍学了。
If you are too strict with teenagers, they often rebel.
如果你对青少年太严厉,他们往往会反叛。She’s self-isolating at a hotel-她在酒店自我隔离
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
June 22, 2021
Vocabulary
Combine (v) :to (cause to) exist together, or join together to make a single thing or group
(使)结合;(使)联合;(使)合并;(使)综合
None of us has much money so let’s combine what we’ve got.
我们谁都没多少钱,因此就把我们所有的钱凑在一起吧。
Sickness, combined with (= together with) terrible weather, contrived to ruin the trip.
疾病,加上恶劣的天气,毁掉了这次旅行。
The two countries combined against their common enemy.Nauseous (adj): feeling as if you might vomit
感到恶心的,想呕吐的
Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.
坐过山车让我直想吐。Meme (n):an idea, image, video, etc. that is spread very quickly on the internet
(模因)在互联网上迅速传播的概念(或图像、视频等)
Take a look at the top ten internet memes for this past year.
看一下去年互联网上的十大模因。thirtieth-第三十
Screenshot (n):an image of what is displayed on a computer/phone screen
屏幕截图Welcoming party
I’m going to organize a welcoming party for my sisterOnline Class Notes (Nemo)
June 15, 2021
Vocabulary
Air conditioner/AC
floor heating
Central heating (n): a system of heating buildings by warming air or water at one place and then sending it to different rooms in pipes
中央供暖系统,集中供热系统Radiator (n): a device, usually a container filled with water, that sends out heat, often as part of a heating or cooling system
(通常指依靠水循环的)暖气装置;散热器;冷却器
When we installed the central heating, we put a radiator in every room.
我们安装中央供暖系统时,在每个房间都安了散热器。Rough (adj):(VIOLENT)dangerous or violent
粗暴的,粗野的;猛烈的;充斥暴力的,危险的
a rough area of town
城内的危险区
The other boys were rough, always looking for a fight.
其他的男孩子们非常粗野,总是寻衅打架。;better safe than sorry
said when you think it is best not to take risks even when it seems boring or difficult to be careful
有备无患;viral adjective (INTERNET)
used to describe something that quickly becomes very popular or well known by being published on the internet or sent from person to person by email, phone, etc.
(通过网络在个体之间迅速)病毒式的(传播)
Here’s a list of the top ten viral videos this week.
以下是本周十大病毒式传播的视频。
Within days the film clip went viral.
几天内这段电影视频便病毒式地传开了。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 25, 2021
Vocabulary
nerve-wracking (adj): Something that is nerve-racking is difficult to do and causes a lot of worry for the person involved in it.
伤脑筋的;使人心烦的
My wedding was the most nerve-racking thing I’ve ever experienced.
我的婚礼是我经历过的最伤脑筋的事情。get up (v): to stand up
起立,站起来
The whole audience got up and started clapping.
观众全体起立鼓掌。sniff (v): to take air in quickly through your nose, usually to stop the liquid inside the nose from flowing out
抽鼻子
You’re sniffing a lot – do you have a cold?
你不停地抽鼻子——你感冒了吗?he was shouting at us
tease (v)(MAKE FUN OF)to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person
戏弄,逗弄;取笑,招惹
I used to hate being teased about my red hair when I was at school.
我上学期间一直讨厌别人取笑我的红头发。
I was just teasing, I didn’t mean to upset you.
我只是在开玩笑,不是有意要惹你难过的。Relax your muscles.放松肌肉
stretch (v): to make your body or your arms and legs straight so that they are as long as possible, in order to exercise the joints (= place where two bones are connected) after you have been in the same place or position for a long time
伸展,舒展(四肢)
“I’m so tired,” she said, yawning and stretching.
“我太累了,”她打着呵欠伸了个懒腰说。
It’s a good idea to stretch before you do vigorous exercise.
在进行剧烈运动前应该先伸展一下身体。I’ve got a sore back.
我后背疼。
My feet were sore with all the walking.
走了这么多的路,我的脚很痛。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 22, 2021
Vocabulary
spare ribs (n): pig’s ribs (= curved bones) with most of the meat cut off them, cooked, and eaten
(猪的)小排骨
barbecued spare ribs
烤小排side dish (n): in a restaurant, an extra dish of food, for example, vegetables or salad, that is served with the main dish, sometimes on a separate plate
(餐馆的)配菜,附加菜wassup/what’s up?-used as a friendly greeting, to ask someone how they are, or to ask what is happening
怎么样呀
His phone goes. “Wassup?” he says nonchalantly. “What are you doing?”
他的手机响了。“怎么样呀?”他冷冷地说。“你在做什么?”
The ad consisted simply of a bunch of American blokes screeching “Whassup!” to one another down the phone.
广告的内容很简单,就是一群美国小伙子在电话里互相叫着“你怎么样呀!”。captain (n): the leader of a sports team
(运动队)队长
It’s unusual to have a goalkeeper as (the) captain of a football team.
让守门员当足球队的队长是很少见的。goalkeeper (n): (in some sports) the player who stands in the team’s goal to try to stop the other team from scoring
守门员
Examples
For a goalkeeper, it’s a great advantage to have big hands.
The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the shot.center half (n): on a football team, one of two defenders who play in the middle of the pitch and form part of the back four
(足球队的)中卫
Like most centre halfs, McCauley is well over six feet tall.
和大部分中卫一样,麦考利身高远超过六英尺。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 16, 2021
Vocabulary
Germany is playing against Brazil in the cup final tonight.
德国队在今晚的决赛中对阵巴西队。
peer (n): a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group
同龄人;同辈;同等社会地位(或能力)的人
Do you think it’s true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers?
你是否认为十几岁的女孩子不如同年龄的男孩子自信?I thought that you’ll play the match against your peers/age group
我以为你会和你的同龄人比赛
all the time-continuously
不停,一直
I wish you’d stop criticizing me all the time.
我希望你别再没完没了地批评我了。every day, all the time
space exploration-太空探索
sci-fi novel-科幻小说
novel (n): a long printed story about imaginary characters and events
(长篇)小说
a paperback novel
平装小说
historical/romantic novels
历史/爱情小说
Have you read any of Jane Austen’s novels?
你读过简‧奥斯汀的小说吗?
His latest novel is selling really well.
他的最新小说非常畅销。Why do you think that we should do this?
Online Class Notes (Nemo)[R]
May 15, 2021
Vocabulary
Mars noun (PLANET)
the planet fourth in order of distance from the sun, after Earth and before Jupiter
火星
Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet because of its distinctive colour.
因为颜色特别,火星有时也被称为“红色行星”。
So is there life on Mars?
那么火星上有生命吗?dynasty (n): a series of rulers or leaders who are all from the same family, or a period when a country is ruled by them
王朝,朝代
The Mogul dynasty ruled over India for centuries.
莫卧儿王朝统治印度数世纪。entertainment (n): shows, films, television, or other performances or activities that entertain people, or a performance of this type
娱乐,娱乐节目;娱乐表演
There’s not much in the way of entertainment in this town – just the cinema and a couple of pubs.
这个城镇没多少娱乐活动——也就是这家影院和几家酒馆。
formal This season’s entertainments include five new plays and several concerts of Chinese and Indian music.
这个演出季的演出节目包括5部新剧和几场中国和印度音乐的音乐会。amateur (n): relating to an activity, especially a sport, where the people taking part do not receive money
业余的;(尤指)业余体育运动的
amateur athletics
业余运动员delta (n): an area of low, flat land, sometimes shaped like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea
三角洲
the Mississippi delta
密西西比河三角洲
the delta of the Nile
尼罗河三角洲local (adj): from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of a country
当地的,本地的
a local accent
当地口音
local issues
当地的问题
a local newspaper/radio station
地方报纸/电台
Most of the local population depend on fishing for their income.
当地人大多靠打鱼为生。
Our children all go to the local school.
我们的孩子都在当地的学校上学。local international community= local laowai
final (n): the last in a series of games, races, or competitions, usually the one in which the winner is chosen
决赛
Last year we got through to the final.
去年我们进入了决赛。
The men’s basketball final will be on Sunday.
男子篮球决赛将在星期天举行。the finals [ plural ]
the last set of games in a competition
决赛
Do you think she will make it to the finals this year in the US Open?
你认为她能够在今年的美国公开赛上进入决赛吗?Shanghai Youth Handball Championship-上海市青少年手球冠军赛
24:1 twenty-four to one
shame (v):to make someone feel ashamed, or to make someone or something lose honour and respect
使感到羞愧;使丢脸;羞辱
It shames me that I treated her so badly.
我对她这么不好,真是令我羞愧。
The behaviour of a few children has shamed the whole school.
少数学生的行为使整个学校都蒙受耻辱。chivalry (n): very polite, honest, and kind behaviour, especially by men towards women
骑士风度;(尤指男人对女人的)殷勤,彬彬有礼the system of behaviour followed by knights in the medieval period of history, that put a high value on honour, kindness, and courage
骑士精神;骑士制度
the age of chivalry
骑士时代cheese fondue-火锅奶酪
Pronunciation
chivalry/ˈʃɪv.əl.ri/
Reading
An international rowing competition was launched on Meilan Lake in Baoshan District on Saturday to promote water sports on the city’s northern outskirts.
More than 120 amateur rowers from the Yangtze River Delta region and local international community raced at the 2021 Deep Dive City Plus Rowing Carnival on the city’s second largest artificial lake at the historical Luodian Town.
The town, which dates back to the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), plans to develop a water sports center on the lake for the training, race, education, tourism and entertainment of rowing sports.
More than 10 races for sailboats, canoes, paddle boards and model boats will be held on the lake every year, which is currently mainly used for sightseeing, according to the town. Training sessions will be held on the lake for both children and adults.
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 8, 2021
Vocabulary
test (n): a medical examination of part of your body in order to find out how healthy it is or what is happening with it
(体格)检查;化验
a blood/urine test
验血/尿检
an eye test
视力检查
a pregnancy test
妊娠检查
The doctors have done some tests to try and find out what’s wrong with her.
医生做了一些检查,想查出她的问题出在哪儿。From 8 am until half-past noon.
conserve (v): to keep and protect something from damage, change, or waste
保护;保藏;保存;保留;节约
To conserve electricity, we are cutting down on our heating.
为了省电,我们在减少中央供热。
The nationalists are very eager to conserve their customs and language.
民族主义者非常热衷于保留他们的习俗和语言。
I’m not being lazy – I’m just conserving my energy/strength for later.
我不是在偷懒——我只是在为以后保存精力/体力。easy, easier, the easiest
extra (adj): added to what is normal
额外的;附加的
If you need any extra help, just call me.
如果还需要其他的帮助,尽管给我打电话。
Recently he’s been working an extra two hours a day.
近来他每天都加班两个小时。
The price includes travel and accommodation but meals are extra (= there is an additional charge for meals).
这个价格包括路费和住宿费,但是餐费要另付。ordinary (adj): not different or special or unexpected in any way; usual
普通的,平常的;平凡的;一般的
an ordinary neighbourhood
普通的街区
Readers of the magazine said they wanted more stories about ordinary people and fewer stories about the rich and famous.
这本杂志的读者说他们希望多登一些普通人的故事,少登一些关于富人和名人的事情。
Her last concert appearance in Britain was no ordinary (= a very special) performance.
她在英国的最后一场音乐会不同凡响。extraordinary (adj): very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange
非凡的;特别的;意想不到的;令人惊奇的
He told the extraordinary story of his escape.
他讲述了他离奇的逃亡经历。
Her voice had an extraordinary hypnotic quality.
她的嗓音有一种奇特的催眠效果。
an extraordinary coincidence
令人吃惊的巧合country (n): land that is not in towns, cities, or industrial areas and is either used for farming or left in its natural condition
乡村,乡下
He lives out in the country somewhere.
他住在乡下某个地方。
Would you prefer to live in the country instead of a town?
与城里相比,你更愿意住乡下吗?
Country life isn’t always as peaceful as city-dwellers think.
乡村生活并不总是像城镇居民想象的那样宁静。
It’s often quicker to travel across country and avoid the major roads completely.
穿越乡村完全避开主干道往往会走得更快。country (n) an area of land that has its own government, army, etc.
国家;国土
What is the largest country in Europe?
欧洲最大的国家是哪个?
Sri Lanka is my native country, but I’ve been living in Belgium for the past five years.
斯里兰卡是我的祖国,但最近5年我一直住在比利时。
The climate is cooler in the east of the country.
该国东部气候比较凉爽。countryside (n): land not in towns, cities, or industrial areas, that is either used for farming or left in its natural condition
农村,乡下;郊外
The countryside around there is beautiful.
那周围的乡村很美。
The mansion is set in 90 acres of beautiful, unspoiled countryside.
那所官邸占地90英亩,坐落在未遭破坏的美丽乡村。
Every summer thousands of people flock to the countryside.
每年夏天成千上万的人涌向乡村。forgive a loan/debt
to say that money does not have to be paid back
债务无需偿还
The new program would forgive state loans to new graduates who teach in Nebraska.
在一个新的项目中,前往内布拉斯加教书的大学毕业生可免还政府贷款。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 27, 2021
Vocabulary
theme song (n): a piece of music from a television programme, film, etc. that is remembered as the music that represents that programme or film
主题歌,主题曲deceive (v): to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage
欺骗,蒙骗;隐瞒
The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.
该公司用旧计算机冒充新机器欺骗顾客。
The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out.
关门声让我以为他们已经出门了。thumb (n): the short, thick finger on the side of your hand that makes it possible to hold and pick things up easily
拇指
The thorn was embedded in her thumb.
She hit her thumb with the hammer.hitchhike (v): to travel by getting free rides in someone else’s vehicle
免费搭车旅行
I would never hitchhike on my own.
我绝不会孤身一人搭便车。
They hitchhiked to Paris.
他们搭便车到了巴黎。needle and thread
针线strict (adj): strongly limiting someone’s freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do not obey
要求严格的,严厉的
My parents were very strict with me when I was young.
我小的时候父母对我要求非常严格。compare (v): to examine or look for the difference between two or more things
对比,对照,比较
If you compare house prices in the two areas, it’s quite amazing how different they are.
如果比较一下两个地段的房价,你会惊讶地发现它们的差别竟如此之大。
That seems expensive – have you compared prices in other shops?
那好像很贵——你有没有比较一下其他店里的价格?
Compare some recent work with your older stuff and you’ll see how much you’ve improved.
把你近来的作品与以前的对照一下,你就会知道你的进步有多大。Here we go again -said when something bad starts happening again
(坏事)又来了
Oh, here we go again! Claude’s just asked to borrow some more money from me.
唉,又来了!克劳德刚才又向我借钱了。
Here we go again – moan, moan, moan!
又来了——牢骚、牢骚、牢骚!toothpaste (n): a substance that you put onto a toothbrush to clean your teeth
牙膏
a tube of toothpaste
一管牙膏gargle (v): to move a liquid around in your throat without swallowing, especially to clean it or stop it feeling painful
(尤指为清洁口腔或止痛)漱口,漱喉,含漱ONE of my classmates
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 13, 2021
Vocabulary
score verb (WIN)
to win or get a point, goal, etc. in a competition, sport, game, or test
(体育比赛、考试等中)得(分)
Tennant scored (a goal) in the last minute of the game.
坦南特在比赛的最后一分钟进了一球。
In American football, a touchdown scores (= is worth) six points.
在美式橄榄球中,攻方持球触地得6分。
She scored 18 out of 20 in the spelling test.
拼写测试满分20分,她得了18分。blame (v): to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening
责备;责怪;归咎于
Don’t blame me (= it is not my fault) if you miss the bus!
如果你没赶上公车可别怪我!
Hugh blames his mother for his lack of confidence.
休把自己缺乏自信心归咎于他的母亲。
Hugh blames his lack of confidence on his mother.
休把自己缺乏自信心归咎于他的母亲。take the blame
If you take the blame for something, you say that you did it or that it is your fault.
引咎;对…负责
If anything goes wrong, I’ll take the blame.
出了问题我负责。brag (v): to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own
吹嘘,夸耀
She’s always bragging about how much money she earns.
她老是吹嘘自己挣钱如何如何多。
They bragged that their team had never been beaten.
他们夸耀说他们队从未输过。I don’t blame sb
said in order to tell someone that you understand why they are doing something and that you agree with the reason for doing it
我不会怪…;我理解…的心情
I don’t blame him for getting angry – she’s being really annoying.
我理解他生气的原因——她实在太烦人了。
“I decided to leave.” “I don’t blame you!”He’s a very rude man.
他这人很粗鲁。brag (v): to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own
吹嘘,夸耀
She’s always bragging about how much money she earns.
她老是吹嘘自己挣钱如何如何多。
They bragged that their team had never been beaten.
他们夸耀说他们队从未输过。sarcastic laugh-讽刺的笑
fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.-
一次愚弄我,对你感到羞耻,两次愚弄我,对我感到羞耻。
sarcastic (adj): using sarcasm
讽刺的,嘲笑的,挖苦的
a sarcastic comment/remark
尖刻的评论/话
Are you being sarcastic?
你在挖苦人吗?Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 6, 2021
Vocabulary
a gaming console
游戏机referee (n): a person who is in charge of a sports game and who makes certain that the rules are followed
裁判,裁判员
We only lost the game because the referee was biased.
我们输掉了比赛就是因为裁判员偏袒对手。relaxed (adj): A relaxed situation or place is comfortable and informal.
舒适的;随便的;无拘无束的
It’s a very friendly bar with a nice relaxed atmosphere.
这间酒吧待客热情,有种随意自在的氛围。politely (adv): in a polite way
有礼貌地
He told them politely to leave him in peace.
他礼貌地请他们让他一个人静静地呆着。exchange rate (n): the rate at which the money of one country can be changed for the money of another country
汇率;兑换率tax (n): (an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you have bought
税;税款
They’re increasing the tax on cigarettes.
他们要提高烟草税。
Tax cuts (= reductions in taxes) are always popular.
减税总是受欢迎的。
What do you earn before/after tax (= before/after you have paid tax on the money you earn)?
你的税前/税后收入是多少?a gaming console
游戏机formal (adj): Formal language, clothes, and behaviour are suitable for serious or official occasions.
(语言、服装和行为)庄重的,正规的,适合正式场合的
a formal dinner party
正式宴会superlative (n): the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses that the thing or person being described has more of the particular quality than anything or anyone else of the same type
(形容词或副词的)最高级形式
“Richest” is the superlative of “rich”.
richest 是 rich 的最高级(形式)。
The magazine article contained so many superlatives that I found it hard to believe that what it was saying was true.
杂志上的这篇文章用了这么多最高级修饰词,让我觉得其可信度不高。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 30, 2021
Vocabulary
lukewarm adjective (TEMPERATURE)
mainly disapproving
(especially of a liquid) only slightly warm
(尤指液体)温吞的,微热的
This coffee’s lukewarm.
这杯咖啡不热。hoodie (n): a sweatshirt (= cotton clothing for the upper body) that has a hood to cover the head
带风帽的运动衫cellar (n): a room under the ground floor of a building, usually used for storing things
(通常用于储物的)地窖,地下室orchard
noun
an area of land where fruit trees (but not orange trees or other citrus trees) are grown
果园
an apple/cherry orchard
苹果/樱桃园tidy sth away (v): to put things back in drawers, cupboards, and other places where they are kept, after you have used them
将…收起来,将…放回原处
The children were expected to tidy away their toys before bedtime.
孩子们要在睡觉前把玩具收拾好。archive (n): a collection of historical records relating to a place, organization, or family
档案;案卷
archive film/footage/material
档案胶片/影片/材料
These old photographs should go in the family archives.
这些老照片应收入家庭档案里。Your bedroom’s a pigsty!
你的卧室真像个猪窝!cast (n)-ACTORS the actors in a film, play, or show
(一部电影、戏剧或演出的)全体演员
After the final performance the director threw a party for the cast.
最后一场演出过后,导演为全体演员举办了一场聚会。
Part of the movie’s success lies in the strength of the supporting cast (= the actors who were not playing the main parts).
影片的成功部分归功于强大的配角阵容。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 23, 2021
Vocabulary
provide (v)=supply-to give someone something that they need
提供,供给
This booklet provides useful information about local services.
这本小册子提供了有关当地服务机构的有用信息。
All meals are provided at no additional cost.
膳食均免费提供。an internet service provider
互联网服务供应商vaccine (n): a substance containing a virus or bacterium in a form that is not harmful, given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease that the virus or bacterium causes
疫苗
This vaccine protects against some kinds of bacteria.
这种疫苗能抵抗这些细菌中的某几种。She does all the talking – I just sit and listen.
她一直在说——我只是坐在那里听。We use hear for sounds that come to our ears, without us necessarily trying to hear them! … Listen is used to describe paying attention to sounds that are going on.
recess (n): in school, a period of time between classes when children do not study
课间休息bland (adj): not having a strong taste or character or not showing any interest or energy
无滋味的;枯燥乏味的;没精打采的,无生气的
I find chicken a little bland.
我觉得鸡肉有点淡。
Pop music these days is so bland.
现今的流行音乐十分乏味。canteen-食堂
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 16, 2021
Vocabulary
sore adjective (PAINFUL) painful and uncomfortable because of injury, infection, or too much use
痛的,疼痛的
All the dust has made my eyes sore.
灰尘使我的眼睛酸痛。
I’ve got a sore back.
我后背疼。
My feet were sore with all the walking.
走了这么多的路,我的脚很痛。ghost (n): the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person that some people believe appears to people who are alive
鬼,幽灵
Do you believe in ghosts?
你相信有鬼吗?
The gardens are said to be haunted by the ghost of a child who drowned in the river.
据说一个溺死在河中的孩子的幽灵经常出现在这些花园中。superstition (n): belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.
迷信
According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
按照迷信的说法,从梯子下走过会带来厄运。
I don’t believe in the old superstition that the number 13 is unlucky.
我不相信数字13不吉利这样的旧迷信思想。chemist (n): a person who studies chemistry, or a scientist who works with chemicals or studies their reactions
化学师,化学家
She worked as a chemist for the water company.PhD -abbreviation (short “word”) for doctor of philosophy: the highest college or university degree, or someone who has this
(哲学)博士;(哲学)博士学位(doctor of philosophy 的缩写)
a PhD student/thesis
博士生/论文
Susannah has a PhD in Italian literature.
苏珊娜拥有意大利文学博士学位。
She’s a PhD.
她是一位博士Master of Arts -an advanced college or university degree in a subject such as literature, language, history, or social science, or a person who has this degree
文科硕士学位;文科硕士major (n) (SPECIAL SUBJECT)
the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself
(大学生的)专业,主修课程;(大学专业的)主修学生
What is your major, English or French?
你的专业是英语还是法语?
She was a philosophy major at an Ivy League college.
她曾在一所长春藤大学主修哲学。economist (n): a person who studies or has a special knowledge of economics
经济学家economics (n): the way in which trade, industry, or money is organized, or the study of this
经济状况;经济因素;经济学
She’s in her third year of studying economics at York University.
她在约克大学主修经济学,现在上大三。filial piety-孝顺
filial duty-孝顺义务
Pronunciation
economist– /iˈkɑː.nə.mɪst/
economics-/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪks/
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 9, 2021
Vocabulary
surgery (n): the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the damaged part
外科手术
The patient had/underwent surgery on his heart.
这位病人接受了心脏外科手术。
He made a good recovery after surgery to remove a brain tumour.
做了脑部肿瘤切除手术以后,他恢复得很好。lyrics (n): the words of a song, especially a pop song
(尤指流行歌曲的)歌词
Paul Simon writes the lyrics for most of his songs.
保罗‧西蒙的歌大多都是他自己写的词。Art and English were my best subjects at school.
上学时美术和英语是我学得最好的科目。
an art teacher
美术老师gallery (n): a room or building that is used for showing works of art, sometimes so that they can be sold
(艺术作品)陈列馆;美术馆;画廊
the National Portrait Gallery
国家肖像美术馆
a contemporary art gallery
当代艺术展览馆contemporary music/literature/art/fashion
当代音乐/文学/艺术/时尚calm (sb) down (v): to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to stop someone feeling this way
(使)平静;(使)冷静;(使)镇静
She sat down and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
她坐下做了几个深呼吸让自己平静下来。
She was angry at first but we managed to calm her down.
一开始她很生气,但我们设法让她平静了下来。
Calm down, for goodness sake. It’s nothing to get excited about!
看在上帝的份上,安静下来吧。没什么可激动的!a science textbook
自然科学教科书Chinese textbook
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
February 28, 2021
Vocabulary
tactic (n): a planned way of doing something
策略,手法
These bomb attacks represent a change of tactics by the terrorists.
这些炸弹袭击事件表明恐怖分子改变了策略。foot soldier-a soldier who fights on foot
步兵a soldier unit-士兵部队
board game (n): any of many games, for example, chess, in which small pieces are moved around on a board with a pattern on it
棋类游戏quiz (n): a game or competition in which you answer questions
竞答比赛,智力竞赛
a history/sport, etc. quiz
历史/体育知识等问答竞赛
There are so many inane television quiz shows.
电视上有那么多愚蠢的智力竞赛节目。
UK A lot of pubs have quiz nights once or twice a week.
许多酒吧每周举办一两次智力竞赛夜活动。It’s (already) been a week since we got back to school.
shrimp (n): a very small sea creature similar to a prawn but smaller, or its flesh eaten as food
小海虾;(食用的)小虾仁
shrimp paste
虾酱syrup (n): a very sweet, thick liquid
浓糖水,糖浆
Make a syrup by boiling 100 g sugar in 300 ml water.
煮沸300毫升含100克糖的水,制成糖浆。
Corn syrup is used for sweetening drinks.
用玉米糖浆让饮料变甜。
maple syrup
枫糖浆Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
February 2, 2021
Vocabulary
twenties (n): A person’s twenties are the period in which they are aged between 20 and 29
二十多岁
I’d guess she’s in her twenties.
我猜她20多岁。teens (n): A person’s teens are the period in which they are aged between 13 and 19
十几岁
Both my daughters are in their teens.
我的两个女儿都十几岁。
He’s in his early/mid/late teens.
他十三四/十五六/十八九岁。alive (adj): living, not dead
活(着)的;在世的
He must be 90 if he’s still alive.
如果他还在世的话,肯定有90岁了。
Doctors kept him alive on a life-support machine.
医生使用生命维持机来维持他的生命。inheritance (n): money or objects that someone gives you when they die
继承的遗产
The large inheritance from his aunt meant that he could buy his own boat.
从姑母那里继承的大笔遗产意味着他可以给自己买艘船了。
At 21 she came into her inheritance (= it was given to her).
她21岁时继承了遗产。nap (n): a short sleep, especially during the day
(尤指日间的)打盹,小睡
Grandpa usually has/takes a nap after lunch.
爷爷通常在午饭后小睡片刻。approve (v): to have a positive opinion of someone or something
赞成;同意;称许
She doesn’t approve of my friends.
她不喜欢我的朋友们。
He doesn’t approve of smoking.
他反对抽烟。alive (adj): living, not dead
活(着)的;在世的
He must be 90 if he’s still alive.
如果他还在世的话,肯定有90岁了。
Doctors kept him alive on a life-support machine.
医生使用生命维持机来维持他的生命。Speaking exercise
The Clarkston family lived in an old city , one day Jacky went out of her home and they want to have a party in. her home with her family, his brother Roghtr and his little sister Diane and two of the neighbours. And the man in the story want their moms Moly’s money house and garden. The children were talking about money and they want it.
The Clarkston family lived in an old city, one day Jacky went out of her home (and she wanted to have a party at her home with her family), her brother Roger and her little sister Diane and two of the neighbours. And the main characters of the story want their mom’s money house and garden. The children were talking about money and they wanted it.
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
January 26, 2021
Vocabulary
braised duck-干爆鸭子
For dinner, we had braised duck in brown sauce.
equation (n): a mathematical statement in which you show that two amounts are equal using mathematical symbols
方程式;等式
In the equation 3x – 3 = 15, x = 6.
在方程式3x-3=15中,x=6。equation with two unknowns– 3x+2y=30
equation with one unknown– 3(3x+22)=21x+37geometry (n): the area of mathematics relating to the study of space and the relationships between points, lines, curves, and surfaces
几何学
the laws of geometry
几何定律
a geometry lesson
几何课trapezoid (n): a flat shape with four sides, where two of the sides are parallel
梯形They met in Paris one enchanted afternoon in early autumn.
在初秋的一个下午,他们如上天安排般在巴黎相遇了。enchanted- /ɪnˈtʃæn.t̬ɪd/
One Thousand and One Nights
一千零一夜
where does it take place?
the story takes place in Arabia
She granted their request/wish.
她答应了他们的请求/满足了他们的愿望。they lived happily ever after
jewel-/ˈdʒuː.əl/
Speaking exercise
Many years ago there was a boy called Aladdin he lived in a city in Arabia and he is a lazy boy and he did not like to work. One day, he meet a person this person said he is Aladdin’s uncle and he is a magician and he let Aladdin to a place and put some magic powder on the place and let Aladdin under the ground. He says only he can take the enchanted lamp and he get some jewels and the enchanted lamp and he got a ring too from the magician. The ring and the lamp both a genie. If you told genie what do you want it will obey . He wished a wife palace money and jewels . and genie always obay him. But one day magician stole the lamp and took his wife away but at last Aladdin killed the magician and he get a lovely life.
(Many years ago) there was a boy called Aladdin he lived in a city in Arabia and he was a lazy boy and he did not like to work. One day, he met a person who said that he was Aladdin’s uncle and he was a magician and he took Aladdin to a place and put some magic powder on the place and then he let Aladdin under the ground. The magician said that only Aladdin can take the enchanted lamp and Aladdin took some jewels and the enchanted lamp and he got a ring too. The ring and the lamp both had a genie. Genie would fulfil any of his wishes. He wished a wife, palace, money and jewels, and genie always obeyed him. But one day magician stole the lamp and took his wife away but in the end, Aladdin killed the magician and he lived happily ever after
Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
January 23, 2021
Speaking exercise
Hi, my name is Leo, I live in Shanghai, China. I live with my parents and my aunt. We live in Changing, Changning is a really nice district, near my home there’s a supermarket and a shopping mall. We can do a lot of things at my home because the home is really big. there are 5 bathrooms and a lot of bedrooms. I love my home. Most of the time I spend in the study and in my bedroom because I can do my homework and playing and reading at night. I usually eat in the dining room together with my parents. We can sing in the KTV and some important festivals, it’s very happy to do that. My good friends James comes to my home and then my mother who is math teacher teaches us math. When my friends come to visit me we often play mini basketball.
Hi, my name is Leo, I live in Shanghai, China. I live with my parents and my aunt. We live in Changing, Changning is a really nice district. Near my home, there’s a supermarket and a shopping mall. We can do a lot of things at my home because the home is really big. There are 5 bathrooms and a lot of bedrooms. I love my home. Most of the time I spend in the study and in my bedroom because there I can do my homework, play and read at night. I usually eat in the dining room together with my parents. Sometimes we sing in the KTV room during some important festivals, it makes me very happy to do that. Every Thursday, my good friend James comes to my home and then my mother who is a math teacher teaches us math. When my friends come to visit me we often play mini basketball.
Vocabulary
household (n): a group of people, often a family, who live together
一家人,一户,家庭
By the 1960s, most households had a TV.
到20世纪60年代,绝大多数家庭都拥有了电视。
household chores
家务
household expenses
家庭开支
household waste
家庭垃圾chore (n): a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly
日常琐事;杂务;乏味的例行工作
I’ll go shopping when I’ve done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house).
我把家务琐事干完后要去购物。
I find writing reports a real chore (= very boring).
我觉得写报告真是件烦人的事。district (n): an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from surrounding areas
区,区域
the business district of New York
纽约的商业区
the Lake District/the Peak District
湖区/峰区paper (n): a set of printed questions for an exam
考卷
Students must answer two questions from each papersurface area (n): the area of a surface or of all of the outer surfaces of something
(物体的)表面积
the surface area of a cube
一个立方体的表面积area noun (MEASURE)
the size of a flat surface calculated by multiplying its length by its width
面积
the area of a rectangle
长方形的面积
Meadow Farm is 50 square kilometres in area.
“绿地农庄”面积50平方公里。.shape (n): an arrangement that is formed by joining lines together in a particular way or by the line or lines around its outer edge
图形
a round/square/circular/oblong shape
圆/方/环/长方形
A triangle is a shape with three sides.
三角形是有3条边的图形。geometric body
几何体
geometric shape
几何形状
rectangle (n): a flat shape with four 90° angles and four sides, with opposite sides of equal length
长方形;矩形
Examples
The area of a rectangle is its height times its width.
The rectangle is 5 cm long and 1.9 cm wide.calculate (v): to judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers
算,计算
The cost of the damage caused by the recent storms has been calculated as/at over £5 million.
据计算,近期风暴造成的损失超过了500万英镑。width (n): the distance across something from one side to the other
宽度;广度
It is five metres in width.
它的宽度是5米。
The needle is seven times smaller than the width of a human hair.
这根针的粗细只有人的头发的1/7。formula (n): a mathematical rule expressed in a set of numbers and letters
公式,方程式
He developed a formula for calculating the area of a triangle.
他发明了计算三角形面积的公式。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
January 11, 2021
Vocabulary
diarrhea (n): an illness in which the body’s solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body more often
腹泻
diarrhea and sickness
腹泻恶心
an attack of diarrhoea
腹泻发作I go five times a day
what’s your main source of income?
income (n): money that is earned from doing work or received from investments
收入,收益
Average incomes have risen by 4.5 percent over the past year.
人均收入比去年上涨了4.5%。
More help is needed for people on low incomes.
低收入人群需要更多的帮助。puke (v): to vomit
呕吐
The baby puked all down my shirt.
那个婴儿吐得我的衬衣上到处都是。
She puked her dinner up again.
她晚饭又吐了。The floor was covered with puke (n).
地板上到处都是呕吐物。
ritual (n): a set of fixed actions and sometimes words performed regularly, especially as part of a ceremony
例行公事,老规矩;(尤指)仪式
Coffee and the newspaper are part of my morning ritual.
喝咖啡和读报纸是我早晨必做的事情之一。
The birds were performing a complex mating ritual.
这些鸟在进行程序复杂的交配。verse (n): one of the parts that a poem or song is divided into
诗节;(歌曲的)节
Each verse was sung as a solo and then everyone joined in on the chorus.
每一节都以独唱形式演唱,然后所有人一同合唱。I have an upset stomach/tummy
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
January 5, 2021
Vocabulary
programme (n): a broadcast on television or radio
(电视或广播中的)节目
It’s one of those art programmes late at night.
这是深夜播放的艺术类节目之一。
It’s my favourite TV programme – I never miss an episode.
这是我最喜欢的电视节目——我一集都没错过。New Year’s programme
gala (n): a special public occasion at which there is a lot of entertainment, usually in the form of different types of performances
(通常指包括很多表演节目的)庆典,盛会,演出
There will be many stars performing in the Royal Ballet’s Gala Night, held in aid of children’s charities.
为资助儿童慈善机构而进行的皇家芭蕾舞剧团演出之夜将有众多明星加盟献艺。CCTV New Year’s Gala
中央电视台新年联欢晚会
be born (v): to come out of a mother’s body, and start to exist
出生
She was born in 1950.
她生于1950年。
We saw a lamb being born.
我们看到小羊羔降生。
Diana was born into an aristocratic family.
黛安娜生于贵族之家。Both of my parents were born in Shaoxing
celebrate (v): to take part in special enjoyable activities in order to show that a particular occasion is important
庆祝,庆贺;祝贺
We always celebrate our wedding anniversary by going out to dinner.
每年的结婚纪念日我们都出去吃饭庆祝。
If this plan works, we’ll celebrate in style (= in a special way).
要是这个计划奏效,我们就隆重地庆贺一下。cavity noun [C] (TOOTH)
a hole in a tooth
(牙齿上的)龋洞,蛀牙洞His front teeth are crooked.
他的门牙长得歪歪扭扭。My teeth are healthy but crooked
I never had a tooth cavity
textbook (n): a book that contains detailed information about a subject for people who are studying that subject
教科书,教材,课本
a science textbook
自然科学教科书Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 29, 2020
Vocabulary
cost (v): If something costs an amount of money, you must pay that amount to buy or do it.
价钱为;需花费
“How much does this book cost?” “It costs £25.”
“这本书多少钱?”“25英镑。”
It costs a lot to buy a house in this part of Sydney.
在悉尼的这一地区买栋房子要花很多钱。
The trip will cost you $1,000.
这趟旅游要花去你1000美元。series (n): a set of television or radio broadcasts on the same subject or using the same characters but in different situations
(电视或广播的)系列节目
The star is to host a television series on extreme sports.
这位明星将主持一档关于极限运动的电视系列节目。
a comedy series
喜剧系列片
I missed the second episode of the series so I don’t know what’s going on now.
我错过了系列剧的第二集,所以不知道现在的剧情进展如何。science fiction (n): books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space travel or other planets
科幻小说;科幻电影;科幻卡通片
a science-fiction novel/story
科幻小说/故事The temperature has fallen below freezing (= has been less than 0°C) recently.
最近气温已经降到零下了。
Last night it was ten degrees below (zero) (= minus ten degrees).
昨晚只有零下10度。below-above
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 22, 2020
Vocabulary
How to Avoid Food Getting Stuck in Your Teeth
stuck (adj): unable to move, or set in a particular position, place, or way of thinking
动不了的;固定的;卡住的;(想法)摆脱不了的
This door seems to be stuck – can you help me push it open?
这扇门似乎卡住了——你能帮我把它推开吗?
Seven of us were stuck in the lift for over an hour.
我们7个人被困在电梯里1个多小时。toothpick (n): a small, thin, pointed stick of wood, plastic, or metal that can be used for removing pieces of food from between the teeth, especially after a meal
牙签braces (n): a set of connected wires that is attached to a person’s teeth in order to make them straight
牙箍
I had to wear braces for my crooked teeth when I was a teenager.
十几岁时我不得不给我的畸形齿上戴上牙箍。stay up (v): to go to bed later than usual
熬夜,深夜不睡
We stayed up (late) to watch a film.
我们熬夜看了部电影。popular (adj): liked, enjoyed, or supported by many people
受大众喜爱的,受欢迎的
She’s the most popular teacher in school.
她是学校里最受欢迎的老师。
That song was popular with people from my father’s generation.
那首歌在我爸爸那一代人中很流行。
Walking is a popular form of exercise in Britain.
在英国,步行是很流行的运动方式。documentary (n): a film or television or radio programme that gives facts and information about a subject
(电影或电视)纪录片;纪实性广播节目
The documentary took a fresh look at the life of Darwin.
这部纪录片从一个崭新的角度介绍了达尔文的一生。
They showed a documentary on animal communication.
他们放映了一部关于动物之间交流沟通的纪录片。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 15, 2020
Vocabulary
Leo and I have a friend in common 利奥和我有一个共同的朋友
common (adj) =SHARED-belonging to or shared by two or more people, or things
共同的;共有的
a common goal/interest
共同的目标/兴趣4 degrees below zero-零下4度
science fiction (n): books, films, or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space travel or other planets
科幻小说;科幻电影;科幻卡通片
a science-fiction novel/story
科幻小说/故事informal (n): (of situations) not formal or official, or (of clothing, behaviour, speech) suitable when you are with friends and family but not for official occasions
非正式的,非正规的;(服装)日常使用的;(言行)随意的
The two groups agreed to hold an informal meeting.
两个集团同意举行一次非正式会议。
He’s the ideal sort of teacher – direct, friendly, and informal.
他属于那种理想的教师——坦率、友好且不拘礼节。
“Hi” is an informal way of greeting people.
“喂”是一种随意的问候方式。device (n): an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose
装置,器械
electronic device
电子装置
Rescuers used a special device for finding people trapped in collapsed buildings.
救援者使用特殊器械来寻找被困在倒塌建筑物下面的人。celebrity (n): someone who is famous, especially in the entertainment business
(尤指娱乐行业的)名人,明星;名流Online Class Notes (Nemo)
December 8, 2020
Vocabulary
describe (v): to say or write what someone or something is like
描述,描写,描绘
Could you describe your attacker?
你能描述一下袭击你的人的样子吗?
He described the painting in detail.
他详细地描述了那幅油画的内容。
[ + question word ] Let me describe (to you) how it happened.
让我来(给你)讲讲事情的经过吧。nanny (n): a woman whose job is to take care of a particular family’s children(照看小孩的)保姆
“Why did you ask?” “I was just curious.”
“你为什么要问?”“好奇而已。”curious (adj): interested in learning about people or things around you
好奇的;好打听的run out (v): to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left
用完;耗尽;卖光
I’ve run out of milk/money/ideas/patience.
我的奶喝完了/我的钱花光了/我黔驴技穷了/我失去耐心了。
“Do you have any milk?” “Sorry, I’ve run out.”
“你有牛奶吗?”“对不起,我都喝完了。”My father leaves
aton Sunday night and arrives on Friday night, my mothergoesleaves on Sunday night too, she comesatON Wednesday eveningOnline Class Notes (Nemo)
December 2, 2020
Vocabulary
fan (n): someone who admires and supports a person, sport, sports team, etc.
…迷,狂热爱好者;热烈崇拜者
More than 15,000 Liverpool fans attended Saturday’s game.
超过15 000名利物浦队球迷周六到现场观看了比赛。
He’s a great fan of country music.
他是个超级乡村音乐迷。
I’m pleased to meet you – I’m a big fan of your work.
很高兴见到您——我非常喜欢您的作品。solve (v): to find an answer to a problem
思索,思考
to solve a problem
解决问题
to solve a mystery/puzzle
揭开秘密/谜底
Just calm down – shouting won’t solve anything!
冷静下来——大叫大嚷并不能解决任何问题!
This strategy could cause more problems than it solves.
这一策略引发的问题可能会比解决的还多。string bean-a green bean
四季豆(同 green bean)hairstylist (n): someone whose job is to cut and arrange people’s hair
发型师
I’ve been going to the same hairstylist for years.
多年来我一直请同一个发型师设计发型。be born
to come out of a mother’s body, and start to exist
出生
She was born in 1950.
她生于1950年。
We saw a lamb being born.
我们看到小羊羔降生。
Diana was born into an aristocratic family.
黛安娜生于贵族之家。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
November 24, 2020
Vocabulary
spectacular (adj): especially great
非常大的,巨大的;惊人的
We’ve had spectacular success with the product.
我们的产品取得了惊人的成功。successful (adj): achieving the results wanted or hoped for
成功的,达到目的的
a successful operation
成功的手术
My second attempt at making bread was a little more successful.
我第二次尝试做面包时就做得好一些了。
This year’s harvest was one of the most successful since the record crop of 1985.
今年的收成是自1985年创纪录的大丰收以来最好的一年。roam (v): to move about or travel, especially without a clear idea of what you are going to do
闲逛(于);漫步(于);漫游(于)
After the bars close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
酒馆关门后,成群结伙的年轻人在城里街道上游荡。
She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants.
她花了一年的时间在美国各地游历,一路在酒吧和饭店里打工。Are you a cat person or a dog person?
neither-not either of two things or people
两者皆非,两者都不
We’ve got two TVs, but neither works properly.
我们有两台电视,但没有一台是好的。
Neither of my parents likes my boyfriend.
我父母都不喜欢我的男朋友。
Neither one of us is interested in gardening.
我们两个都不太喜欢园艺。
“Which one would you choose?” “Neither. They’re both terrible.”
“你会挑哪个?”“两个都不要,它们都很糟糕。”Online Class Notes (Nemo)
November 17, 2020
Vocabulary
phone display-手机显示屏
screen (n): a flat surface in a cinema, on a television, or as part of a computer, on which pictures or words are shown
银幕;屏幕
Our television has a 19-inch screen.
我们的电视屏幕是19英寸的。
Coming to your screens (= cinemas) shortly, “The Adventures of Robin Hood”.
请马上来电影院观看《罗宾汉历险记》吧。
Her ambition is to write for the screen (= for television and films).
她的理想是给电影、电视写剧本。
Write the letter on the computer, then you can make changes easily on the screen.
在电脑上写信,你可以很容易地在屏幕上作修改。horizon (n): the line at the farthest place that you can see, where the sky seems to touch the land or sea
地平线
The moon rose slowly above the horizon.
月亮慢慢地从地平线升起。
We could see a row of camels silhouetted on the horizon.
我们能看到地平线上一队骆驼的轮廓。horizontal (adj): parallel to the ground or to the bottom or top edge of something
水平的;与地面(或底边、顶边)平行的;横的
Draw a horizontal line across the bottom of the page.
在本页底部画一条水平线。
Keep the patient horizontal with the feet slightly raised.
让病人平躺,双脚略微抬高。quench (v): to drink liquid so that you stop being thirsty
解渴
When it’s hot, it’s best to quench your thirst with water.
大热天最好喝水解渴。economy (n): the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used
经济;经济制度
the global economy
全球经济
the German/US economy
德国/美国经济
a weak/strong economy
疲软/强劲的经济
Tourism contributes millions of pounds to the local economy.
旅游业带来数百万英镑的地方收入。He wants to be a diplomat
He wants to be a diplomat
diplomacy (n): the management of relationships between countries
外交
Diplomacy has so far failed to bring an end to the fighting.
外交活动迄今未能结束那场战事。pneumonia (n): a serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled with liquid
肺炎
People who are bedridden can easily get pneumonia.
长期卧床的人易患肺炎。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
November 12, 2020
Vocabulary
So team, how did the product launch go?”
“How did the meeting with the client go?”“How did your presentation go?”
Small-Talk Examples:
“How did your vacation go?”
“How did the Christmas party go?”
Today I had a math test.
How did it go?steak (n): a thick, flat piece of meat or fish, especially meat from a cow
肉排;肉块;鱼排;鱼块;(尤指)牛排
T-bone/sirloin steaks
T骨/里脊牛排
salmon/turkey steaks
鲑鱼排/火鸡肉排
Shall we have steak for dinner?
我们晚餐吃牛排好吗?How do you like your steak?
(I like it) medium-wellharmony (n): a pleasant musical sound made by different notes being played or sung at the same time
(音乐中的)和声
singing in harmony
唱和声
It is a simple melody with complex harmonies.
这是一首和声复杂的简单旋律。radio (n): a piece of electronic equipment used for listening to radio broadcasts
收音机
a car radio
车载收音机
I switched on the radio.
我打开了收音机。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
November 10, 2020
Vocabulary
how much time do we have (left)?
Today we had an exam
Today we had a testa written test-笔试
nauseous (adj): feeling as if you might vomit
感到恶心的,想呕吐的
Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.
坐过山车让我直想吐。symptom (n): any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease
(疾病的)症状
He’s complaining of all the usual flu symptoms – a high temperature, headache, and so on.
他说他出现了所有常见的感冒症状——高烧、头痛等。composition (n): a short piece of writing about a particular subject, done by a student
作文
a 200-word composition
一篇200字的作文Cinderella and the Prince were married, and they lived happily ever after.
这样,灰姑娘和王子结婚了,自那以后他们过着幸福的生活。
funk (n): a style of music, usually for dancing to, with a strong rhythm based on jazz and a tune that repeats
乡土爵士乐
James Brown is the master of funk.
詹姆斯‧布朗是乡土爵士乐的大师。disco music
迪斯科音乐
what are you working on?
你在忙什么?Online Class Notes (Nemo)
November 4, 2020
Vocabulary
router (n): a piece of electronic equipment that connects computer networks to each other, and sends information between networks
路由器election (n): a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or official job
选举
The government is expected to call an election (= allow the country to vote) very soon.
预计政府会很快举行大选。
Local government elections will take place in May.
地方政府选举将在5月份举行。
The first election results have started to come in.
初步选举结果开始揭晓。vote (v): to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially writing a mark on a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting
投票;选举;(对…)进行表决
She was too young to vote in the election.
她的年龄太小,不能在选举中投票。travelogue (n): a film or book about travelling to or in a particular place
旅行纪录片;游记
Peter Jackson’s latest book “Africa” is part travelogue, part memoir.
彼得‧杰克逊的新书《非洲》既是游记又是回忆录。blog (n): a regular record of your thoughts, opinions, or experiences that you put on the internet for other people to read
网络日志,博客
She writes a food blog in which she shares recipes, tips, and restaurant reviews.
她写一个食物博客,分享菜谱和窍门以及餐馆评论。
I read about it in/on a blog.vlog (n): a video blog: a record of your thoughts, opinions, or experiences that you film and publish on the internet
视频博客look-alike (n): someone or something that is similar in appearance to someone or something else:
She’s a Marilyn Monroe look-alike.
You’re Maxim’s look-alike.name sb/sth after sb/sth-(US also name sb/sth for sb/sth)
to give someone or something the same name as another person or thing
用…的名字给…命名
Paul was named after his grandfather.
保罗的名字跟他的爷爷一样。essay (n): a short piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one done by students as part of the work for a course
(尤指学生写的作为课程作业的)短文;论说文;小品文,散文
For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species.
我想让你们写一篇关于濒危物种的文章作为作业。
Mr Jones thought my history essay was terrific.
琼斯先生认为我的历史作业论文写得好极了。Pronunciation
/ˈes.eɪ/
Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
October 27, 2020
Vocabulary
heel (n): the rounded back part of the foot
脚跟bleed (v): to lose blood
出血,流血
Your arm is bleeding.
你的胳膊在流血。
He was bleeding heavily.
他在大量失血。stitch (n): a length of special thread used to join the edges of a deep cut in the flesh
(缝合伤口的)缝线;一针
Her head wounds needed 50 stitches.
她头上的伤口需要缝50针。
He got hit with a broken bottle and needed five stitches in his cheek.
他被碎瓶子砸中,面颊上需要缝5针。stitch sth/sb up (v)
to join the two sides of something with stitches, for example torn clothing or a deep cut, or to treat someone who has a deep cut by doing this
缝补(衣物);缝合(伤口);为(某人)缝合伤口
I’ve ripped my trousers – can you stitch them up for me?
我把裤子剐破了——你能帮我补好吗?nanny (n):保姆
surgeon (n): a doctor who is specially trained to perform medical operations
外科医生fire (v): to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
解雇,开除
She was fired after she was caught stealing from her employer.
她因偷雇主的东西时当场被抓而遭解雇。
He was fired from his $165,000 job for poor performance.
他因为表现不佳丢掉了他薪资16.5万美元的工作。scar (n): a mark left on part of the body after an injury, such as a cut, has healed
疤,伤疤,伤痕
a prominent/a noticeable/an ugly scar
凸出的/显眼的/丑陋的伤疤
That burn will leave a bad scar.
烧伤会留下严重的伤疤。
scar tissue
瘢痕组织a deep cut
很深的伤口scratch (n): a mark made by scratching
抓痕;擦痕;划痕;刮痕
Her legs were covered in scratches and bruises after her walk through the forest.
她步行穿过森林,腿上满是擦伤和瘀青。
There was a scratch on the CD.
CD上有道划痕。sequel (n): a book, film, or play that continues the story of a previous book, etc.
(书、电影或戏剧的)续篇,续集
I’m reading the sequel to “Gone with the Wind”.
我正在读《飘》的续集。prequel (n): 先篇,前篇,前传(叙述某流行图书或电影中的故事之前的事情)
a book or a film/movie about events that happened before those in a popular book or film/movieFans waited for years for the first Star Wars prequel.
《星球大战》的第一部前传让影迷期待了多年。trailer noun [C] (ADVERTISEMENT)
an advertisement for a film or a television or radio programme, consisting of short parts taken from it
(影视节目、广播的)预告片
I saw a trailer for the new series of “Game of Thrones” last night.
我昨晚看了新一季《权力的游戏》的预告片。Speaking exercise
When I am young like 3 or 4 years old. one day a window was broken and then I hit the window with my head. and I cut my head. My nanny used a piece of paper to stop my blood. When my mom got home she was very scared she took me to the hospital. We found my father’s old classmate who is a chief surgeon, he said that the cut was bad and that I will need some stitches.
When I was young, around 3 or 4 years old, one day a window was broken and then I hit the window with my head. and I cut my head. My nanny used a piece of paper to stop the bleeding/stop the blood. When my mom got home she was very scared she took me to the hospital. We found my father’s old classmate who is a chief surgeon, he said that the cut was bad and that I will need some stitches.
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
October 20, 2020
Reading
When colleagues ask me what am I busy with these days, I always answer with work stuff.
However, my answer becomes a bit different when friends ask me the same question. I normally start with a book I’m currently reading, or personal projects I’m doing, or some new skill I’ve been trying to learn.
Vocabulary
portrait (n): a painting, photograph, drawing, etc. of a person or, less commonly, of a group of people
肖像,画像;人像照片
She’s commissioned an artist to paint her portrait/paint a portrait of her.
她委托一位画家为她画一幅肖像。
a portrait gallery
肖像画廊
a portrait painter
肖像画家colleague (n): one of a group of people who work together
同事;同僚
We’re entertaining some colleagues of Carol’s tonight.
今晚我们要招待卡罗尔的几位同事。
I don’t know anything about this, but I’m sure my colleague here can help you.college (n) (EDUCATION)
a university where you can study for an undergraduate (= first) degree
大学
I met my husband when we were in college.
我跟我丈夫是上大学的时候认识的。
They want their kids to go to (= study at) college.
他们想要自己的孩子去上大学。college noun (EDUCATION)
a university where you can study for an undergraduate (= first) degree
大学
I met my husband when we were in college.
我跟我丈夫是上大学的时候认识的。
They want their kids to go to (= study at) college.
他们想要自己的孩子去上大学。these days
used to talk about the present time, in comparison with the past
现在,如今
Vegetarianism is very popular these days.
现在素食很流行。What’s keeping you busy these days?
quarantine (n): a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread
隔离检疫期
The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached Britain.
那匹马到达英国后要进行几个月的隔离检疫。quarantine (v): to put an animal or person in quarantine
隔离(动物或人)
She has to quarantine for two weeks.guilty (adj): feeling guilt
内疚的,愧疚的,自责的
I feel so guilty about forgetting her birthday.
我忘了她的生日,深感内疚。
She must have done something wrong, because she’s looking so guilty.
她一定是做错什么事儿了,因为她一脸的愧疚。
You’ve got a guilty conscience – that’s why you can’t sleep.
你问心有愧——所以会睡不着觉。percent (adv): for or out of every 100, shown by the symbol %
百分之…(符号为%)
You got 20 percent of the answers right – that means one in every five.
你20%的答案是对的,也就是说每5个中有1个是对的。percentage (n): an amount of something, often expressed as a number out of 100
百分比,百分率
What percentage of women return to work after having a baby?
生完小孩后继续工作的女性占多大比例?
Interest rates have risen by two percentage points.
利率增长了两个百分点。investor (n): a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
投资者
A New York investor offered to acquire the company’s shares for $13 each.
一名纽约投资商提出以每股13美元的价格收购这家公司的股票。
Small investors (= people who invest only a small amount of money) are hoping that the markets will improve.
小额投资者希望市场会好转。investment (n): the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this
投资(付诸金钱、努力、时间等以求得到利润或取得成就某事的有利条件);投资物,投资额
The government wanted an inflow of foreign investment.
政府希望看到外资涌入。
Stocks are regarded as good long-term investments.
证券被认为是很好的长期投资产品。
The account requires a minimum investment of €1,000.
这个帐户最少需要存入1000欧元。invest (v): to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage
投(资),投入
The institute will invest five million in the project.
该机构将在这个项目上投资500万。
He’s not certain whether to invest in the property market.
他拿不定主意该不该投资房地产市场。Pronunciation
colleague- /ˈkɑː.liːɡ/
college-/ˈkɑː.lɪdʒ/Online Class Notes (Nemo)
October 13, 2020
Vocabulary
chandelier (n): a decorative light that hangs from the ceiling and has several parts like branches for holding bulbs or, especially in the past, candles
枝形吊灯;(尤指旧时用的)枝形烛台You’re twisting my words – that’s not what I said at all.
你在歪曲我的话——我根本不是那样说的。twist sb’s arm
to persuade someone to do something they do not want to do
强迫(某人),向(某人)施加压力
I didn’t want to go but Linda twisted my arm.
我并不想去,可琳达非要我去不可。charger noun [C] (DEVICE)
a device that is used to recharge a battery (= fill it with electricity), for example in a mobile phone
充电器,充电机opinion (n): a thought or belief about something or someone
意见,看法,主张
What’s your opinion about/on the matter?
你对这件事有什么看法?
He didn’t express/give an opinion on the matter.
他没有就此事发表意见。
Who, in your opinion, (= who do you think) is the best soccer player in the world today?
依你之见,谁是当今世界最优秀的足球运动员?reliable (adj): Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect.
可信赖的;可靠的;真实可信的
Is your watch reliable?
你的表准吗?
reliable information
可靠信息
Gideon is very reliable – if he says he’ll do something, he’ll do it.
吉迪恩为人很可靠——他说到做到。unreliable (adj): not able to be trusted or believed
不可靠的;不能信赖的
The bus service is unreliable.
公车服务不可靠。
unreliable evidence
不可信的证据spell noun [C] (MAGIC)
spoken words that are thought to have magical power, or (the condition of being under) the influence or control of such words
咒语,符咒;魔法;着魔
The witch cast/put a spell on the prince and he turned into a frog.
女巫对王子施了魔法,把他变成了青蛙。
A beautiful girl would have to kiss him to break (= stop) the spell.
要想解除魔法,必须要有一个美丽的姑娘亲吻他。abracadabra! -said by someone who is performing a magic trick, in order to help perform it successfully
(施魔法时所念的咒语)阿布拉卡达布拉指环王- Lord of the rings
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 29, 2020
Vocabulary
anniversary (n): the day on which an important event happened in a previous year
周年纪念;周年纪念日
We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with dinner in an expensive restaurant.
我们总是去豪华饭店就餐来庆祝我们的结婚纪念日。
Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the revolution.
明天是革命30周年纪念日。at the top of one’s/the class
: having among the highest grades in one’s class
He graduated at the top of his/the class.She scored (V) 18 out of 20 in the spelling test.
拼写测试满分20分,她得了18分。I scored 98.5 out of 100 in the English test.
score (n): the number of points, goals, etc. achieved in a game or competition
(比赛中的)得分,比分,成绩
a high/low score
高/低分
Have you heard the latest cricket score?
你知道板球赛的最新比分吗?
The final score was 3–0.
最终的比分是3:0。
Could you keep (= record) the score at this afternoon’s game?
你能不能为今天下午的比赛记分?attack (v): to try to hurt or defeat using violence
袭击;殴打;攻击;进攻
He was attacked and seriously injured by a gang of youths.
他被一帮年轻人打成重伤。
Army forces have been attacking the town since dawn.
从拂晓开始,军队就对这个城市展开了进攻。
Most wild animals won’t attack unless they are provoked.
大多数野生动物若非被激怒,是不会主动攻击的。defend verb (PROTECT)
to protect someone or something against attack or criticism; to speak in favour of someone or something
保护,防卫;为…辩护
How can we defend our homeland if we don’t have an army?
如果没有军队,我们怎能保护我们的家园?
White blood cells help defend the body against infection.
白细胞帮助保护身体免受感染。square (v) to multiply a number by itself
使成平方;使成二次幂
10 squared equals a hundred.
10的平方是100。
42 means four squared, and equals 16.
4的二次方就是4的平方,等于16。square noun [C] (MULTIPLY)
the result of multiplying a number by itself
使成平方;使成二次幂
The square of 7 is 49.
7的平方是49。bully (n): someone who hurts or frightens someone who is smaller or less powerful, often forcing them to do something that they do not want to do
恃强凌弱者,以大欺小者
You’re just a big bully!
你欺负人!
Teachers usually know who the bullies are in a class.
教师通常知道班上的恶霸学生都是谁。an oral agreement/exam
口头协议/口试Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 27, 2020
Vocabulary
belly button-肚脐
piece of cake-something that is very easy to do
非常容易的事情
The exam was a piece of cake.
考试很简单。a pain in the ass/butt
someone or something that is very annoying
极其讨厌的人(或事物)
The kids were a real pain in the arse.
这些孩子真讨厌。a pain (in the neck)
someone or something that is very annoying
极其讨厌的人(或事物)
That child is a real pain in the neck.
那个孩子真讨厌。pedometer-/pɪˈdɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 23, 2020
Vocabulary
runny (adj): more liquid than usual
水分过多的;稀的
The sauce looked runny so I added some more flour.
调味汁看上去太稀,所以我又加了些面粉。2-If your nose is runny, it is producing more mucus than usual, usually because you are ill.
(通常因为生病而)流鼻涕的
I’ve got a runny nose.
我今天老流鼻涕。calendar (n): a printed table showing all the days, weeks, and months of the year
日历
An old calendar for 2012 was still hanging on the wall of her office.
她办公室墙上依然挂着2012年的日历。Let me look at the calendar and see which weekends are free.
I’ve marked his birthday on the calendar.graduate (v): to complete a first university degree successfully
取得学士学位,大学毕业
Lorna graduated from Freiburg University.
洛娜毕业于弗莱堡大学。
Tom has just graduated with first-class honours in psychology.
汤姆刚刚大学毕业,获得心理学一级荣誉学位。2-to complete school, college, or university successfully
毕业(于)
After he graduated from high school, he joined the Army.
他高中毕业后参军了。liquid (n): a substance, such as water, that is not solid or a gas and that can be poured easily
液体
Mercury is a liquid at room temperature.
水银在室温下为液体。
How much liquid do you think this bottle contains?
Drain (off) any liquid that is left in the rice.blow your nose
to force air from your lungs and through your nose to clear it
擤鼻子symptom (n): any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease
(疾病的)症状
He’s complaining of all the usual flu symptoms – a high temperature, headache, and so on.
他说他出现了所有常见的感冒症状——高烧、头痛等。time flies
used to mean that time passes surprisingly quickly
时光飞逝
Time flies when you’re having fun.
玩得高兴的时候,时间过得飞快。What is the time difference between Beijing and Vancouver?
北京和温哥华的时差是多少?Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 15, 2020
Vocabulary
assemble (v): to make something by joining separate parts
组装;装配
furniture that is easy to assemble
易于组装的家具breaded (adj): covered in breadcrumbs before being cooked
沾有面包屑的;裹有面包粉的
breaded chicken breasts
裹有面包粉的鸡胸肉rude (adj): not polite; offensive or embarrassing
不礼貌的;粗鲁的,粗野的;讨厌的breaded (adj): covered in breadcrumbs before being cooked
沾有面包屑的;裹有面包粉的
breaded chicken breasts
裹有面包粉的鸡胸肉invention noun [C or U] (NEW DESIGN)
something that has never been made before, or the process of creating something that has never been made before
发明,创造
The world changed rapidly after the invention of the phone.
电话发明后世界的变化日新月异。
a most amazing invention
非常了不起的发明dictation (n): a test in which a piece of writing is dictated to students learning a foreign language, to test their ability to hear and write the language correctly
听写
Our French dictation lasted half an hour.
法语听写持续了半个小时。order (n): a group of people who join together for religious or similar reasons and live according to particular rules
(按照一定规范生活的)修道会;会社
religious/holy orders
修道会/圣职
monks of the Cistercian/Franciscan Order
西多会/方济各会的修道士choir (n): a group of people who sing together
合唱队;(尤指教堂的)唱诗班
He sings in the church choir.
他在教堂唱诗班唱歌。
choir practice
合唱队的练习warm-up (n): something that you do to prepare yourself for an activity, especially gentle exercises before a physical activity
做准备活动,热身
A warm-up is important before a run so you don’t strain any muscles.
跑步之前做一下准备活动是很重要的,这样可以避免拉伤肌肉。
Let’s do a few warm-up exercises.
我们来做一些准备活动吧。It’s really nice to hear them singing/ to listen to them singing
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 8, 2020
Vocabulary
key chain (n): a number of metal rings that are connected together and attached to a larger ring, and often also to a decorative object, used for keeping your keys together:
Do you know where I could buy a Hogwarts key chain?coat of arms (n): a special shield or shield-shaped pattern that is the sign of a family, university, or city
(作为家族、大学或城市标志的)盾形纹章,盾徽heat (v): to make something hot or warm, or to become hot or warm
(使)变热,(使)变暖
A large house like this must be expensive to heat.
像这么大的房子取暖费一定很不少。
Shall I heat up some soup for lunch?
午饭我是不是应该热点汤呢?reheat (v): 再加热 to heat cooked food again:
Reheated leftovers make a great lunch.remind (v): to make someone think of something they have forgotten or might have forgotten
使记起;使想起;提醒
Could you remind Paul about dinner on Saturday?
你能否提醒一下保罗周六晚宴的事?
Please remind me to post this letter.
请提醒我寄这封信。remind sb of somebody/something -to be similar to, and make someone think of, something or someone else
类似于;使想起(类似的人或物)
Your hair and eyes remind me of your mother.
看到你的头发和眼睛就使我想起了你妈妈。of your dreams
the best that you can imagine
理想的,梦想的
Win the house of your dreams in our fantastic competition!
参加我们超级棒的竞赛,赢得您梦想中的房子!dream house, job, etc.
the perfect house, job, etc., that you want more than any other
理想的房子/工作等penultimate (adj): second from the last
倒数第二的
It’s the penultimate episode of the series tonight.
今晚播出的是这部电视连续剧的倒数第二集。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
September 5, 2020
Vocabulary
panic (n):a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action
恐慌,惊慌
a state of panic
恐慌状态
Panic spread through the crowd as the bullets started to fly.
子弹开始满天飞,人群惊慌起来。
Carmel was in a panic about her exam.
卡梅尔很害怕考试。
He got in(to) a panic that he would forget his lines on stage.
他慌张起来,怕自己在台上会忘记台词。panic (v): to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave calmly or reasonably
(使)恐慌,(使)惊慌失措
Don’t panic! Everything will be okay.
别惊慌,一切都会没事的!
The sound of gunfire panicked the crowd.
枪声使人群惊慌失措。
The boss always panics over/about the budget every month.
老板每月总会对预算惊恐不安。It’s a strange class
make fun of sb/sth
to make a joke about someone or something in a way that is not kind
取笑;拿…开玩笑
The other children were always making fun of him because he was fat and wore glasses.
别的孩子总是取笑他,因为他胖而且还戴着眼镜。positive (adj): (of a medical test) showing that a person has the disease or condition for which they are being tested
(医学检测)呈阳性的
a positive pregnancy test
呈阳性的妊娠检测
He’s HIV positive.
他艾滋病检测呈阳性。
She tested positive for the coronavirus.negative (adj) [TEST RESULTS]-(of a medical test) showing that the patient does not have the disease or condition for which he or she has been tested
(医学检验)结果为阴性的,结果为否定的
a negative pregnancy test
呈阴性的妊娠化验结果
The results of his HIV test were negative.
他的艾滋病病毒测试结果为阴性。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
August 25, 2020
Vocabulary
What’s up?-used to ask someone what the problem is
怎么了?出什么事了?
What’s up – why does everyone look so serious?
怎么了——为什么大家看起来都这么严肃?
What’s up with Terry?
特里怎么了?spoiler alert
扰流板警报
spoil (v): to destroy or reduce the pleasure, interest, or beauty of something
破坏;糟蹋;毁掉
He tried not to let the bad news spoil his evening.
他努力不让那个坏消息破坏他晚上的兴致。
The oil spill has spoiled the whole beautiful coastline.
溢出的石油破坏了整段漂亮的海岸线。
I haven’t seen the film, so don’t spoil it for me by telling me what happens.
我还没看那部电影,所以别把内容告诉我,以免坏了我的兴致。
You’ll spoil your appetite for dinner if you have a cake now.
你要是现在吃蛋糕的话,就没胃口吃晚饭了。mood (n): the way you feel at a particular time
心境,心情,情绪;精神状态
She’s in a good/bad mood.
她心情好/不好。predictable (adj): happening or behaving in a way that you expect and not unusual or interesting
意料之中的;墨守成规的,按老一套办事的
The ending of the movie was just so predictable.
这部电影的结局太老套了。CE (adv): abbreviation for Common Era or Christian era: used when referring to a year after the birth of Jesus Christ when the Christian calendar starts counting years
公元(Common Era的缩写)
The Scandinavian countries became Christian between 900 and 1100 CE.
斯堪的纳维亚国家在公元900至1100年间成为基督教国家。BCE-abbreviation for Before Common Era or Before Current Era or Before Christian Era: used when referring to a year before the birth of Jesus Christ when the Christian calendar starts counting years
公元前(Before Common Era,Before Current Era 或 Before Christian Era的缩写)
Celtic remains were found dating from as early as 1200 BCE.
发现的凯尔特人遗址历史可追溯到公元前1200年。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
August 20, 2020
Vocabulary
Hermione is really annoying sometimes.
annoying (adj): making you feel annoyed
讨厌的;恼人的
It’s really annoying when a train is late and there’s no explanation.
火车误点而又不作任何解释,这很令人恼火。
He’s got a really annoying laugh.
他的笑声真让人烦。rude (adj): not polite; offensive or embarrassing
不礼貌的;粗鲁的,粗野的;讨厌的
He’s a very rude man.
他这人很粗鲁。
It’s rude not to say “Thank you” when you are given something.
别人给你东西,你不说“谢谢”是不礼貌的。
He’s got no manners – he’s rude to everyone.
他这人很无礼——他对谁都很粗鲁。I want to
looksee/watch the moviehalf and two hours-two and a half hourswaste (v): to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it
浪费;未好好利用
You waste a lot of water by taking a bath instead of a shower.
洗盆浴而不洗淋浴,你会浪费大量的水。
Come on, let’s get started – we’ve wasted enough time already.
快点儿,我们开始吧——我们已经浪费了不少时间了。
Don’t waste your money on such junk.
别在这种垃圾上浪费你的钱。agriculture (n): farming
农业;农艺,农学
Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries.
一些国家的农业仍然主要依靠传统耕作手段。
The area depends on agriculture for most of its income.
这个地区的大部分收入来自农业。
70 percent of the country’s population practises subsistence agriculture.
这个国家70%的人口以农业为生。major (n): the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself
(大学生的)专业,主修课程;(大学专业的)主修学生
What is your major, English or French?
你的专业是英语还是法语?
She was a philosophy major at an Ivy League college.
她曾在一所长春藤大学主修哲学。make/earn money
I earn $80,000 a year.
我一年挣8万美元。she need short time to…. she needs a short amount of timeOnline Class Notes (Nemo)
August 18, 2020
Vocabulary
(just) around the corner
not far away, or going to happen soon
不远,就在附近;即将来临
There’s a great restaurant just around the corner.
附近就有一家很棒的餐馆。
I’m feeling a little depressed at the moment, but I’m sure good times are just around the corner.
目前事事令人沮丧,但我仍相信好日子就在前面。acquaintance (n): a person that you have met but do not know well
相识的人,熟人;泛泛之交
a business acquaintance
在生意上打过交道的人doughnut (n): a small, circular cake, fried in hot fat, either with a hole in the middle or filled with jam
炸面包圈;炸果酱面包
a jam (US jelly) doughnut
炸果酱面包20000 leagues under the sea
海底2万里斯内普教授是魔药课老师
Professor Snape is a Potions teacher.shit (n): used in negatives to mean “anything”
(用于否定句)任何东西(都不)
He doesn’t know shit about what’s going on.
发生了什么事,他屁都不知道。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
August 11, 2020
Vocabulary
relatively good, bad, etc.
quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect
较好/较差等
He’s a relatively good squash player.
他是个比较不错的壁球运动员。
There was relatively little violence.
暴力事件相对较少。support (v): to agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want him, her, or it to succeed
支持;赞成;拥护;鼓励
The majority of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a new school.
镇上的大部分人都强烈支持修建新学校的计划。
I think it’s important to support local businesses by buying locally.
我认为购买本地商品来支持本地企业这一点很重要。joke (n): something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh
笑话;玩笑
Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?
我跟你讲过小鸡过马路的笑话吗?
She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories.
她一晚上都在说笑话,讲逗乐的故事。
She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.
她跟他开玩笑,把他的鞋带系在了一起。smell (v): to know about or be aware of a situation without having to be told about it
嗅到,意识到
Brenda can smell trouble a mile off (= a long time in advance).
布伦达能很早之前就意识到麻烦。Why did the student eat his homework?
Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake!piece of cake
something that is very easy to do
非常容易的事情
The exam was a piece of cake.
考试很简单。biology (n): the scientific study of the natural processes of living things
生物学
human biology
人类生物学
marine biology
海洋生物学
molecular biology
分子生物学Online Class Notes (Nemo)
August 4, 2020
Vocabulary
be up to sth-to be doing something, often something bad or illegal, usually secretly
(通常指偷偷地)正在做(常指坏事或不法之事)
He looks very suspicious hanging around outside – I’m sure he’s up to something.
他老在外面转悠,看上去很可疑——我敢肯定他正在干什么坏事。play games -to try to deceive someone
欺骗,耍花招
Don’t play games with me!
别跟我耍花招!independent /(adj): not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, or things
独立的
an independent enquiry/organization
独立调查/机构
They all made the same comment, quite independent of each other (= without deciding together to do so).
他们都不约而同作出了相同的评论。professor (n): a teacher of the highest rank in a department of a British university, or a teacher of high rank in an American university or college
教授
Professor Stephen Hawking
斯蒂芬•霍金教授
a professor of sociology
社会学教授
a sociology professor
社会学教授
Thank you, Professor.
谢谢,教授。time-consuming (adj): A time-consuming task takes a lot of time to do.
耗费时间的;旷日持久的
Producing a dictionary is a very time-consuming job.
编字典是件很费时间的工作。blab (v): to talk carelessly or too much, often telling others something you should keep secret
(因不慎或乱说而)泄密
Someone blabbed to the press.
有人向新闻界泄露了情况。latest (adj): newest or most recent or modern
最新的;最近的;最先进的
Have you seen her latest movie?
你看过她的最新影片吗?
the latest fashions
最新时装composition (n): a short piece of writing about a particular subject, done by a student
作文
a 200-word composition
一篇200字的作文Online Class Notes (Nemo)
July 29, 2020
Vocabulary
superiority complex-If you have a superiority complex, you believe that you are better, cleverer, or more important than other people.
优越感;优越情结spoil (v):When food spoils or is spoiled, it is no longer good enough to eat.
(使)(食物)变质,(使)变坏
The dessert will spoil if you don’t keep it in the fridge.
如果你不把甜点放在冰箱里,它会坏掉的。the first impression-the opinion you form when you meet someone or see something for the first time
impress (v): to cause someone to admire or respect you
给…留下深刻印象;使钦佩
I remember when I was a child being very impressed with how many toys she had.
我记得小时候我对她有那么多的玩具羡慕不已。
Your mother was clearly not impressed by our behaviour in the restaurant.
你妈妈对我们在餐馆的行为显然没有好印象。balcony (n)an area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level
露台,阳台
We had a drink on the hotel balcony.
我们在宾馆的阳台上喝酒。bully (n): someone who hurts or frightens someone who is smaller or less powerful, often forcing them to do something that they do not want to do
恃强凌弱者,以大欺小者
You’re just a big bully!
你欺负人!
Teachers usually know who the bullies are in a class.
教师通常知道班上的恶霸学生都是谁。VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
July 16, 2020
Vocabulary
deposit (v): to put something valuable, especially money, in a bank or safe (= strong box or cupboard with locks)
(在银行或保险柜中)存放,存储(尤指钱款)
There’s a night safe outside the bank, so you can deposit money whenever you wish.
银行外面有夜间保险箱,你可以随时把钱存进去。
I deposited £500 in my account this morning.
今天早上我在自己的账户中存了500英镑。deposit (n): an amount of money that you pay as the first part of the total payment for something
预付款,定金
The shop assistant says if I leave £10 as a deposit, they’ll keep the dress for me.
店员说如果我交10英镑定金,他们就会把那件裙子给我留着。
We paid/put a deposit of £5,000 on the house, and paid the balance four weeks later.
我们交了5千英镑的购房预付款,并在4周后付清了余款。
They asked us to put down a deposit.
他们让我们支付一笔订金。creative (adj): producing or using original and unusual ideas
有创造力的;创造性的;有创意的
a creative person/artist/designer/programmer
有创意的人/艺术家/设计师/程序设计员
creative talents/powers/abilities
创造才能/力/能力
creative thinking
创造性思维ink (n): coloured liquid used for writing, printing, and drawing
墨水;油墨;墨汁
a bottle of ink
一瓶墨水
blue/black/red ink
蓝/黑/红墨水
Please write in ink, not in pencil.
书写请用墨水笔,不要用铅笔。badge (n): a small piece of metal, plastic, cloth, etc., with words or a picture on it, that you carry with you or that is fastened or sewn to your clothing, often to show your support for a political organization or belief, or to show who you are, your rank, or that you are a member of a group, etc.
徽章;像章;证章;纪念章
Everyone at the conference wore a badge with their name on.
与会人员都戴着写有自己名字的证章。stool (n): a piece of solid waste from the body
粪便
He told the doctor he had been passing bloody stools.
他告诉医生他便血。VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
July 13, 2020
Speaking exercise
Grandma was going outside but before she left she told MB to take care of her golden fish. The cat wanted to eat the fish so MB put the cat under a basket and the fish was safe. But then the fish fell into the toilet and it down, the fish was in sewer it was smelly and gross but somehow he put the fish in the pond. Little man catch the fish and take the fish to his home. MB steal the fish but grandma is coming and the fish is safe in the water but the cat is under a basket so she’s angry
Grandma was going outside but before she left she told MB to take care of her golden fish. The cat wanted to eat the fish so MB put the cat under a basket and the fish was safe. But then the fish fell into the toilet and MB flushed it down the toilet, now, the fish was in sewer it was smelly and gross but somehow he managed to put the fish in the pond. A Little man caught the fish and took it to his home. MB stole the fish and put it back into the fishbowl, so the fish was safe again. Once grandma got home she could see that her fish is in the water but the cat was under a basket so she got really angry
Vocabulary
clumsy (adj): A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way.
笨手笨脚,毛手毛脚,不灵巧
That’s the third glass you’ve smashed this week – you’re so clumsy!
这已经是你这个星期打碎的第3只杯子了——真是太笨了!sewer (n): a large pipe, usually underground, that is used for carrying waste water and human waste away from buildings to a place where they can be safely got rid of
下水道;排污管;阴沟
a sewer pipe
污水管
A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.
城市的地下布有复杂的排污系统。flush (v): If you flush a toilet, or if a toilet flushes, its contents empty and it fills with water again.
冲洗(抽水马桶)
My children never flush the toilet after them.
我的孩子们用过马桶后从来不冲。
I can’t get the toilet to flush.
我无法让马桶冲水。gross (adj): extremely unpleasant
极其令人厌恶的,令人恶心的,令人不快的
“Oh, gross!” she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.
“呀,真恶心!”她看着在一堆堆脏盘子上方飞来飞去的苍蝇说道。virus (n): an extremely small piece of organic material that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants
病毒
the chickenpox/flu/herpes/mumps virus
水痘/流行性感冒/疱疹/流行性腮腺炎病毒snot (n): mucus produced in the nose
鼻涕VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
July 7, 2020
Vocabulary
take your time-said to mean that you can spend as much time as you need in doing something, or that you should slow down
不着急,慢慢来dialect (n): a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar, etc.
方言,土语,地方话
a regional dialect
地区方言
The poem is written in the northern dialect.
这首诗是用北方方言写成的。-something (suffix): used after a number like 20, 30, etc. to refer to the age of a person who is between 20 and 29, 30 and 39 years old, etc., or to a person who is of this age
(用于数字后指年龄或某个年龄段的人)…多岁,…多岁的人
I’d guess she’s thirty–something.
我猜她三十多岁。I’m not sure how to say…. my vocabulary is limited
unlimited (adj): not limited; having the greatest possible amount, number, or level
不受限制的;无穷的;无数的
Passes are available for one month’s unlimited travel within Europe.
现在可申请在欧洲无限制乘车一个月的旅行卡。often (adv): many times
时常,经常;多次
I often see him in the garden.
我常见他在花园里。
How often do you wash your hair?
你多久洗一次头发?burger (n): meat or other food pressed into a round, flat shape and fried
汉堡包;(汉堡式的)夹心饼
a burger and fries
一份汉堡包和薯条
a hamburger
汉堡包
a veggie burger
蔬菜夹心饼Speaking exercise
HZ is more to play and Shanghai is more to study but Shanghai’s house is bigger than HZ house. In HZ I go out and ride a bicycle sometimes, also I sometimes watch TV while in HZ I never watch in Shanghai. In Hz people speak a different language
While I’m in Hangzhou I have more fun and in Shanghai, I study more, also our Shanghai house is bigger than HZ house. In HZ I sometimes go out and ride a bicycle, also, I watch TV while I’m in HZ and I never watch TV (while) in Shanghai. In Hz people speak a different dialect.
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
June 30, 2020
Vocabulary
alarm (n): a device that makes a loud noise to warn of danger
警报器;警报装置
a burglar/car/fire/smoke alarm
防盗/汽车/防火/烟雾警报器
If the alarm sounds, leave the building immediately.
The fire alarm goes off accidentally so often that when it’s the real thing nobody will take any notice.
Quick, sound the alarm – there’s a fire in the machine room!ferry (n): a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service
(尤指定期的)渡船,轮渡
a car ferry
汽车渡轮
We’re going to the Channel Islands by/on the ferry.
我们将坐渡船去海峡群岛。
We took the ferry to Calais.
我们乘渡船去了加来。There are no
flyflights between the US and China.crazy (adj): stupid or not reasonable
愚蠢的;荒唐的
It’s a crazy idea.
这是个荒唐的想法。
You’re crazy to buy a house without seeing it.
看都没看就买下一所房子,你真荒唐。natural history museum-自然历史博物馆
I don’t think never-I never thought about it before.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
June 26, 2020
Vocabulary
Clumsy (adj): A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way.
笨手笨脚,毛手毛脚,不灵巧
That’s the third glass you’ve smashed this week – you’re so clumsy!
这已经是你这个星期打碎的第3只杯子了——真是太笨了!play (v): When you play, especially as a child, you spend time doing an enjoyable and/or entertaining activity.
(尤指儿童)玩,玩耍
The children spent the afternoon playing with their new toys.
孩子们下午在玩自己的新玩具。
My daughter used to play with the kids next door.
我女儿过去常跟隔壁的孩子们玩。waste of time
浪费时间
repetitive (ADJ): involving doing or saying the same thing several times, especially in a way that is boring
(尤指以乏味的方式)重复的,反复的
a repetitive job/task
重复单调的工作/任务Europe-欧洲
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
June 20, 2020
Homework
If you could travel back in time, what year would you visit?
如果你能回到过去,你会去哪一年?
Vocabulary
sample (n): a small amount of something that shows you what the rest is or should be like
样品
a free sample of shampoo
免费的洗发水小样
samples of carpet/curtain material
地毯/窗帘材料的样品
Please bring some samples of your work to the interview.
请带一些你的作品样本去面试。kick sb out (v) to force someone to leave a place or organization
开除(某人);撵走(某人)
His wife kicked him out.
他妻子把他撵出去了。
She was kicked out of the squad.
她被小组除名了。nightmare (n): a very upsetting or frightening dream
梦魇,噩梦
a terrifying nightmare
可怕的噩梦
I shouldn’t have watched that movie – it’ll give me nightmares.
我真不该看那部电影——它会让我做噩梦的。follow a dream-追随梦想
house of my dreams 我的梦之屋
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
June 13, 2020
Vocabulary
queue (n): a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something
(人或车排成的)队,行列
Are you in the queue for tickets?
你是在排队买票吗?
There was a long queue of traffic stretching down the road.
车辆在这条路上排起了长龙。
If you want tickets you’ll have to join the queue.
你要买票的话就得排队。queue (v): [queue up/line up] to wait in a line of people, often to buy something
排队
Dozens of people were queueing up to get tickets.
几十个人在排队买票。
We had to queue for three hours to get in.
我们排了3个小时队才得以进入。replenish (v): to fill something up again
补充;把…再备足;重新装满
Food stocks were replenished by/with imports from abroad.
粮食储备通过从国外进口得到了补充。
Does your glass need replenishing?
你的酒杯要不要再斟满?replenish (v): to fill something up again
补充;把…再备足;重新装满
Food stocks were replenished by/with imports from abroad.
粮食储备通过从国外进口得到了补充。
Does your glass need replenishing?
你的酒杯要不要再斟满?truck (n): a large road vehicle that is used for transporting large amounts of goods
卡车,货车,载重汽车
The road was completely blocked by an overturned truck.
道路完全被翻倒的卡车堵住了。
a truck driver
货车司机wallet (n): a small folding case for carrying paper money, credit cards and other flat objects, that can be carried in a pocket and is used especially by men
(尤指男士的)钱包,钱夹子
He pulled out a big, fat wallet stuffed with banknotes.
他掏出一个塞满钞票的鼓鼓囊囊的大钱包。one-on-one: In sports, if something is done one-on-one, it means that each player from one team is matched to a single player from the other team.
(运动中)一对一VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
June 6, 2020
Vocabulary
Do you have any suggestions?
Suggestion (n): an idea, plan, or action that is suggested or the act of suggesting it
提议;建议
I don’t know what to wear tonight – do you have any suggestions?
我不知道今晚该穿什么——你有什么建议吗?be in love
to love someone in a romantic and sexual way
在恋爱,相爱
I’m in love for the first time and it’s wonderful.
我是第一次谈恋爱,感觉非常奇妙。
They’re still madly in love (with each other).
他们依然疯狂地爱着对方。Prank (n): a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage
胡闹,玩笑,恶作剧
When I was at school we were always playing pranks on our teachers.
我读书时我们总是搞恶作剧捉弄老师。Prank (v): to play a trick on someone that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage
对…胡闹,对…恶作剧
He finally realized he’d been pranked.
他终于明白自己被人恶作剧了。Stinky (adj): having or producing an unpleasant smell
产生臭味的
stinky cheese
有臭味的奶酪
The job is dirty, a little stinky, and far from glamorous.
这份工作很脏,味道又不怎么样,一点都不光鲜。Vegetarian (n): a person who does not eat meat for health or religious reasons or because they want to avoid being cruel to animals
素食者,素食主义者
Of the four million people who have become vegetarians in this country, nearly two thirds are women.
在英国已有的400万素食主义者中,将近2/3是女性。None of my family members are vegans or vegetarians.
Nobody in my family is vegan or vegetarian.
Speaking exercise
mb wanted to buy milk but there was no parking place there was no parking available, but in the school yard there was one place. A person who came out of the school told him that they want a teacher to teach. And MB say OK. And when he goes into the classroom he sees many naughty students and they play pranks on MB.
mb wanted to buy some milk but there was no parking available, but in a school yard there was one place. A person who came out of the school told him that they wantEd a teacher to teach their students, And MB say OK. Once he entered the classroom he saw many naughty students and they playEd pranks on MB.
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 30, 2020
Vocabulary
Plan (n)a set of decisions about how to do something in the future
计划,方案
a company’s business plan
公司的商业计划
holiday plans
假期安排
What are your plans for this weekend?
这个周末你有什么计划?
My plan is to sell the house and buy an apartment.
我的计划是卖了这栋房子再买一间公寓。plan on doing something (v):to intend to do something
打算做…
We were planning on just having a snack and catching the early train.
我们打算吃份快餐赶早班火车。Plan (v): to think about and decide what you are going to do or how you are going to do something
计划,规划;精心安排
She helped them to plan their route.
她帮助他们设计路线。
I’m not planning to stay here much longer.
我不打算在这里再呆很长时间。
Our meeting wasn’t planned – it was completely accidental.
我们的会面不是计划好的——纯属偶然。wallet (n): a small folding case for carrying paper money, creditcards and other flat objects, that can be carried in a pocket and is used especially by men
(尤指男士的)钱包,钱夹子
He pulled out a big, fat wallet stuffed with bank notes.他掏出一个塞满钞票的鼓鼓囊囊的大钱包。I lost my wallet
Ping-pong paddle 乒乓球拍
Blurry/blurred (adj): difficult to see
模糊的
The photograph was very blurred.
这张照片很模糊。
The picture on the TV went all blurry.
电视图像变模糊了。A thief stole a wallet
Find (sth) out (v): to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time
找出,查明;得知
How did you find out about the party?
你是怎么知道这个聚会的?
The holiday was a complete surprise – I only found out about it the day before we left.
这次度假完全是个惊喜——我是在临走前一天才得知的。
I’ll just go and find out what’s going on outside.
我这就出去看看外面究竟在干什么。Speaking exercise
one day mb sees book on the bed and he feels sleepy so he went to sleep. When he asleep a thief stole his wallet. And the thief go down the floor and he steals grandma’s photos and a wallet. He stepped on the cat’s tail and grandma find the steal but she can’t catch it. Tomorrow morning MB saw many policemen in grandma’s house and then he knows that the thief steal his wallet.
one day mb was reading a book on the/his bed and he felt sleepy so he went to sleep. While he was asleep a thief stole his wallet. And then the thief went downstairs and he stole grandma’s photos and a wallet then He stepped on the cat’s tail and grandma woke up and saw the thief but she couldn’t catch him. The next morning MB saw many policemen at grandma’s apartment and then he found out that the thief stole his wallet.
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 23, 2020
Vocabulary
Diet (n): an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons
节食,限制饮食
I’m going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.
下周我要节食,希望在圣诞节之前能减掉十磅。Kayak (n): a light narrow canoe with a covering over the top
爱斯基摩划子;(带顶轻巧的)独木舟,单人划子Quality (n): how good or bad something is
质量,品级
a shop advertising top quality electrical goods
推销高质量电器的商店
The food was of such poor/low quality.
这种食品质量很差。
Their products are of very high quality.
他们的产品质量很高。Inflate (v): to make something increase in size by filling it with air
(使)充气;(使)膨胀
He inflated the balloons with helium.
他给气球充了氦气。
We watch the hot-air balloon slowly inflate.
我们看着热气球慢慢胀大。Inflatable (adj): able to be inflated
可充气的
inflatable pillows/mattresses
充气枕头/床垫be responsible for sth/doing sth
to be the person who caused something to happen, especially something bad
对(尤指坏事)负责任;应对…承担责任
Who is responsible for this terrible mess?
谁把这儿搞得乱七八糟的?
Last month’s bad weather was responsible for the crop failure.
庄稼歉收是因为上月天气恶劣。Cereal (n): a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk, especially in the morning
(尤指早晨加牛奶食用的)谷类食物
breakfast cereals
早餐麦片Shopping list (n):购物清单
There are ten items on her shopping list.
在她的购物单上有十个项目。Shopping cart
购物车VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 17, 2020
Opening (n): the beginning of something
开始,开头,开端
The opening of the novel is amazing.
这部小说开篇惊人。opening credits/titles.
Closing credits/titles
Cucumber -黄瓜
Still/sparkling water
my sister is making me jealous, she’s playing video games, watching movieS eating burgers, kfc, McDonald’s every day
Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 9, 2020
For free
free (adj, adv) (NO CHARGE)
costing nothing, or not needing to be paid for
免费的
I got some free cinema tickets.
我搞到了一些免费电影票。
Members all receive a free copy of the monthly newsletter.
会员都会收到一份免费的通讯月刊。
The elderly travel free on public transport.
老年人可以免费乘坐公交车。
We will install your washing machine free of charge/for free (= without charge).
我们将会为您免费安装洗衣机。Volume (n): the level of sound produced by a television, radio, etc., or the switch or other device controlling this
音量;音量调节钮
Could you turn the volume down, please, I’m trying to sleep.
你能把音量调低些吗?我要睡觉。
I’ll turn it up if you tell me which one is the volume (= switch).
如果你告诉我哪个是音量钮的话,我会把声音开大些。full-time (adj,adv): (of work or education) done for the whole of a workingweek
全日制的;专职的
a full-time job专职工作
I’m a full-time student right now.我现在是一名全职学生了。Part-time (adj,adv): If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or the week.
部分时间地(的),兼职地(的)
a part-time job
兼职工作I’m not good AT drawing people’s faces
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
May 2, 2020
Vocabulary
五一劳动节 May Day
the first day of May1 May is Labour Day in a lot of countries.
5月1日是许多国家的劳动节。K/teen (n): a young person between 13 and 19 years old
(13岁至19岁的)青少年
The magazine is aimed at teenagers and young adults.
这份杂志的读者对象是青少年和二十来岁的年轻人。Closet (n): a cupboard or a small room with a door, used for storing things, especially clothes
(尤指放衣服的)壁橱,壁柜,储藏室
a bedroom/linen/storage closet
卧室壁橱/家庭日用织品柜橱/储藏室Cabinet (n): a piece of furniture with shelves, cupboards, or drawers, used for storing or showing things
贮藏柜;陈列柜;橱柜
Valuable pieces of china were on display in a glass-fronted cabinet.
贵重瓷器陈列在正面是玻璃的柜子里。
a bathroom/filing cabinet
浴室/文件柜高音Treble
低音 Bass
I’m still the same boy I used to be. I didn’t change a thing.
我还是从前那个少年,没有一丝丝改变。lyrics (n): the words of a song, especially a pop song
(尤指流行歌曲的)歌词
Paul Simon writes the lyrics for most of his songs.
保罗‧西蒙的歌大多都是他自己写的词。Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 26, 2020
Vocabulary
Collect (v): to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby
(作为爱好)收藏,收集
She collects dolls.
她收藏玩具娃娃。
So when did you start collecting antique glass?
那你是从什么时候开始收集古董玻璃制品的?Messy (adj): untidy
凌乱的,杂乱的;脏的
a messy kitchen
杂乱的厨房
messy hands/hair
脏手/凌乱的头发
His bedroom’s always messy.
他的卧室总是凌乱不堪。Vacuum cleaner (n): a machine that cleans floors and other surfaces by sucking up dust and dirt
真空吸尘器Laundry (n): the dirty clothes and sheets that need to be, are being, or have been washed
待洗(或正在洗涤、洗完)的衣物
I’ve got to do (= wash) my laundry.
我得把衣服洗了。Iron (v): to make clothes flat and smooth using an iron
熨(衣),烫平
It takes about five minutes to iron a shirt properly.
熨好一件衬衣大约需要5分钟。the other day
a few days ago
前几天,几天前
Didn’t I see you in the post office the other day?
前几天我不是还在邮局见过你吗?VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
April 18, 2020
treadmill noun (EXERCISE MACHINE)
an exercise machine that consists of a moving strip or two step-like parts on which you walk without moving forward
(锻炼用的)踏步机,跑步机Date (n): a social meeting planned before it happens, especially one between two people who have or might have a romantic relationship
(异性间的)约会,幽会
He asked her out on a date.
他把她约了出去。
She has a hot date (= an exciting meeting) tonight.
她今晚有一个朝思暮想的约会。Sticker (n): a small piece of paper or plastic with a picture or writing on one side and glue or another similar substance on the other side, so that it will fasten to a surface
粘贴标签;贴纸
a bumper/window sticker
保险杠/车窗贴纸
Sophie’s notebook is covered with stickers.
索菲的笔记本上贴满了贴纸。
There were two different price stickers on the shoes I wanted to buy.
我想买的那双鞋上贴了两个不同的价签。helium
noun [ U ]
US /ˈhiː.li.əm/
(symbol He)a chemical element that is a gas lighter than air, that will not burn and is used in balloons, airships, and some types of lights
氦oxygen
noun [ U ]
US /ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒən/
(symbol O)
a chemical element that is a gas with no smell or colour. Oxygen forms a large part of the air on earth, and is needed by animals and plants to live.
氧,氧气
Examples
Air is composed mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.Pop (v): to (cause something to) make a short explosive sound, often by breaking something
(使)发出砰的一声;(使)爆开
The kids were popping all the birthday balloons.
孩子们把所有的生日气球都弄爆了。
The music played and champagne corks popped.
音乐声响起,香槟酒砰砰地打开了。The balloon was losing air 气球失去了空气
Speaking exercise
He was with his girlfriend, they are in the library. Mr Bean and her girlfriend they are. The girlfriend is working in the the library. A very strong man is like the girlfriend. So MB want to be very strong then he went to the gym but he broke the gym’s running machine. So, he buy a balloon which make him look very strong. He met his girlfriend, they had a date and they drank coffee, but his balloon was broken-the balloon was losing air. Then he go to the toilet and bought a sticker to stick on balloon and he put helium in and he fly to the sky. At last he fly to the tree and he got stuck and that strong man is coming and the girl shout to the strong man to help to MB. But that strong man can’t climb the tree, he climbed only one centimeter and then he was afraid. Then girlfriend climb and take a stick but it broke the balloon /and balloon is popped and mb fly high and high but he land on road, and girlfriend like mb cause mb help the strongman to climb down the tree.
Mr Bean was in the library together with his girlfriend .
Mr Bean and her girlfriend they are. She is working in the library. A very strong man also likes her. So, MB wanted to become very strong then he went to a gym and there he broke the gym’s running machine. So, he bought a balloon which would make him look very strong. He met his girlfriend, they had a date and they drank coffee, but his balloon was broken-the balloon was losing air. Then he went to the toilet and bought a sticker to stick on the balloon also he pumped some helium in and he flew to the sky. At last he flew to a tree and he got stuck in the branches. the girl shouted to the strong man to help to MB. But that strong man couldn’t climb the tree, he climbed only one centimeter and then he was/became afraid. Then she climbed and took a stick but it broke the balloon /and balloonispopped and MB flew higher and higher but at the end he landed on a road. Girlfriend was very proud of MB mb cause mb helped the strongman to climb down the tree.VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 11, 2020
Vocabulary
Nap(n): a short sleep, especially during the day
(尤指日间的)打盹,小睡
Grandpa usually has/takes a nap after lunch.
爷爷通常在午饭后小睡片刻。Anime (n): Japanese films made using characters and images that are drawn rather than real, or one of these films
(日本的)动画片
Until recently, anime had little more than a cult following outside Japan.
以前,日本动画片在日本以外的追随者不多,这种情况最近发生了改变。Anime (n): Japanese films made using characters and images that are drawn rather than real, or one of these films
(日本的)动画片
Until recently, anime had little more than a cult following outside Japan.
以前,日本动画片在日本以外的追随者不多,这种情况最近发生了改变。comic (book)
a magazine or book that contains a set of stories told in pictures with a small amount of writing
(尤指面向儿童的)连环画杂志,漫画杂志Update (v): to make something more modern or suitable for use now by adding new information or changing its design
更新;使升级;使现代化
an updated version of the software
该软件的升级版these days-used to talk about the present time, in comparison with the past
现在,如今
Vegetarianism is very popular these days.
现在素食很流行。Mood swing
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
April 5, 2020
Vocabulary
Toddler (n): a young child, especially one who is learning or has recently learned to walk
(尤指处于学步期或刚学会走路的)幼童Nauseous (adj): feeling as if you might vomit
感到恶心的,想呕吐的
Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.
坐过山车让我直想吐。Guest room-a bedroom in a house for visitors to sleep in
客房(私人住宅中留给客人用的房间)Guesthouse (n):a small house near a larger one, where guests who are invited to the larger house can stay
客房(大型私人住宅边留给客人用的小屋子)Drop sb/sth off (v): to take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place
(通常指用汽车)捎带…(至某地)
We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.
我们把行李放在酒店后就去观光了。Pick sb/sth up (v): to collect, or to go and get, someone or something
接(某人);取(某物)
When you’re in town could you pick up the books I ordered?
你进城时能帮我取一下我订购的书吗?
Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school?
该谁去接孩子放学了?
The crew of the sinking tanker were picked up (= saved from the sea) by helicopter.
即将沉没的油轮上的船员被直升机救了上来。Sweatpants (n): soft, loose trousers that you wear for doing sport or exercise, or as informal clothing
运动裤Sweatshirt (n): a piece of informal clothing with long sleeves, usually made of thick cotton, worn on the upper part of the body
棉织长袖衫,长袖运动衫
She was dressed casually in jeans and a sweatshirt.
她很随意地穿着一条牛仔裤和一件运动衫。Shrimp (n): a very small sea creature similar to a prawn but smaller, or its flesh eaten as food
小海虾;(食用的)小虾仁
shrimp paste
虾酱Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 29, 2020
Grammar
I feel tired after rock climbing
Rock climbing is tiringShout at-This suggests that we’re angry
The receptionist decided to leave because the boss often shouted at her.
Please don’t shout at me: calm down and speak normally.Shout to
When we shout to someone, we want them to hear us. They might be on the other side of the street, or a distance from us in a noisy place.
She shouted to me from the upstairs window.
I shouted to them across the busy road, but they didn’t hear me.Vocabulary
Yell (v): to shout something or make a loud noise, usually when you are angry, in pain, or excited
(通常指生气、疼痛或激动时)叫喊,吼叫(着说)
Our neighbours were yelling at each other this morning.
The child yelled out in pain.
孩子痛得大叫起来。
“Just get out of here!” she yelled.
“滚出去!”她大吼道。Mom doesn’t want me to touch the iPad without her permission
Permission (n): If someone is given permission to do something, they are allowed to do it.
允许,许可,准许
You will need permission from your parents to go on the trip.
你要得到你父母的许可才能参加这趟旅行。
Official permission has been granted for more building near the river.
在这条河附近建造更多的房子已获得官方许可。miss (v): to feel sad that a person or thing is not present
想念,惦念;怀念,思念
I really missed her when she went away.
她离开的时候我非常想念她。
She will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
所有认识她的人都会很悲伤地怀念她的。
I still miss my old car.
我仍惦念着我的旧汽车。Amount (n): a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot be counted
(尤指不可数事物的)数量;数额;量;总数
They didn’t deliver the right amount of sand.
他们运来的沙子数量不对。
Small amounts of land were used for keeping animals.
少量的土地用于饲养动物。
He paid regular amounts of money to a charity.
他定期向一家慈善机构捐一笔钱。Hiking (n): the activity of going for long walks in the countryside
(在乡村的)长途徒步旅行,远足,健行
We’re going hiking in the Sierra Nevada.
下周末我们要去内华达山脉远足。Climbing/rock climbing (n): the sport of climbing on rocks or in mountains
登山运动;攀岩运动
I often go rock climbing.Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 20, 2020
Speaking exercise
Soon, I’ll be going to Shaoxing
In Shaoxing I just want to play, I in Shanghai for many time. I’ll stay in Shaoxing until Monday or Tuesday.
i stayed in Shanghai for a long time and now, once I get to Shaoxing I just want to play with my cousin
Vocabulary
Sibling (n): a brother or sister
兄;弟;姐;妹
I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.
我有4个兄弟姐妹:3个兄弟,1个姐姐。Singular (adj): of or relating to the form of a word used when talking or writing about one thing
单数(的)
a singular ending/form/noun/verb
单数词尾/形式/名词/动词
The word “woman” is singular.
woman 这个单词是单数形式。Plural (adj): a word or form that expresses more than one
复数形式
“Geese” is the plural of “goose”.
geese 是 goose 的复数形式。
“Woman” in the plural is “women”.
woman 的复数形式是 women。Uncountable (adj): An uncountable noun is not used with “a” or “an” and cannot be made plural.
(名词)不可数的
Words like “electricity”, “blood”, and “happiness” are uncountable.
像 electricity,blood,happiness 等词是不可数的。Rent (n): a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns
租金;租费
I pay a higher rent/more rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger.
我的房租比其他房客高,因为我的房间要大些。
Rents here are ridiculously high/low.
这里的房租高/低得出奇。Rent (v): to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc.
租用,租借;出租
I rented a car from a garage so that I could get about.
我从汽车修理厂租了一辆车,以便能够四处走走。
The old lady rented me her spare bedroom for £200 a week.
这位老太太以每周200英镑的价格把她一间闲置的卧室租给了我。Korea-韩国
Latest (adj): newest or most recent or modern
最新的;最近的;最先进的
Have you seen her latest movie?
你看过她的最新影片吗?
the latest fashions
最新时装Grammar
Much, many with a noun
We use much with singular uncountable nouns and many with plural nouns:
[talking about money]
I haven’t got much change. I’ve only got a ten euro note.
Are there many shops near you?
Questions and negatives
We usually use much and many with questions (?) and negatives (−):
Is there much unemployment in that area?
How many eggs are in this cake?
Do you think many people will come?
It was pouring with rain but there wasn’t much wind.
VIP Online Class Notes (Nemo)
March 15, 2020
Homework
write a short story about your weekend
Grammar
I’m going out once a week
I brush my teeth, at least twice a day.
Vocabulary
Stir-fry (n): a method of frying food while mixing it quickly, or food cooked this way
煸炒,翻炒
We’re having a vegetable stir-fry for supper tonight.
我们今天晚饭会有一个炒蔬菜。
I don’t like stir-fry.
我不喜欢吃炒菜。Steak (n): a thick, flat piece of meat or fish, especially meat from a cow
肉排;肉块;鱼排;鱼块;(尤指)牛排
T-bone/sirloin steaks
T骨/里脊牛排
salmon/turkey steaks
鲑鱼排/火鸡肉排
Shall we have steak for dinner?
我们晚餐吃牛排好吗?Frying pan
Quarantine (n): a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread
隔离检疫期
The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached Britain.
那匹马到达英国后要进行几个月的隔离检疫。Documentary (n): a film or television or radio programme that gives facts and information about a subject
(电影或电视)纪录片;纪实性广播节目
The documentary took a fresh look at the life of Darwin.
这部纪录片从一个崭新的角度介绍了达尔文的一生。
They showed a documentary on animal communication.
他们放映了一部关于动物之间交流沟通的纪录片。Trampoline (n): a piece of sports equipment that you jump up and down on, consisting of a piece of strong material joined by springs to a frame
蹦床(一种体育器械)Hunter (n): a person or an animal that hunts animals for food or for sport
猎人,捕猎者;猎兽
Animals in the cat family are hunters.
猫科动物都是捕食动物。Online Class Notes (Jesse)
March 7, 2020
Speaking exercise
he goes to the broken train track and the train is coming and I think this man want to stop the train. He hits Mr Bean and the plane and the plane was broken and many piece. Mr Bean use box to catch the plane piece and the man is sleep on the fall and he is running away. He go to the park. He want to fix the plane. He wears gloves and mask. There is a torch on his head.
he goes to the broken train track and the train comes and I think this man wants to stop the train. He hits Mr Bean and the plane breaks into many pieces. Mr Bean uses a box to catch the plane pieces and the man falls down on the floor and Mr Bean runs away and he goes to the park. When he fixes the plane, he wears gloves and a mask and there is a torch on his head.
Mr Bean can’t find a piece of plane so he is finding it but can’t find it. He is under the carpet so he can’t see anything so he hits the sofa. He goes down the floor and want to find that the piece of plane and he drive the car but he can’t see the road so he makes a car go into the trash. He use a magnifying glass and see a red light but it’s far away from the light and he thinks it’s near. He goes to the toy shop but that man is very angry. Mr Bean get out but Mr Bean see that piece of plane.
Mr Bean can’t find a piece of plane so he is looking for it but can’t find it. He is under the carpet so he can’t see anything so he hits the sofa. He goes downstairs and wants to find that the piece of plane and he drives the car but he can’t see the road so he makes a car go into the trash / he makes a car crash into the trash. He uses a magnifying glass and sees a red light but he’s far away from the light and he stops because he thinks it’s near. He goes to the toy shop but that man is very angry. Mr Bean gets out but he sees / finds that piece of plane in the toy shop.
Vocabulary
magifying glass – bang da jing
downstairs < > upstairs
crash – when a car hits sth / when a plane hits sth
eg. the car crashed into the other carlook for / trying to find = zhao
find = zhao daocarpet – di tan
eg. we have carpet in the living roomtrampoline – sth you can jump on for fun / exercise
Online Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
February 25, 2020
Homework
Do some writing about your recent days – what are you doing? What about your parents? Friends? – use the verbs from today (top 10 verbs)
Speaking exercise
Then he can’t make the piggy bank off but he use the piggy bank and hit the vase and he had the money and he go to the toy shop and he’s very happy because he can buy the plane and he goes into the shop and he can see many toys in there and many people, they’re very happy. And he put the train track and he use the body and arms to be the train track. He see that some people are flying the toy plane and he goes to buy but he is waiting in line but he is unhappy because there is no doll for him so he put the little girls doll away and the little girl want to call his dad and go catch her doll so Mr Bean has the plane.
Then he can’t get the piggy bank off and then he hits the vase with the piggy bank and it breaks so he can get the money. He goes to the toy shop so he’s very happy because he can buy the plane. He goes into the shop and he can see many toys
inthere and many people who are very happy. He takes the train track away and he uses his body and arms to be the train track. He sees that some people are flying the toy plane and he goes to buy it but he is waiting in line. He is unhappy because there is no doll for him so he throws the little girls doll away and the little girl wants to call her dad to pick it up so Mr Bean buys the plane.Vocabulary
get – you have or be something, but before you didn’t have it
eg. I got a new phone
eg2. I got married
eg3. I get a pen from Jesse
take – use your hand / decide to have sth
eg. I take a pen from Jesse (Jesse gives it)
eg2. I take a shower
eg3. I take a break at workwipe – ca
eg. Mr Bean wiped his face with Teddy1 to be / were been
2 to have / had had
3 to do / did done
4 to say / said said
5 to go / went gone
6 to get / got got / gotten
7 to make / made made
8 to know / knew known
9 to think / thought thought
10 to take / took takenOnline Class Notes (Jesse)
February 22, 2020
Speaking exercise
my friend is howard who is tall and when I can’t do something he always help me. He always play handball with me and when I can’t study something he always teach me. I think this is very good. When it’s sport class he always play ball games with me, because I play handball with him too.
my friend is howard who is tall and when I can’t do something he always helps me. He always plays handball with me and when I can’t study something he always teaches me which I think
thisis very good. When it’s sport class he always plays ball games with me, because I play handball with him too.
Then, he go to the river when they go far and he go to the shop and want to buy an airplane but he has not money so he is very sad. After that he go to the home and he help teddy and he give teddy green hair. Then he want to get money from the piggy bank but his hand is go to the piggy bank and it’s stuck and he put the water and wash it.
Then, he goes to the river when they go far
andhe goes to the shop and wants to buy an airplane but he doesn’t have any money so he is very sad. After that he goesto thehome and he helps teddy and he gives teddy green hair. Then he wants to get money from the piggy bank but his hand goes into the piggy bank and it gets stuck so he puts some water on it and washes it.Grammar
she knows what does she say– she knows what she saidOnline Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]
February 18, 2020
Homework
Write about your best friend. What hobbies do they have? What fun or funny things do they do at school? what does they look like? describe them as much as you can. Remember to use which / who and di san ren cheng!
Writing exercise
in the winter holiday i went to skiing camp. there was very very very cold. i go skiing hard so i learn very fast. so now i can ski fast and well. I’m happy.
in the winter holiday i went to a skiing camp by plane by myself. There were 34 other people in the skiing camp who were all kids. it was incredibly cold. i went skiing very hard / practiced very hard / put a lot of effort in so i learned very fast and now i can ski fast and well so I’m / and this makes me very happy.
Speaking exercise
Mr bean is in the park who is eating cake and he want give the teddy bear but teddy bear don’t eat it so mr bean he eats the cake. He see a toy plane which is loud and the plane killed the teddy and Mr Bean is sad and angry. The plane is the children’s toy and the boy is happy. So Mr Bean is angry and he want to kill the children but the children’s father is coming and he is afraid and he go to the river.
Mr bean is in the park and is eating cake and he wants to give the teddy bear some cake but teddy bear doesn’t eat it so Mr Bean
heeats the cake. He sees a toy plane which is loud and the plane killed the teddy and Mr Bean is sad and angry. The plane is the child’s toy and the boy is happy because he killed the teddy. So Mr Bean is angry and he wants to kill the child but the child‘s father comes and he is afraid so he goes to the river.Grammar
he / she / it / name does
who
eg. I have a friend who is fatwhich – add details
eg. I have a banana which is yellow
eg2. mr bean saw a movie which was about a monsteri have a student and a banana
i have a student who is leo
i have a banana which is yellow – i have a banana. the banana is yellowVIP Class Notes (Nemo)
February 11, 2020
Homework
for homework, write an article about your skiing camp
Vocabulary
Diet (n): the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group
(日常)饮食
Diet varies between different countries in the world.
世界各国的饮食各不相同。
a healthy/balanced/varied diet
健康/均衡/多样化的饮食
Rice is the staple diet (= most important food) of many people in China.
在中国大米是很多人的主食。2-2-an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons
节食,限制饮食
I’m going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.
下周我要节食,希望在圣诞节之前能减掉十磅。My diet consists of meat, bread and vegetables
War (n): armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of this
(国家或群体之间的)战争
nuclear war
核战争
a war film/grave/hero/poet
战争影片/军人墓/战斗英雄/战争诗人
If this country goes to (= starts to fight in a) war we will have to face the fact that many people will die.
如果这个国家参战,我们将不得不面对很多人都要送命的现实。Quarantine (n): a period of time during which an animal or person that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread
隔离检疫期
The horse had to spend several months in quarantine when it reached Britain.
那匹马到达英国后要进行几个月的隔离检疫。Instructor (n): a person whose job is to teach people a practical skill
教练
an aerobics instructor
有氧健身操教练
a driving/ski/swimming instructor
驾驶/滑雪/游泳教练Suburb (n): an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live
城郊;近郊住宅区
Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
博士山属于墨尔本的近郊住宅区。The suburbs-the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle
郊区,城外
The company decided to relocate to the suburbs because the rent was much cheaper.
公司决定搬到城郊去,因为那里的租金便宜得多。VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
January 11, 2020
Vocabulary
script (n): the words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech
电影剧本;剧本;广播稿;讲话稿
E.g.: Bruce Robinson wrote the script for “The Killing Fields”.
布鲁斯‧罗宾逊为《战火屠城》写了剧本。scriptwriter (n): a person who writes the words for films or radio or television broadcasts
(电影、广播或电视节目的)剧本作者,编剧horror movie a film in which very frightening or unnatural things happen, for example dead people coming to life and people being murdered
恐怖片,恐怖电影
E.g.: I saw a horror movie last night.
我昨晚刚看了部恐怖电影。projection (n): the act of projecting a film or an image onto a screen or wall
放映;投射
projector (n): a device for showing films or images on a screen or other surface
(电影)放映机;投影仪director (n): a person who is in charge of a film or play and tells the actors how to play their parts
(电影或戏剧的)导演
E.g.: a famous film/movie director
著名电影导演scary
costume (n):(戏剧或电影的)戏装,服装
the clothes worn by actors in a play or film/movie, or worn by sb to make them look like sth else
E.g.: The actors were still in costume and make-up.
这些演员仍是戏装打扮。
E.g.: She has four costume changes during the play.
她在这出戏里要换四次服装。Speaking exercise
One day Mb see a movie, the movie is about very scary monster but MB is not afraid, so he want to make a movie himself so he can make money. He invite his grandmother and his friend to make a movie, he give his Teddy an very scary clothes and write the script. The grandmother is a monster, now many people coming to looking to his movie and it’s about-one day Mb come with his frien to home and they look anywhere is the monster. The end people like his movie
One day Mb went to the cinema to see a movie, the movie was about a very scary monster but MB was not afraid, so he wanted to make a movie himself so he could make/earn money. He invited his grandmother and his friend to make a movie, he gave to his Teddy a scary costume also he wrote the script. Grandmother was a monster, now many people came to watch/see
tohis movie. The movie is about-one dayMb coming home with his friend and wherever they went there was a monster. In the end people liked his movieVIP Class Notes (Nemo)
January 10, 2020
Homework
Write a short text about your math test, write it by hand and practice cursive writing
Vocabulary
chaotic 乱的
chaotic (adj): in a state of chaos
混乱的;毫无秩序的
E.g.: The house is a bit chaotic at the moment – we’ve got all these extra people staying and we’re still decorating.
房子里现在有点混乱——我们有客人在这里而且还在进行装修。achievement 成绩
achievement (n): something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing
成就,成绩;功绩
E.g.: An Olympic silver medal is a remarkable achievement for one so young.
对于如此年轻的选手而言,夺得奥运会银牌是个了不起的成就。achieve (v): to succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort
(尤指经过努力)完成;达到;实现
E.g.: She finally achieved her ambition to visit South America.
她终于实现了去南美洲旅游的梦想。
E.g.: I’ve been working all day, but I feel as if I’ve achieved nothing.
我干了整整一天,但觉得好像什么都没有做成。ash (n): the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance, especially tobacco, coal, or wood, has burned
(尤指烟草、煤、木头燃烧后的)灰,灰烬
E.g.: cigarette ash
烟灰eruption (n): an occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it; (of a volcano) the act of doing this:
a volcanic eruption
Pompeii is famed for its burial by an eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.bury (v): to put something into a hole in the ground and cover it:
E.g.: The dog run off to bury its bone.
E.g.: buried treasure
2-to cover something or someone completely with a large quantity of something:
E.g.: If an avalanche (雪崩) strikes, skiers can be buried by snow.RIP-安息-Rest in peace
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
January 4, 2020
Homework
FOr homework write a story about tonight’s dinner, but write it in cursive
Vocabulary
He’s very successful
他很成功He’s rich and successful
他有钱又成功Susan. What’s the occasion? What time do you want to me to come?
苏珊,是为了什么请客呢?你希望我什么时候到呢?occasion (n): a special or formal event
特殊场合;重大活动;盛会
E.g.: At the wedding, he sang a song specially written for the occasion.
婚礼上,他演唱了一首专门为这次婚礼创作的歌曲。
E.g.: I have a suit but I only wear it on special occasions.
我有一套西服,不过我只在特殊的场合才穿。what’s the occasion?
什么场合?government (n): the group of people who officially control a country
政府,内阁
E.g.: the government of Israel
以色列政府
E.g.: The government is/are expected to announce its/their tax proposals today.
预计今天政府会公布其税收计划。
E.g.: The minister has announced that there will be no change in government policy.
部长宣布政府政策将不会有任何改变。cursive (adj)
Cursive writing is written with rounded letters that are joined together.
草书的;连笔的VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W/S]
December 21, 2019
Writing exercise
I’m a scout and this is my friend Eason. He’s a scout too. Just now we are going to a park on foot. In the park, we can see some birds are singing on the tree. The plants are beautiful, “What a big park!” Eason says. Our camp is beautiful, I think it’s a fun trip. We now are making a tent. There are two small beds a table two chairs and some food in it. We cooked food and eat it. I like the food it’s yummy. In the night we go to bed, I’m a little bit afraid but I’m falling sleeping. Morning is coming we’re going to home now, I really like this fun trip.
I’m a scout and this is my friend Eason, he’s a scout too.
Just nowwe are going to a park on foot. In the park, we can see some birds that are singing on the trees. The plants are beautiful, “What a big park!” Eason says. Our camp is beautiful, I think it’s a fun trip. We are now making a tent. There are two small beds a table two chairs and some food in it(in the tent). We cooked food and ate it. I like the food, it’s yummy. In the night we go to bed, I’m a little bit afraid but soon I fell asleep. Morning is coming, it’s a beautiful day and we’re goingtohome now, I really like this fun trip.Vocabulary
handbrake (n): a device operated by hand that locks into position and prevents a vehicle from moving
手刹车,手制动器
E.g.: You’re supposed to put the handbrake on whenever you stop on a hill.
只要你在山坡上停车都应该把手刹车拉上。panic (n): a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action
恐慌,惊慌
E.g.: a state of panic
恐慌状态
E.g.: Carmel was in a panic about her exam.
卡梅尔很害怕考试。panic (v): to suddenly feel so worried or frightened that you cannot think or behave calmly or reasonably
(使)恐慌,(使)惊慌失措
E.g.: Don’t panic! Everything will be okay.
别惊慌,一切都会没事的!stove (n): a large box-shaped device that is used to cook and heat food, either by putting the food inside or by putting it on the top
(用于烹饪的)炉灶
E.g.: a gas/electric stove
煤气灶/电灶iron (n) FOR CLOTHES-a piece of equipment for making clothes flat and smooth that has a handle and a flat base and is usually heated with electricity
熨斗
E.g.: a steam iron
蒸汽熨斗
E.g.: a travel iron
旅行用熨斗balcony (n): an area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level
露台,阳台
E.g.: We had a drink on the hotel balcony.
我们在宾馆的阳台上喝酒。Speaking exercise
A lady was ready to go to the beach and she drived the car, and in the car she have a lot of panic. First she thought that the stove is not closed, then she thought that the iron is not closed and the window is not closed and a thief is coming. Knives are flying and kill her dog, also washroom water is not closed and her grandmother was on the balcony. When she came home all this is save she was just imagining but she forgot her car is not handbrake was not on, so the car is fall down and boom.
A lady was ready to go to the beach and she drove the car, and in the car, she had a panic attack. First, she thought that the stove was left on, then she thought that the iron is still on and the window is not closed and a thief is coming. Knives flew and killed her dog, also washroom tap is not closed and her grandmother was on the balcony. When she came home all of this was not true she was just imagining but she forgot to put the handbrake on, so the car went down the street and exploded.
VIP Class Notes (George)
December 14, 2019
Homework
write a paragraph about a day in a camp.
Writing exercise
i have two rabbit. they’re white and cute. they like eating vegetable and rabbit’s food. i always feed them at morning and evening. i like them very much. they’re small, they like a ball touch it. it’s smooth. my sister feed them before, and she feed it for 2 year. at last my sister’s rabbit is really big. like a basketball. the rabbits have two big eyes, a small nose and a small mouth. sometimes they bite my finger, but i’m not angry, because i like them.
revised:
i have two rabbits. they’re white and cute. they like eating vegetable and rabbit’s food. i always feed them in morning and evening. i like them very much. they’re small, they are/look like a ball, when i touch it, it’s smooth. my sister fed them before, and she fed them for 2 year. at last my sister’s rabbit became really big. like a basketball. the rabbits has two big eyes, a small nose and a small mouth. sometimes they bite my finger, but i’m not angry, because i like them.
Speaking exercise
one day mr. bean saw some boys and their car is broken and they will be go to the park and have a race, and they take mr. bean’s car and go to the park, they are having a race to cross the river. mr. bean use toilet door cross the river and he is win.
revised:
one day mr. bean saw some scout boys and their car was broken and they were going to a camp and have a race, and they took mr. bean’s car to go to the camp, they are having a race to cross the river. mr. bean used toilet door to cross the river and he won.
Vocabulary
Scouts: 童子军队员
Camp: 营地
tent: 帐篷
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
December 7, 2019
Homework
Write a short story about your new pets
Vocabulary
How much do you weight?
你体重多少?
I weight 40 kgYou lost some weight
你减轻了一些体重lose weight-体重减轻
kg-kilogram 公斤
surname (n)he name that you share with other members of your family; last name
姓,姓氏
E.g.: Her first name is Sarah but I don’t know her surname.
她名叫萨拉,但是我不知道她姓什么。passport (n): an official document containing personal information and usually a photograph that allows a person to travel to foreign countries and to prove who they are
护照
E.g.: passport control (= the examining of travelers’ passports)
护照检查
E.g.: a passport photo
护照像片
E.g.: You should take your passport with you when changing money.
兑换货币时应该带着护照。Grammar
My mother bought two rabbits in Shaoxing and that was her present
tofor meMy mother bought a nice gift for me.
We wouldn’t say that she “bought a nice gift to me” because we don’t buy things to someone, we buy things for someone.
Similarly, we might also say:
My mother gave a nice gift to me.
because we give gifts to people, not for people; therefore, the word “for” is not appropriate there
VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]
November 30, 2019
Grammar
There
have… –> there are many cats.Vocabulary
plan= 计划
ex: Boss baby is making a plan, he wants people to love babies more than cats.
ex: I need to plan my trip to Japan.clams= 蛤蜊
ex: I love to eat clams because they are delicious.
ex: Leo doesn’t like clams because he doesn’t like seafood.salmon= 三文鱼🍣
ex: Leo likes to eat salmon.tuna= 金枪鱼
ex: Leo likes to eat tuna sashimi.sashimi= 刺生
ex: I like to eat salmon sashimi and tuna sashimi.fussy= 毛躁的
ex: The baby is crying because he is very fussy.
ex: I am very fussy when I’m hungry.music concert= 音乐会
ex: I am going to a music concert with my family tonight.Speaking exercise
The baby and the little boy’s parents have a family fun night. They go to a Pineapple Restaurant. In there have many cats.
I am going to a music concert with my family. Maksim can play the piano very very well.
Revised
The baby and the little boy’s parents have a family fun night. They go to a Pineapple Restaurant. There are many cats in the restaurant.
I am going to a music concert with my family. Maksim can play the piano very very well.
VIP Class Notes (Cynthia) (S)
November 23, 2019
Speaking exercise
One day Mr Bean go to the park and they see a running race. And then they ran. But they can’t run fast. They go on a taxi but they don’t have money. The taxi driver is catch him and they ran away. But the man is bump to a lamp post. And then they go to hospital but Mr Bean is running again and many people come, Mr Bean turn the signage. The dog is angry and catch Mr Bean. Mr Bean is the 1st of the running race but Mr Bean is go to the hospital.
One day Mr Bean went to the park to feed the ducks, and saw a running race. And then they ran together. But they can’t run fast and got tired easily. They got on a taxi but they don’t have any money to pay. The taxi driver is running after him and they ran away. But the man is bumped into a lamp post. And then they went to the hospital but Mr Bean saw more people running and continued running. Mr Bean decided to turn the signage. The dog got angry and ran after Mr Bean. Mr Bean came 1st in the running race but Mr Bean has to go to the hospital again.
Vocabulary
Signage – 牌子
E.g – The signage was placed the wrong way.Butter – 黄油
E.g – I like to put a lot of butter on my toast.Worm – 虫子
E.g – I feed worms to the bird that I found in the garden.Advertisement – 广告
E.g – There is too many advertisements in between the movie.News – 新闻
E.g – I watch the news everyday at 8pm.VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]
November 17, 2019
Vocabulary
1.invite— invited= 邀请 邀请了
ex: I invited 12 friends to my birthday party.
ex: Mr Bean invites two friends to his new year party.2. tree branch = 树枝🌿
ex: in Winter, there’s no leaves🍃 on the tree branch because it’s too cold.
ex: The guests eat tree branch with honey.3. dip (verb)= 蘸
ex: I eat dumplings and dip them in the vinegar.
ex: I like to eat fries and dip them in the ketchup.4. wine= 葡萄酒
ex: red wine = 红葡萄酒
ex: white wine=白葡萄酒
ex: My father always drinks white wine with his friends.
ex: I don’t like to drink wine because I don’t like drinking.5. vinegar=醋
ex: Vinegar is really really sour.
ex: When I eat crab🦀, I eat it with vinegar.6. fries= 薯条🍟
ex: I like KFC fries more than McDonald fries.7. ketchup=🍅酱 tomato sauce
ex: I eat fries with ketchup.
ex: I eat pancake with ketchup.8. snack= 小食 小吃
ex: do you eat snacks after school?
ex: I like to eat snacks like fruits, cookies, chips.Speaking exercise
In the night, Mr Bean invites some people to his house, and he makes four funny hats for two guests, he and his teddy. He goes to his kitchen and make the food, he just has a little bit food, and then he cuts the tree and dip the honey. He has the wine and he use the vinegar and put some sugar in a big bottle. But it’s too slow. The guests changed the clock, they drink the vinegar and eats the tree branch. They turned the clock to 12 and sing the happy new year song, they sing with the teddy. Then they leave MB’s house and go to another party.
Revised
At night, Mr Bean invites some people to his house, and he makes four funny hats for two guests
, heandhis teddy and himself. He goes to his kitchen and makes the food, he just has a little bit of food, and then he cuts the tree branch and dips it in the honey. He has the wine and he uses the vinegar and puts some sugar in a big bottle. But he took too long/ he was too slow. The guests changed the clock, they drink the vinegar and eat the tree branch. They turn the clock to 12 and sing the happy new year song, they sing with the teddy. Then they leave MB’s house and go to another party.VIP Class Notes (Lily)
November 3, 2019
Homework
write about what happened to Mr Bean using the new words today.
Grammar
is your person have glasses–> does your person have glasses
Vocabulary
1.tie= same score
ex: we are at 2:2, it’s a tie.
ex: we are at 6:6, it’s a tie.2.change (verb)= 换
ex: if you have the same card as last time, then you can change a card.
ex: Before you go to sleep, you need to change to pajamas.3. mannequin (noun) = fake person in the mall that wears clothes 假人
ex: Every mall has mannequins to display (show) the new clothes.4. escalator = 扶梯
elevator= 电梯
ex: Mr Bean was on the elevator when he saw a thief.5. steal (verb)= 偷
stole= 偷了
ex: The thief wants to steal jewelries in the mall.
ex: The thief wants to steal my money.6. fitting room= 试衣间
ex: Mr Bean goes to the fitting room to try on the clothes
ex: There is always a long line up for the Zara fitting room7. cuff= 手铐
ex: the policeman cuffed the thief because he tried to steal jewelries.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
October 26, 2019
Vocabulary
schedule (n): a list of planned activities or things to be done showing the times or dates when they are intended to happen or be done
计划表;日程安排表;进度表
E.g.: a production schedule
生产进度表
E.g.: a hectic/tight (= very busy) schedule
忙乱的/紧张忙碌的日程安排
E.g.: Everything went according to schedule (= as had been planned).
一切按照日程安排进行。2-
时刻表
E.g.: The class schedule is available on the website.
课程表可在网站上查到。
E.g.: a bus schedule
公共汽车时刻表annoyed (adj): angry
生气的;烦恼的
E.g.: I was so annoyed with him for turning up late.
他姗姗来迟,我很生气。
E.g.: He was annoyed at the way she tried to take over the whole meeting.
她试图操控整个会议,这使他很恼火。shed (n): a small building, usually made of wood, used for storing things
(通常为木质、存放物品用的)棚子,小屋
E.g.: a tool/storage shed
工具/储物棚
E.g.: a garden/bicycle shed
花园/自行车棚remote (n): a piece of equipment that you hold in your hand and use to control a television, DVD player, etc.
遥控器
E.g.: Have you seen the remote for the TV anywhere?
你在哪儿看到电视遥控器了吗?remote control cars-遥控车
ring the bell
E.g.: Did somebody ring the bell?-有人按门铃了吗?
E.g.: Just ring the bell and I’ll come down to let you in.-你一按铃我就下来给你开门。Speaking exercise
One day the sun was shining the birds were singing and the grandma was coming back home from store. MB is playing with remote control car and grandma is coming, so she stepped on the car and fall down. And he go to the hospital, then she sit on her sofa asking MB to do everything. MB is cook food but his grandmother always ring the bell and MB was angry. One day she see electric car/chair but it was too expensive. And Mb use his toy remote control car to make the chair. Then he choose the button to remote the chair, MB don’t want to see his grandmother so he put her in a small house
One day the sun was shining the birds were singing and the grandma was coming back home from a store. MB was playing with a remote control car and grandma was entering the house, so she stepped on the car and fell down. And she was taken to the hospital. After the hospital she was sitting on her sofa asking MB to do everything. MB was cooking/preparing food for her, but his grandmother would always ring the bell and MB was angry/annoyed. One day she saw an electric car/chair but it was too expensive. So, Mb used his remote control car to make the chair. Then he pressed the button on the remote MB didn’t want to see his grandmother so he put her in a small house/shed
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
October 19, 2019
Speaking exercise
Birthday Party
It’s MB’s birthday, he write a card for himself and he looked his grandma’s room have many people and he go down, but he don’t have invitation so that man didn’t let him go in. MB got very angry, he tried many different ways to get in. First, he take another grandma’s invitation, but the doorkeeper looked at the card and he see that this is another grandma’s card. Then, he take take many balloons and put them in front of his face but the doorkeeper used his key to pop the balloons. Next he made a big cake and he sit inside the cake, but the doorkeeper said that here have cake. So people get the cake to his room, and in the room MB find his invitation. He go down and doorkeeper check his card and go in. But MB didn’t know that this is his birthday party and he’s very happy
It’s MB’s birthday, he wrote a birthday card for himself and he looked through the window and he saw that his grandma’s room was full of people and he went downstairs, but he didn’t have an invitation so a doorkeeper didn’t let him go in. MB got very angry, he tried many different ways to get in. First, he took another grandma’s invitation, but the doorkeeper looked at/checked the card and he saw that this is another grandma’s card. Then, he took many balloons and put them in front of his face but the doorkeeper used his key to pop the balloons. Next he made a big cake and he sat/hid inside the cake, but the doorkeeper said that at this party they already got a cake. So people took the cake to MB’s room, and in the room MB finally found his invitation. He went downstairs and the doorkeeper checked his card and let him in. But MB didn’t know that this was his birthday party and he felt very happy.
Vocabulary
let sb/sth in (v): to allow someone or something to enter
允许…进入
E.g.: She opened the door and let me in.
她打开门让我进去。
E.g.: These shoes are starting to let water in.
这双鞋子开始进水了。through (prep): from one end or side of something to the other
通过;穿越
E.g.: They walked slowly through the woods.
他们缓步穿过树林。
E.g.: The boy waded through the water to reach his boat.
男孩涉水来到他的船上。
E.g.: He struggled through the crowd till he reached the front.
他挤过人群来到前面。hide | hid | hidden
hide (v): to put something or someone in a place where that thing or person cannot be seen or found, or to put yourself somewhere where you cannot be seen or found
把…藏起来;躲藏
E.g.: She used to hide her diary under her pillow.
她过去常把自己的日记藏在枕头下。
E.g.: I like wearing sunglasses – I feel I can hide behind them.
我喜欢戴太阳镜——我觉得我可以藏在镜片的后面。doorkeeper (n): a person whose job is to stay near the entrance to a public place and prevent people entering without permission:
E.g.: He had been working as a doorkeeper at the club.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
September 28, 2019
Vocabulary
the Vatican-the main offices of the Catholic Church in Rome, including the building where the Pope lives:
E.g.: No tour of Rome is complete without a visit to the Vatican/the Vatican City.Pope-(the title of) the leader of the Roman Catholic Church
教皇(头衔)
Pope John Paul II
教皇约翰•保罗二世
Pope Francis风力发电器-Wind power generator
toaster-烤面包机an electrical machine that you put slices of bread in to make toast
E.g.:We used to have toaster, but it broke.我们过去有个烤箱,但坏掉了。
electric devices电气设备
appliance (n):> a device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine
装置,器械;(尤指)家用电器
E.g.: electric/domestic/household appliances
电器/家用电器/家电Speaking exercise
One day it’s winter, it’s really really cold, Mr Bean use many electricity and he will pay a lot of money, so grandma is really angry and he close Mr Bean’s electricity. MB is so angry and he was very cold but he see a newspaper it say how to make a 风力发电器。Then he make the wind power generator and he have electricity again but in night the WPG is not work and he is cold again. Then, a big wind is coming his WPG works so fast and it’s broken his toaster and grandma’s hair is on fire.
On one really cold winter day Mr Bean was using many electric appliances so he had to pay a lot of money, grandma was really angry and she switched off Mr Bean’s electricity. MB was so angry and he was very cold but he saw in a newspaper how to make a Wind power generator。Then he made the wind power generator and he got electricity again but at/during night the wind power generator is stopped working and he was cold again . Then the next day, a powerful wind came his wind power generator worked so fast and it made so much electricity that it broken his toaster and grandma’s hair got on fire.
VIP Class Notes (Lily)
September 21, 2019
Homework
write about the next country you want visit, and why
Grammar
is your person black? =是不是
is your person wearing a hat?
does your person have glasses? =有没有Vocabulary
1.beard (noun)= 胡子
ex: does he have beard? 他有胡子吗2. curly hair =卷发
straight hair =直发
ex: does she have curly hair?3. bald= 秃头
ex: is he bald?= does he have hair?4. game point= last game that decides who wins.
ex: we are 4-4, this is the game point.5. shuffle= 洗牌
ex: can you shuffle the cards?6. Halloween= 万圣节🎃
ex: What do you do on Halloween in Shanghai?
ex: we eat candies on Halloween.7. costumes= 服装
ex: When I was young, I wore a butterfly costume.
ex: my brother wore the elephant costume.VIP Class Notes (George)[S]
September 15, 2019
Homework
write about the next country you want visit, and why
Today we focused on:
we focused on speaking, vocabularies and grammar
Speaking exercise
mr. bean want to eat a pizza, so he buy a pizza but the pizza is really small, he make a teddy pizza, then he feel that it is yummy, he want to have a pizza store, because he want to have a lot of money, many people call him and want to buy the pizza, mr. bean is very busy so he make a pizza machine, then he is rich. a bad man buy a pizza but mr. bean go his home but he will fight mr. bean, and mr. bean put the pizza on his face, and the bad man feel that is yummy. so the bad man bought his pizza machine, and mr. bean went to a restaurant to eat a pizza.
mr. bean wanted to eat a pizza, so he bought a pizza but the pizza was really small, he made a teddy pizza, then he felt that it is yummy, he wanted to have a pizza store, because he want to have a lot of money, many people called him and wanted to buy the pizza, mr. bean was very busy so he made a pizza machine, then he became rich. a bad man bought a pizza but mr. bean went to his home but he will fight mr. bean, and mr. bean threw the pizza on his face, and the bad man felt that is yummy.so the bad man bought his pizza machine, and mr. bean went to a restaurant to eat a pizza.
Vocabulary
surfing 冲浪运动
riding on a wave on a boardpet 宠物
animals that we keep at homeGrammar
go/went
feel/felt
make/made
want/wanted
call/called
build/built
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
September 14, 2019
Speaking exercise
In the night Mr Bean is see his album with photos. On the photos he is camping with teddy, so he want to camping again. His tent is broken and he goes to the store to buy a new tent. Then he go to store and he see very big tent, and he want to buy it but it’s very expensive and he buy a cheap tent. But a bad man, he take yellow raft. and then hhe buy a trailer and it’s 5 dollars, he takes grandma’s little house and to go camping. And then he had a lot of fun together with Teddy
One evening Mr. Bean was looking at the album with photos. On the photos he is camping with teddy, so he wanted to camp
ingagain. His tent was broken so he went to a store to buy a new tent. Once at the store, he saw a very big tent, and he wanted to buy it but it was very expensive so he bought a cheap tent. But this tent wasn’t a tent, it was a yellow raft. and then he bought a trailerandit cost only 5 dollars, he took grandma’s shed and trailer camping. And then he had a lot of fun together with TeddyVocabulary
raft (n): a small rubber or plastic boat that can be filled with air
充气筏,橡皮艇
E.g.: a rubber raft
橡皮艇
E.g.: an inflatable raft
充气筏tent (n): a shelter made of canvas or similar material and supported by poles and ropes, that you can fold up and carry with you
帐篷
E.g.: to put up/take down a tent
搭 / 拆帐篷
E.g.: to pitch (= put up) a tent
搭帐篷album (n): a book with plain pages, used for collecting together and protecting stamps, photographs, etc.
集邮册;像册;影集
E.g.: a stamp/photograph album
集邮册/像册
E.g.: We’ve put the best wedding photos into an album.
我们已经把婚礼上拍得最好的照片放进了像册。shed (n): a small building, usually made of wood, used for storing things
(通常为木质、存放物品用的)棚子,小屋
E.g.: a tool/storage shed
工具/储物棚
E.g.: UK a garden/bicycle shed
花园/自行车trailer (n): a box on wheels that is pulled by a car and is used for taking things from one place to another
拖车;挂车
E.g.: The car was pulling a trailer with a motorcycle on it.
这辆汽车拖着一辆挂车,挂车上面载着一辆摩托车。VIP Class Notes (Cynthia) (S)
September 8, 2019
Today we focused on:
To focus on past and present tenses.Speaking exercise
Tell me about your recent trip to Australia.
During my summer holidays, I go to Australia. I go to Australia by aeroplane. It was 10 hours. I sleep and I play games and I eat something. I go to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. I like Sydney because there is very beautiful. And there is a hotel that is very hotel , I forgot the name. I climb the Sydney bridge that was very high. I climbed 3 hours and I am very tired. I eat many ice cream. Every night we will go friends place to cook and have dinner together. In Melbourne, next to our hotel have many many parrot and its white it colour with yellow comb.During my summer holidays, I went to Australia. I went to Australia by aero plane. The flight took around 10 hours. I slept, played some games and ate something. I went to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. My favorite city is Sydney because it is very beautiful. I stayed in a very beautiful hotel, but I forgot the name. In Sydney, climbed the Sydney bridge which was very high. It took me 3 hours to climb the bridge which made me very tired. I ate a lot of ice cream. Every night we will go our friends place to cook and have dinner together. In Melbourne, next to our hotel have a lot parrots. They are white in color with yellow comb.
Vocabulary
Parrot -鹦鹉
E.g – My neighbor has a nice pet parrot.Parrot Comb – The top part of the parrots head.
E.g – The parrot’s comb is yellow in color.Claw – 爪
E.g – My shirt has holes, due to the parrot claws.Rent – 租
E.g – During our trip to Australia, we rented a car for a road trip.Emu – 鸸鹋

Wombat – 袋熊
Meerkat – 猫鼬

VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
September 7, 2019
Vocabulary
coconut chips-椰子片
windshield/windscreen wiper雨刮器
E.g.: They drove home with their windshield wipers going whoosh whoosh.
他们驱车回家,一路上挡风玻璃上的雨刮器不停地呼呼刮着safari park-野生动物园
safari (n):an organized journey to look at, or sometimes hunt, wild animals, especially in Africa
(尤指在非洲进行的)观察野生动物之行,游猎
E.g.: to go/be on safari
去/在观察野生动物enter (v):to come or go into a particular place
进来;进去;进入
E.g.: The police entered (the building) through/by the side door.
警察从侧门进入(这座大楼)。失踪-missing
missing (adj)Someone who is missing has disappeared.
失踪的,下落不明的
E.g.: Her father has been missing since September 1992.
她父亲从1992年9月起就下落不明。
E.g.: The girl went missing during a family outing to Mount Snowdon.
那个女孩跟家人去斯诺登峰远足,期间失踪了。E.g.: This puzzle has two pieces missing.
Speaking exercise
One day Mr Bean go to a zoo he paid 5 yuan for a ticket, he is sad because it is expensive.and he see a giraffe and lions. Finally he see monkeys, the monkey see his food and want to eat it, but Mr Bean not give him. So, the monkey will catch his wiper and he will go down the car but monkey will catch his food and he was angry and he goes home. In the car he see a monkey in in the car and he take the monkey go to his home and then Mr B give the monkey banana and they look TV the TV says in the Zoo there were one monkey is bye bye. and Mr Btake the monkey back to the zoo and the police is looking for monkey, but Mr B monkey is a bag so he go in and take off the monkey and monkey give Mr B his wiper. Mr bean is happy and the monkey is back with his family
One day Mr Bean went to a zoo he paid 5 yuan for a ticket, he was sad because the ticket is so expensive. There he saw a giraffe and lions. Finally he saw monkeys, a monkey saw his food and wanted to eat it, but Mr Bean wouldn’t give to him. So, the monkey took/broke off MR B’s wiper so Mr B
he will go downcame out of the car but monkey will took his food. Mr B was angry and he went back home. On the way back home he saw a monkey in in the car and he took the monkeygoto his home and then Mr B gave the monkey a banana and they watched TV. On the TV they heard in news that there was one monkey missing from the Zoo. So Mr B took the monkey back to the zoo, police was looking for the monkey, but Mr B’s monkey pretended to be a bag so he entered in the zoo. The monkey gave Mr B his wiper back. Mr bean was happy and the monkey was back with his familyVIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
August 31, 2019
Speaking exercise
One day Mr Bean listen to the Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and he was pretending that he’s a pianist. He was playing piano and grandma was pretending to be a conductor. CD was broken Then Mr Bean goes to a store to buy a CD, but he see a people, he play the 5th Symphony, very well. So, he want to buy a piano and to study it. He put his teddy in the piano so piano is broken and he buy it cheaper. Then he play the piano but he always wrong, so he telephone a teacher but he wrong too. And then the teacher give him his piano. So Mr Bean was pretending to play, and grandmother pretending to conduct. They are really happy
One day Mr Bean was listening to
theBeethoven’s 5th Symphony and he was pretending that he’s a pianist. He was playing “piano” but he didn’t have a piano he was just playing the tune on top of his table and grandma was pretending to be a conductor. The CD was broken, then Mr Bean went to a store to buy a new CD, but he saw a person, playing the 5th Symphony very well. So, he wanted to buy a piano and to learn how to play it. He put his teddy in the piano so it seemed that piano is broken and he bought it cheaper. Then he played the piano but he was always making the same mistake, so he telephoned a teacher but even with teacher’s help he was making the same mistake . And then the teacher gave him his synthesizer. So, Mr Bean was pretending to play, and grandmother was pretending to conduct. They were really happycheap/cheaper/cheapest
Vocabulary
pretend (v):to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game
假装,伪称;(游戏中)装扮
E.g.: He pretended (that) he didn’t mind, but I knew that he did.
他假装不在乎,但我知道他很介意。
E.g.: The children pretended (that) they were dinosaurs.
孩子们装扮成恐龙。pianist-someone who plays the piano
钢琴家
E.g.: a concert pianist
音乐会的钢琴演奏者
E.g.: a jazz pianist
爵士乐钢琴家symphony (n):a long piece of music for an orchestra, usually with four parts
交响乐,交响曲
E.g.: Mahler’s ninth symphony
马勒的《第九交响曲》
E.g.: Beethoven’s 5th symphonyConductor指挥家
E.g.: The conductor raised his baton.
指挥举起了指挥棒。
E.g.: a guest conductor
嘉宾指挥synthesizer-合成器/电声合成器
E.g.: A synthesizer is an instrument that makes sound electronically.seem (v):to give the effect of being; to be judged to be
似乎;仿佛
E.g.: He’s 16, but he often seems (to be) younger.
他16岁了,但往往看起来要小些。
E.g.: The children seemed (as if/as though/like they were) tired.
孩子们好像累了。VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S]
August 27, 2019
Grammar
那里有= there are/ there is
ex: There are two cows
There is one cow.
therehaveVocabulary
1. pork= 🐷
beef = 🐂
lamb= 🐑
ex: I like fried chicken and beef.Speaking exercise
what did you do for your summer vacation?
I went to the Australia, there was beautiful, there have many cows and sheep. I eat cows, it’s yummy. I like Shanghai more because in their grassland, there not have any house. I went with my classmates and their parents for 11 days. I like Sydney, they are like Shanghai. There have big sea. I climbed the Sydney Bridge, it’s beautiful. Under the bridge, it’s train and car. On the grassland, it’s very very dirty. It have cow’s poop and dirty soil.
Revised
I went to
theAustralia, it was beautiful, there are many cows and sheep. I ate beef, it was yummy. I like Shanghai more because in their grassland, there aren’t any houses. I went with my classmates and their parents for 11 days. I like Sydney, it is like Shanghai. There is a big sea. I climbed the Sydney Bridge, it’s beautiful. Under the bridge, there are trains and cars. On the grassland, it’s very very dirty. There are cow’s poop and dirty soil.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
August 24, 2019
Vocabulary
faint (v):to suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down
昏厥;晕倒
E.g.: He faints at the sight of blood.
他一见血就晕。
E.g.: I nearly fainted in the heat.
我差点热晕过去。changing room(n): room where people can change their clothes, for example before and after sports or, in a shop, where people can try on clothes before buying them(运动场所、商店等的)更衣室,试衣间
E.g.: One day I was at the swimming pool and in the changing room I heard this song.download (v):to copy or move programs or information into a computer’s memory, especially from the internet or a larger computer(尤指从因特网或较大型计算机上)下载
E.g.: You can download the book to your phoneprosciutto-意大利熏火腿
movie set-电影集
footprint-足迹
Speaking exercise
One day Mr Bean go to the park and there is beautiful they take many photos, have a fox mother, father and babies, they’re lovely. Then he see dinosaurs footprints, so he see a dinosaur but he don’t know that the dinosaur is robot. So he buy some meat and he will take a photo but then he see a person and he realize that this is a movie so he become an actor. After he is a super star.
One day Mr Bean went to the park and there was beautiful he was taking many photos, he saw a fox mother, father and babies, they’re lovely. Then he saw dinosaur’s footprints, and then he saw a dinosaur but he didn’t know that the dinosaur is robot. So he bought some meat and he wanted to take a photo but then he saw a person and he realized that this is a movie set so he became an actor. . After he is a super star.
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
August 17, 2019
Vocabulary
bonfire-篝火
sail (v):When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water.(船)航行,行驶
The boat sailed along/down the coast.
那艘船沿着海岸航行。
The ship was sailing to China.
这艘船驶往中国。invent (v):to design and/or create something that has never been made before
发明,创造
Ancient Chinese invented paper, printing, compass and many other things古代中国人发明了纸、印刷、指南针等许多东西。
compass (n):a device for finding direction with a needle that can move easily and that always points to magnetic north指南针
inspiration (n):someone or something that gives you ideas for doing something
给人以灵感的人(或物)
The golden autumn light provided the inspiration for the painting.
秋天金色的阳光给这幅画的创作带来了灵感。sell (v):to give something to someone else in return for money
卖,出售
I sold him my car/I sold my car to him for $600.
我把车以600美元的价钱卖给了他。
We’ll be selling the tickets at/for £50 each.
我们每张票将卖50英镑。jealous (adj):unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want嫉妒的
He had always been very jealous of his brother’s good looks.
他兄弟的外貌总是让他嫉妒。he decided to-他决定
Speaking exercise
Today is a fine day Mr Bean go to the street and walk on the street. He see a painter painting on the street selling his paintings. Mr Bean see it and see a woman is buy a paintings so he was very angry and he decided to paint paintings and to sell it. And then he go to the home but in home don’t have colors so he use some food to make colors, but not have inspiration so he go to a beautiful place. he is draw but many animals eat his colors, so he draw another picture so the animals go to eat other picture. He finish it and he sell it 5 dollars and people is buy it buy flies would attack they so they throw the picture so Mr Bean make a lot of money
It was a beautiful day so Mr Bean went outside to the street and he walked down the street. He saw a painter painting on the street also he was selling his paintings. Mr Bean saw him and saw a woman
isbuying a paintings so he was very jealous, so he decided to paint paintings himself and to sell sell them.Andthen he wentto thehome but at home he didn’t don’t have any colors so he used some food to make colors, but now he didn’t have the inspiration so he went to a beautiful place. he started to paint but many animals were eating his colors, so he painted another painting so the animals went to eat that one. He finished the painting and he was selling it for 5 dollars and people would buy it but flies would attack them so they would throw the picture so Mr Bean made a lot of moneyVIP Class Notes (Raph)[S]
August 14, 2019
Vocabulary
Capital (n): 1- the city where the government of a country or state is.
E.g.: The capital of the USA is Washington D.C.
E.g.: Beijing is the capital of China.
E.g.: Australia’s capital city is Canberra.Railway (n): 1- the tracks on which trains run. 2- the system of tracks, stations, trains, etc. 3- 火车
E.g.: She travelled across Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway.
E.g.: He lives near Hongqiao Railway Station (=火车站).Simple (adj): 1- uncomplicated (简单); easy to understand or do; not difficult.
E.g.: Cooking rice is very simple.
E.g.: The instructions (说明) were written in simple English.
E.g.: It’s simple to find our house.Sydney Opera House (n): 1- 悉尼歌剧院
Typhoon (n): 1- 台风
Tyre (n): 1- 轮胎
Speaking exercise
Original:
Last week I went to the Beijing. We went to a big grassland. There have many people. In the night they have a fire party. We sing and dance with the fire and see the beautiful firework. And we go to the Qinghuangdao and we see a big water in Beidaihe. And there have blue water. It’s nice. And we go to the Beijing and go to the train station and go home. But Shanghai is typhoon, and the train is go to Nanjing. And we in Nanjing a night and then we go to the Shanghai.
Edited:
Last week I went to Beijing. We went to a big area of grassland near the city, where there were many people. At night they had a fire party so we sang and danced with the fire and saw the beautiful fireworks. After that we went to Qinghuangdao and saw the big river in Beidaihe District. The water there was really blue and really nice. After that we went back to Beijing and went to the train station to go home. But there was a typhoon in Shanghai, so the train went to Nanjing instead. We were in Nanjing for a night and then we came back to Shanghai.
Grammar
Today I play and do homework. – Today I played and did homework.
I go in the Australia and the Beijing. – I went to Australia and Beijing.
There is beautiful. – It is beautiful there.
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
July 27, 2019
Homework
Write a short story about your cousin’s birthday
Vocabulary
shade (n):slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun
阴处;阴凉处
E.g.: The sun was hot, and there were no trees to offer us shade.
太阳火辣辣的,没有树给我们遮阳。
E.g.: The children played in/under the shade of a large beach umbrella.
孩子们在一把巨大的沙滩遮阳伞下的阴凉处玩耍。sunshade (n):an object similar to an umbrella that you carry to protect yourself from light from the sun遮阳伞,太阳伞
cooler (n):a container like a box with a lid, used for keeping food and drinks cool
冷藏箱
E.g.: We brought a cooler full of Cola with us.
我们带了满满一冷藏箱的可乐。timer/time switch (n)a device on a machine that causes the machine to start or stop working at a particular point in the day
计时开关,定时开关ignore (v):to intentionally not listen or give attention to
不理睬,忽视
E.g.: She can be really annoying but I try to ignore her.
她有时会特别烦人,不过我尽量不去理会她。explode (v):to break up into pieces violently, or to cause something to do this
(使)爆炸
E.g.: A bomb exploded at one of the capital’s busiest railway stations this morning.
今天上午一枚炸弹在首都最繁忙的一个火车站爆炸。
E.g.: He was driving so fast that his car tyre exploded.
他车开得太快导致爆胎。tick (v):to make a quiet, short, regularly repeated sound like that made by a clock:
E.g. :That clock ticks too loudly.ticking bomb-定时炸弹
烦人-annoying person
annoying (adj)making you feel annoyed
讨厌的;恼人的
E.g. :It’s really annoying when a train is late and there’s no explanation.
火车误点而又不作任何解释,这很令人恼火。
E.g. :He’s got a really annoying laugh.
他的笑声真让人烦。工具-tool (n)-a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to make or repair something
E.g. :A hammer is a simple tool.
E.g. :I always keep a set of tools in the back of my car.
set of tools一套工具wire (n):(a piece of) thin metal thread with a layer of plastic around it, used for carrying electric current
电线;导线
E.g.: Someone had cut the phone wires.
有人切断了电话线。
E.g.: Don’t touch those wires whatever you do.
无论如何都别碰那些导线。Speaking exercise
It was a hot sunny day, Mr Bean saw grandma sitting under the sunshade in in her garden. He has a chair he want to sit next to her but grandma said that Mr Bean is very annoying and Mr Bean go to his home and make a drawing of his own sunshade. He wanted to make it, and he have many many tools.
So he started digging and digging but he dig a hard thing and it’s a bomb. Grandma’s cat is jumping on the bomb and it has clock ticking. He try to tell to grandma but she ignored him and he go to the home to have many many different protection and other tools. He tries to turn off the ticking bomb and he cut the red wire, and the time is fast, and he take his grandmother and a friend to see the bomb and they go into the home and they hide under a table. And Mr Bean saw his teddy bear sitting next to the bomb, so he took him and he went back behind the table. The bomb exploded but have water and he make a swimming pool, everyone is happy and enjoying the nice weather
It was a hot sunny day, Mr Bean saw grandma sitting under the sunshade in her garden. He took a chair because he wanted to sit next to her but grandma said that Mr Bean is very annoying and Mr Bean went to his home and he made a drawing of his own sunshade. He wanted to make it, and he took many many tools.
So he started digging and digging but he hit a hard thing and it was a bomb. Grandma’s cat started jumping on the bomb and itshasclock started ticking. He tried to tell to grandma but she ignored him and he went into the home to take many many different protection things and other tools. He tried to turn off the ticking bomb and he cut the red wire, andthe time is fastthe ticking became faster, and he took his grandmother and a friend to see the bomb and they went into the home and they hid under a table.AndMr Bean saw his teddy bear sitting next to the bomb, so he took him and he went back behind the table. The bomb exploded and the hole got filled withhavewater so he made a swimming pool, everyone was happy and enjoying the nice weatherVIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
July 20, 2019
Vocabulary
photo booth -自助快照亭
roller coaster-an exciting entertainment in an amusement park, like a fast train that goes up and down very steep slopes and around very sudden bends过山车,云霄飞车
I want to ride on the roller coaster.
我想坐过山车。passport-护照
passport control (= the examining of travellers’ passports)
护照检查
a passport photo
护照像片instant camera-即时照相机
amusement park游乐园a large park which has a lot of things that you can ride and play on and many different activities to enjoy
Last night we went to the amusement park.
昨天晚上,我们去了游乐园。luggage (n):the bags, suitcases, etc. that contain your possessions and that you take with you when you are traveling
行李箱,行李
We bought some new luggage for our trip.
我们为旅行买了一些新行李箱。
Never leave your luggage unattended.
决不要把行李放在没人看管的地方。tear/rip sb/sth to shreds-to damage someone or something badly
严重伤害;严重损坏
My pants were torn to shreds when I fell off my bike.
我从自行车上摔了下来,裤子撕了好几道口子。Speaking exercise
Mr Bean he went to the airport and he want to travel and he gave his passport to a policeman. But in his passport not have picture, and Mr bean go to the photo both to take a photo, but the photo was bad. Then he see a family has camera and he take a photo with the family but the photo is broken, then he see an amusement park, have a roller coaster, and then he take a photo but he is ugly on this photo. Then he see a car, and on the street there is traffic camera . And he will take a photo in the traffic camera but the policeman will take him to the police station. He take a photo there, he went back to the airport but the plane is fly 20 minutes ago.
Mr Bean
hewent to the airport and he wanted to travelandhe gave his passport to a policeman but photo was missing in his passport , so Mr bean went to the photo both to take a photo, at the end the photo was bad. Then he saw a family with camera and he took a photo with the family but the photo got torn to shreadsbroken, then he saw an amusement park with a roller coaster,andthen he took a photo but he was looking ugly on this photo. Then he saw a car,andon the street there was a traffic camera.Andhewilltook a photo with the traffic camera but the policemanwilltook him to the police station.They took a photo of him over there, he went back to the airport but the plane left 20 minutes ago.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
July 13, 2019
Vocabulary
dead(adj)-死掉了
die(v)-死掉
I played a video game and then I died.swimming is tiring, after a swimming class I feel tired
tiring-makes you feel tired
tired-you feel tiredcontact lenses-隐形眼镜
I sometimes wear contact lensesuncomfortable-不舒服的
E.g.: It’s uncomfortable wearing contact lenses.jet lag (n):the feeling of tiredness and confusion that people experience after making a long journey by plane to a place where the time is different from the place they left
时差反应
E.g.: Every time I fly to the States, I get really bad jet lag.
每次我乘飞机去美国,总是深受时差反应之苦。wallpaper (n):a thick, often decorative, paper used for covering the walls and sometimes ceilings of a room
墙纸,壁纸
E.g.: a roll of wallpaper
一卷壁纸
E.g.: We thought we’d put up/hang some wallpaper in the children’s bedroom to make it brighter.
我们觉得可以在孩子们的卧室里贴一些壁纸,使屋子显得更明亮些。get on with sth-to start or continue doing something, especially work
开始(或继续)做某事(尤指某项工作)
E.g.: Stop talking and get on with it.
别说了,开始做吧。
E.g.: He finished his cup of tea and got on with the gardening.
Speaking exercise
It’s a nice day Mr Bean want’s to go to the beach. He packed some things and he went down, and grandma is angry ” Today you need to put on the wallpapers”. Mr Bean is put on the wallpaper but her cat is naughty, so Bean get it until rubbish bin. After Mr Bean finish the wallpaper and he see the cat is to the rubbish car and he go to a cat shop to get a similar cat. And the grandma don’t like that cat but luckily the old cat came back home
It’s a nice day and Mr Bean want’s to go to a beach. He packed some things and he went downstairs, the grandma was angry ” Today you need to put on the wallpapers“. Mr Bean was putting on the wallpapers but her cat was naughty, so Bean threw it in a rubbish bin. After Mr Bean finished with wallpapers and he saw the cat is thrown into the rubbish truck and he went to a cat shop to get a similar cat.
Andthe grandma didn’t like that cat but luckily the old cat came back homeVIP Class Notes (Raph)
June 1, 2019
Vocabulary
Church (n): 1- a building where people go to pray. 2- 教会
E.g.: My grandmother goes to church every Sunday.Musical Instrument (n): 1- an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds:
E.g.: Which instrument do you play?
E.g.: He plays many different musical instruments, such as the bass (低音吉他), the guitar (电吉他) and the keyboard (电钢琴).Practice (v): 1- to do something often, so you can improve your skill at doing it.
E.g.: Leo practices the piano everyday.Chew (v): 1- to bite the food with your teeth to make it smaller and easier to swallow.
E.g.: This meat is difficult to chew.
E.g.: You don’t chew your food enough – that’s why you get stomachaches.Hometown (n): 1- the town or city that a person is from, especially the one in which they were born and lived while they were young:
E.g.: Leo’s hometown is Hong Kong.
E.g.: He goes back to his hometown once a year.
Online (adj): 1- on the internet.
E.g.: I like to play online games.Tornado (n): 1- 龙卷风
Grammar
I so so like. – I only like it a little bit.
A week eat one time. – I eat it once a week.
Pronunciation
Patriotism: /ˈpeɪ.tri.ə.tɪ.zəm/
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
May 31, 2019
https://v.qq.com/x/cover/zwjmgii3wrq946v.ht
Vocabulary
Motherland/homeland/fatherland祖国
E.g.: China is our motherlandpatriotism (n):the feeling of loving your country more than any others and being proud of it
爱国主义choir (n):a group of people who sing together
合唱队;(尤指教堂的)唱诗班
E.g.: He sings in the church choir.
他在教堂唱诗班唱歌。
E.g.: choir practice
合唱队的练习instrumental (adj):involving only musical instruments, and no singing用乐器演奏的,器乐的
E.g.: instrumental music
器乐
E.g.: an instrumental piece/arrangement
器乐曲/器乐编曲inconductor (n):someone who directs the performance of musicians or a piece of music(合唱团、乐队等的)指挥
E.g.: The conductor raised his baton.
指挥举起了指挥棒。
E.g.: a guest conductor
嘉宾指挥a capella (adj):sung by a group of people without any musical instruments合唱)无乐器伴奏的;团体清唱的
E.g.: Leo doesn’t like to sing a capella because it is too difficultangle (n)the space between two lines or surfaces at the point at which they touch each other, measured in degrees角;角度
E.g.: The interior angles of a square are right angles or angles of 90 degrees.
正方形的内角是直角,即90度角。angel (n):天使
安琪儿;善人;仁慈的人
E.g.: Be an angel and help me with this.
行个好,帮我把这个做了。VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
May 18, 2019
Vocabulary
handstand-手倒立,拿大顶
headstand (n):the act of balancing upside down on your head, using your hands to support you倒立,拿大顶shin (n): 1-the front part of your leg between your knee and your foot
胫,胫部
E.g.: She has a nasty bruise on her shin.
她的胫部有一块严重的瘀伤。bruise (n): 1-an injury or mark where the skin has not been broken but is darker in colour, often as a result of being hit by something
碰伤;瘀伤
E.g.: His arms and back were covered in bruises.
他手臂和背部到处是瘀伤。
E.g.: She had a few cuts and bruises but nothing serious.
她有几处伤口和瘀痕,但不严重。bruise (v): 1-to develop a bruise or to cause someone or something to have a bruise(使)出现伤痕;撞伤;碰伤
E.g.: How did you bruise your arm?
你胳膊上的瘀伤是怎么弄的?against (preposition)-next to and touching or being supported by (something):
紧贴着;紧靠着;倚在
Why don’t we put the bed against the wall?
She leaned against the door.lean (sth) against/on sth
to sit or stand with part of your body touching something as a support
斜靠着,倚着
E.g.: He leaned against the wall.
他倚着墙。
E.g.: She leaned her head on his shoulder.
她把头靠在他的肩上。体育馆 Gymnasium/sports hall
pee-排尿
P.E. classIt was my turn to do a handstand-轮到我倒立了
It’s your turn to do the dishes!
轮到你洗碗了!
Is it my turn yet?
轮到我了吗?Pronunciation
painful-/ˈpeɪn.fəl/
Speaking exercise
Yesterday I went to school, my friend James is happy because I have a gift for him. It’s a Airblock. And we are happy to have had P.E. class and we think the PE class is very fun because the teacher is funny. The class is started the teacher is coming, he say ” Today we will do handstand test” We were go to the sport hall. Now it is I to do handstand and I use my hand to push myself, and my leg is climb on the wall then the teacher say it’s done great and I’m excited and fall down. Auch, my leg hit a chair and I got a bruise, it was very painful.
Yesterday I went to school, my friend James was happy because I had a gift for him. It was the Airblock. Also we were happy to have
hadP.E. class and we think thatthePE classes are very fun because the teacher is funny. The classisstarted and the teacheris comingarrived he said ” Today we will do handstand test” We went to the sport hall. Soon it was my turn to do a handstand and I used my hands to push myself, and my legs were leaned againstonthe wall, then the teacher said ” Well done!” and I was excited and fell down. Ouch, my leg hit a chair and I got a bruise, it was very painful.F2F Class Notes (Cynthia)
May 17, 2019
Vocabulary
Ambition 野心 – What do you want to be when you grow up.
E.g – Leo wants to be a policeman when he grows up.Spinach 菠菜
E.g – Spinach is one of my favorite vegetables.Smelly 臭
E.g- My mum thinks that durian is a smelly fruit.Sticky 粘
E.g – I do not like food that is sticky.Smoothie/Milkshake 奶昔
E.g – I like making my own banana, mango milkshake at home.Cream 奶油
E.g – I do not like any cream in my food.Cranberry 蔓越莓
E.g – My favorite ice cream is cranberry flavored ice cream.Bone 骨
E.g – I prefer my meat with bones, because I like to chew on them.Bark 狗叫的声音
E.g – My dog is very smart, he always barks at strangersNews 新闻
E.g – I watch the news everyday at 8p.m sharp.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
May 11, 2019
Vocabulary
sister in law-嫂子;姑子
E.g.: Today is my sister in law’s birthdayMy sister in law is turning 24
turn 16, nine o’clock, etc.-to become a particular age or time
达到16岁/9点钟(等等)
E.g.: She turned 18 last year.
她去年满18岁。
E.g.: It’s just turned ten o’clock.
刚到10点。great-granddaughter-曾孙女
E.g.: The little girl is my grandparent’s first great-grandchild.great-grandparent (n): 1-a parent of your grandparent (= a parent of your parent):
His great-grandparents were born in Greece.
Oates’ great-grandparents came to the United States in the 1890s.cousin (n)-a child of a person’s aunt or uncle, or, more generally, a distant (= not close) relation
堂(或表)兄弟;堂(或表)姐妹;远房亲戚
E.g.: Leo’s got three cousins, two boys and a girlCousins are both girls and boys.
You could say ‘My cousin John is here.’ ……or…… ‘Sarah, my cousin is coming today.’gather (v): 1-when people or animals gather, they come together in a group.
聚集;集合
E.g.: A crowd had gathered to hear her speak.
一群人围拢过来听她演讲。
E.g.: Gather round, children, and I’ll tell you a story.
孩子们,到我身边来,我给你们讲个故事。
E.g.: Every Saturday we gather at my grandparent’s homecalligraphy brush-毛笔
calligraphy (n)-书法;书法艺术 -beautiful handwriting that you do with a special pen or brush;
E..g: At the calligraphy competition, people asked him to write a few characters.书法比赛会上,人们请他留字。
Family Tree
VIP Class Notes (Lily) [R]
May 4, 2019
Vocabulary
1.lost (verb)= can’t find something 弄丢了
lost (adj)= can’t find the way 迷路了
ex: I lost my phone, I can’t find it.
ex: I lost my pencil case, my books, my jacket.
ex: I am lost, I can’t find my way home.
ex: My dog is lost in the forest, he can’t find me.2. shook= 摇
nod=点头
ex: my mom asks me if I want to do my homework, I shook my head.
ex: I want to eat the apples, so I shook the apple tree.3. own= 我自己的
ex: I have my own room, I sleep by myself.
ex: I have my own money, I can buy some gums.4. wonder= 好奇 想想
ex: Leo is late for 20 minutes, I wonder if he is coming.
ex: My toy is gone, I wonder if it ran away.5. thought= past tense of “think” 觉得 以为
ex: I thought I put my phone on the table, where is it?????
ex: Leo thought today is Friday, but it’s actually Saturday hahahahaha, he has school tomorrow.
ex: I thought there won’t be any homework today, but there are LOTS OF HOMEWORK.6. PE Class= 体育课
ex: In canada, we have PE class 3 times a week. We have dancing, badminton, basketball, volleyball, baseball, running.
ex: In Leo’s PE class, he does exercises and plays handball.Reading
It was time to go home from the picnic, and the cars were waiting for the boys. Joe could not find Dandy anywhere. He called and called, but the little dog did not come. All the other boys helped Joe look for Dandy. But no one could find the little black and white dog, and at last Joe had to go home without him. Maybe Dandy is not lost, said one of the boys, maybe he went home. But Joe did not find Dandy at Home. He may find his way home tomorrow morning, said Joe’s father. Joe shook his head and said , it is too far for a little dog like Dandy to find his way home. Oh dear! I wish I had never let him go with us. his mother and father were very sorry for Joe.
Come and eat your supper now, said his mother, we will all look for Dandy in the morning. but Joe could not eat his supper, he was thinking and thinking about his lost dog. Poor Dandy, he said, I did not take very good care of him, maybe I’ll never see him again. Just then he heard the telephone and ran to answer it. a man was talking. Hello, said the man, do you people own a little and white dog? a boy told me you had lost me. Oh yes, said Joe, his name is Dandy. I lost him today at the picnic. He is here at my house by the park, said the man, I must go away now and I don’t know what do with him. Wait a minute please, said Joe. He called to his father and they talked for a minute. I’ll try it, Joe told his father. Then he took up the telephone again.
Hello sir, said Joe, will you please take Dandy to the road near the school? I think he can find his way home from there, but I want to talk to him first. Can you put him up to the telephone. Just a minute, said the man, then he called, here he is! Hello Dandy, said Joe. “bow-wow”. answered Dandy. Come Dandy, said Joe, come home! The man said “Dandy heard you, he is trying to get out of the house. I’ll take him right down the road and start him home, good-by.”
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
April 27, 2019
Speaking exercise
On Labor Day my father have friends and they will go to mountain and we go to mountain too, it is like this, my mother tell me, mzzzzzzzz
On Labor Day we are Shanghai to Shaoxing and there have Fuzhishan and there is very humid. But we are happy, We pick some fruit and to have a picnic on the mountain. There have egg milk , bread, strawberry, banana, watermelon. At noon we are hot and my father is tirewd he want to sleep, we go down to the mountain but I’m excited and I feel perfectMy mother told me that On Labor Day my father‘s
havefriendsand theywill go to a mountain and we’ll go to the mountain too,my mother told me. On Labor Day we are going from Shanghai to Shaoxing and near Shaoxing there is Fuzhi Mountain and there is very humid, but it doesn’t matter we are happy to go there, We will pick some fruit and we’ll have a picnic on the mountain. For the picnic we’ll have some eggs, milk , bread, strawberries , bananas, watermelon. At noon it will get too hot and my father will be tired he’ll want to sleepVocabulary
it doesn’t matter-没关系
It doesn’t matter if you win or lose.-你是赢是输都无所谓。
LaborDay-a public holiday to celebrate working people劳动节
E.g.: 1 May is Labour Day in a lot of countries.5月1日是许多国家的劳动节。camp (n):a place where people stay in tents or other temporary structures
营地;宿营地
E.g.: We pitched/set up camp (= put up our tents) by the lakeside.
我们在湖边扎了营。driver’s license-驾驶执照
E.g.: Can I see your driver’s license please, sir?relative (n):亲戚 1-a member of your family Your relatives are the members of your family.
E.g.: Most of my relatives are living in Shaoxing.cousin (n): 1-a child of a person’s aunt or uncle, or, more generally, a distant (= not close) relation
堂(或表)兄弟;堂(或表)姐妹;远房亲戚
E.g.: Joe has nine cousins – five girls and four boys.humid (adj)-潮湿的, an atmosphere or climate that is very damp/wet, and usually very hot.
E.g.: Shanghai is very hot and humid in the summer.
E.g.: a hot and humid climate
炎热而潮湿的气候brag(v): 1-to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own
吹嘘,夸耀
E.g.: She’s always bragging about how much money she earns.
她老是吹嘘自己挣钱如何如何多。arrogant (adj): 1-Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
E.g.: He is an arrogant man.他是个傲慢的人。
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VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
April 26, 2019
Homework
https://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrk1ubcs.html?vfm=m_103_txspWrite a short story about the cartoon
Vocabulary
medal (n): 1-牌 a small metal disc, with words or a picture on it, given as a reward for a brave action, for winning a competition, or to remember a special event
E.g.: She won three Olympic gold medals.
她获得了3块奥运会金牌。Olympic Games/ The Olympics-奥林匹克运动会,奥运会
E.g.: The Olympic Games are held in a different country on each occasion.
每届奥运会都由不同的国家主办。
E.g.: the Summer/Winter Olympics
夏季/冬季奥运会capital letter a letter of the alphabet in the form and larger size that is used at the beginning of sentences and names大写字母
E.g.: Please print your name in capitals.
请用大写字母以印刷体填写你的名字。 LEOLeo
E.g.: A proper noun should start with a capital.
专有名词首字母必须大写。why not…?-used to make a suggestion or to express agreement
(表示建议或同意)为什么不(呢)?
“Let’s go out for an Italian food tonight.” “Yes, why not?”
“我们今晚去吃意大利菜怎么样?”“好啊,为什么不呢?”last name/surname/second name=姓
Her first name is Sarah but I don’t know her surname.wash (v)to clean something using water洗,清洗,洗涤
E.g.: wash your hair/hands
洗你的头/手
E.g.: wash the car/clothes/floor
洗车/洗衣服/擦洗地板clean (v): 1-to remove dirt from something
把…弄干净;打扫;清洁;清洗
E.g.: I’m going to clean the windows this morning.
今天上午我要擦窗户。
E.g.: You should always clean your teeth after meals.cartoon (n): 1-a TV program or short film, usually a funny one, made using characters and images that are drawn rather than real动画片,卡通片
E.g.: The TV shows kids’ cartoons on Saturday mornings.
电视台在星期六早晨播放儿童动画片。VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
April 20, 2019
Vocabulary
Grammar
Born (v)出生
Where were you born?
I’m Shanghainese but I was born in Hong Kong.
I was born in 2009.
I was born on September 22, 2009.When were you born?
I was born on September 22, 2009.Those are both past tense verbs, because they talk about an event that happened in 2009.
When is your birthday?
I was born on September 22.I’m from mainland (大陆)China
second prize-二等奖
Win (v)赢 to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight…
I won second place in a piano competition
I got/won second prize in a piano competitionHe won (the) second prize in the contest. There’s (usually) only one second prize and that why we don’t have to use THE
Who’s winning?
谁会取胜?Trophy (n)a prize- a gold or silver cup, that is given to the winner of a competition or race
奖杯
E.g.: He’s an excellent runner, but he’s never won a major trophy.major-important
award (n): 1-a prize or an amount of money that is given to someone following an official decision
奖;奖项;奖金;奖品to win/receive/get an award for sth
因某事赢得 / 得到 / 获得奖项Take place-发生,举行
The competition took place in Suzhou
The meeting will take place on April 29th.VIP Class Notes (Lily)[S]
April 13, 2019
Speaking exercise
In Friday Morning, a boy is in his yard.
It’s Friday, the sun is shining, the birds are singing. A boy walks in his yard, a dirty dog is coming. The boy went his home and take a bucket and put water in it. He takes a soap to wash the dog. In the bucket, there are many suds. Then he is a clean dog. The boy feels very happy. The dog is live in his home.
Revised
On Friday Morning, a boy is in his yard.
It’s Friday, the sun is shining, the birds are singing. A boy walks in his yard, a dirty dog is coming. The boy goes to his home and takes a bucket and puts water in it. He uses a soap to wash the dog. In the bucket, there are lots of suds. Then he is a clean dog. The boy feels very happy/excited. The dog lives in his house.
Vocabulary
to describe happy: happy excited surprised delighted glad joyful amused (feel loved)
to describe sad: sad unhappy moody weird awkward (heart broken)
to describe good: good, very good, excellent, well done, fantastic, perfect, amazing, wonderful, marvelous, superb!
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
April 12, 2019
Teddy’s mother had a beautiful vase full of colorful flowers. She put it on the floor. One day Teddy play football indoor, he play long time he was very happy but he kick the ball and the hit the vase. The vase falling down “klingggggggg’ it is break into a lot of pieces. Teddy was very sad, he think ” My mother is kill me”. his mother came she was angry and she shouting ” You buy a vase, now, go quickly!” But Teddy think ” I not have money”, so he was crying.
Teddy’ s mother had a beautiful vase full of colorful flowers. She put it on the floor. One day Teddy was playing football indoors, he played for a long time he was very happy but one moment he kicked the ball and the ball hit the vase. The vase fell down “klingggggggglingiling’ it
isbroke into manyofpieces. Teddy was very sad, he thought ” My mother is going to kill me”. Later his mother came home and she was very angry and she started shouting ” You will buy me a new vase, right away, go quickly!” But Teddy thought ” I don’t have any money”, so he started crying.indoors (adv): 1-into or inside a building往室内;在室内
E.g.: Come indoors, it’s cold outside.
快进屋,外面很冷。outdoors–outside(在)户外,(在)野外
E.g.: If the weather’s good, we’ll eat outdoors (= not in a building).
如果天气好,我们将在室外用餐。kick (v): 1-to hit someone or something with the foot, or to move the feet and legs suddenly and violently踢,踹
E.g.: I kicked the ball as hard as I could.
我用尽全力踢球。vase (n): 1-a container for holding flowers or for decoration
花瓶
E.g.: a vase of flowers
一瓶花sore muscles-
sourmuscles
Every day I play handball, but today i ran a lot so my leg muscles are very sore.Pronunciation
vaise-/veɪs/
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
April 7, 2019
Speaking exercise
Jesse and Leo are good friends. One day, it is snowing in winter and in the morning they go to the park to make a snowman. They buy a black hat and make 2 snow ball. One is big, one is small and they put small one on the big one and they buy a carrot and buttons and a scarf because they want make him look like a person. It’s done and they go to home but sun is shining and the snowman melts.
They learn snow and hot it can melt so in hot day they can’t make snowman and they feel sad and then they cry.
Jesse and Leo are good friends. One day, it is snowing in winter so in the morning they go to the park to make a snowman. They buy a black hat and make 2 snow balls. One is big, and one is small so they put small one on the big one and they buy a carrot, buttons and a scarf because they want to make him look like a person. When they’re done, they go home but the sun is shining so the snowman melts.
They learn that if snow becomes / gets hot it can melt so on hot days they can’t make snowmen and they feel sad so they cry.
Vocabulary
fat = heavy / big
thin = slimGrammar
they are all special places!
go home
come here
go thereI know that your name is Leo
at night – the time when the sun is gone
during the day / in the daytimeVIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
March 31, 2019
Next Class Focus
Leo needs to focus on the grammar mistakes from today in orange. If he makes these mistakes he needs to correct himself 100%.
Grammar
the monster killed his daughter and she became a mermaid
she is became – she became
I go / You go / They go / We go
She goes / He goes / It goes / Jesse goes形容现在的情况
He is Leo (n)
He is a boy (n)
He is happy (adj)
He is here (adv / n)
He is running (v)He is run
He is kill
He is sleepI like you
You like me
He likes me
I like himI go / You go / They go / We go
She goes / He goes / It goes / Jesse goesthere is a class on the table
must = has to = need to = 需要做的
other classes
Don’t say “what?”- say “sorry?” if you don’t understand.
Speaking exercise
Jesse helped to write this. Leo corrected himself every time he made a mistake.
A Sunday morning, the sun is shining and the birds are singing. It’s a fine day, the boy, Leo, is walking on the path but there is a stone on the path and he falls down and his hand hurts and he goes to his home and washes his hand in the fountain. After that, he goes to the hospital and the doctor gives him medicine because he’s hurt. The doctor also gives him 2 bandages and the boy feels better.
Leo learns don’t run on the path because you will fall down. After the doctor he feels better and he doesn’t run on the path.

VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
March 23, 2019
Vocabulary
time goes backwards-时间倒流
In this story time goes backwardsbackwards (adv): 1-towards the direction that is opposite to the one in which you are facing or opposite to the usual direction向后地
E.g.: I walked backwards towards the door.
我向门口退去。
E.g.: He began counting backwards: “Ten, nine, eight…”他开始倒计数:“10,9,8…”forward (adv):towards the direction that is in front of you向前
padlock/lock (n):a small metal lock with a U-shaped bar挂锁,扣锁
chain (n): 1-(a length of) rings usually made of metal that are connected together and used for fastening, pulling, supporting, or limiting freedom, or as jewellery链条,链子;锁链;项链
E.g.: The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain.
大门被一把挂锁和一根沉重的钢链锁着。fairytale 童话
binoculars-a pair of tubes with glass lenses at either end that you look through to see things far away more clearly双目镜,双筒望远镜
E.g.: a pair of binoculars
一副双筒望远镜thief小偷
sew (v):to join two pieces of cloth together by putting thread through them with a needle缝;做针线活儿
E.g.: My grandmother taught me to sew.
我祖母教我做针线活儿。awake (adj): 1-not sleeping醒着的
E.g.: It was 3 a.m. and we were still awake.
E.g.: “Is Oliver awake yet?” “Yes, he’s wide (= completely) awake and running around his bedroom.”
“奥利弗醒了吗?”“是的,他完全醒了,正在卧室里乱跑呢。”wake (sb) up (v): 1-to (cause to) become conscious after sleeping(某人)醒来;叫醒(某人),弄醒(某人)
E.g.: Come on, wake up – breakfast is ready.
快点,快醒醒——早饭都准备好了。
E.g.: Today I woke up at 9am.Speaking exercise
The king have a daughter but his daughter is killed by a monster and she is became a mermaid and king have 4 sons too and older brother have a telescope and he can see everything, second brother can take everything but they don’t know he will take it. third brother have a bow and arrow and the arrow can kill everything. And the 4th brother can sew. And then they are help mermaid and they take ship there and the monster is sleep, under the monster was mermaid and the second brother take the mermaid but monster wake up and 3rd brother is kill it but the monster go down to the ship and the 4th brother makes the ship not broken. And the king’s daughter is not a mermaid she’s a gongzhu
The king had a daughter but his daughter got killed by a monster and she
isbecame a mermaid. The king also had 4 sonstoo,the eldest brother had a telescope and he was able to see everything, Second brother could take anything and people wouldn’t notice that he took it. Third brother had a bow and arrow and with that arrow he could kill everything. And the 4th brother knew how to sew. They decided to help their sister the mermaid so they took a ship and found the monster monster was sleeping, under the monster was mermaid so the second brother took the mermaid but monster woke up and the 3rd brother killed it but the monster hit the ship and ship started sinking then the 4th brother fixed the ship. At the end the king’s daughter was not mermaid anymore she became a princesVIP Class Notes (Nemo)[R]
March 22, 2019
Reading
Astronauts are people who travel and work in space. Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the moon. He helped people on earth learn more about the moon.
In 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins flew to the moon in a spaceship. Collin stayed in a part of the spaceship that circled the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in a part of the spaceship called the Eagle. On July 20, Armstrong came out of the Eagle and stepped onto the moon. He said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Armstrong and Aldrin took rocks and soil from the moon. They studied the area and put up the flag of the United States. Then all three astronauts went home safely. This was an exciting time in American history.Vocabulary
online class-在线课堂
online (adj): 1-Online products, services, or information can be bought or used on the internet.(产品、服务或信息)联网的,在线的,网上的
E.g.: an online newspaper/magazine/dictionary
网上报纸/网络杂志/在线词典
E.g.: online banking/shopping
网上银行服务/购物mascot (n):a person, animal, or object that is believed to bring good luck, or one that represents an organization吉祥物
E.g.: a team mascot
球队的吉祥物astronaut (n): 1-a person who has been trained for travelling in space宇航员,航天员
exciting (adj): 1-making you feel excited令人兴奋的;使人激动的;刺激的
E.g.: an exciting movie/soundtrack
扣人心弦的电影/电影配乐
E.g.: You’re going to Africa? How exciting!
你要去非洲?真是太刺激了!crater (n):火山口;(火山口似的)坑1-the round hole at the top of a volcano, or a hole in the ground similar to this
E.g.: the huge crater of Vesuvius
巨大的维苏威火山口
E.g.: a bomb crater
炸弹坑
E.g.: With a good telescope, you can see craters on the moon.
用好的望远镜能看到月亮上的环形山。temperature-温度
E.g.: The doctor examined him and took his temperature (= measured it).
医生给他做了检查,并量了他的体温。flag (n): 1-旗,旗帜 a piece of cloth, usually rectangular and attached to a pole at one edge, that has a pattern that shows it represents a country or a group, or has a particular meaning
E.g.: Chinese flag is red and it got 5 starsVIP Class Notes (Nemo)[W]
March 16, 2019
Writing exercise
I want flying to the space. So now, I’m a pilot. I’m go to the space Im in the US. My friends are in the US too. Once everyone was in and strapped in the astronauts begin to flip switches, call out orders and check monitors displaying information. My family was at the launch pad. I saw them out of the window. They were worrying. And then the crew leader called out “Ready team! Four! Three! Two! One! Blast off!” The Earth is too small. Because we are on the Moon but we are very hungry, but I saw a supermarket. We go there and get some food – Moon pie and Moon bread. I am a good boy I can make hotel. Now we are live in it to now….
I always wanted to fly to the space. So now, I’m a pilot. I’m go to the space Im in the US. My friends are in the US too. Once everyone got in and strapped to their seats the astronauts begun to flip switches, call out orders and check monitors displaying information. My family was on the launch pad. I saw them out of the window, they were worried. And then the crew leader/captain called out “Ready team! Four! Three! Two! One! Blast off!” The Earth is so small Because we are already on the Moon and we are very hungry, but I saw a supermarket. We went there and got some food – Moon pie and Moon bread. I am a good boy I decided that I will make a hotel. Now we are live in it to now….
Vocabulary
take off-起飞
land (v):使(飞机)平稳着陆 to bring a plane down to the ground in a controlled way
E.g.: The pilot landed the plane safely.飞行员驾驶飞机安全着陆。captain (n): 1-船长;机长 the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft
The captain gave the order to abandon ship.船长下令弃船。landing gear-起落装置
breaks (n)-制动器;刹车;车闸
Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
E.g.: She had no brakes on her bicycle.
E.g.: The driver suddenly put on his brakes.decide (v)决定
E.g.: Today I decided that I will study English very hard!
E.g.: She decided (that) she would travel to India.她决定去印度。decision (n): 1-a choice that you make about something after thinking about several possibilities决定;决策;选择
E.g.: She has had to make some very difficult decisions.
她必须作出某些非常艰难的决定。I can play this on piano
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
March 15, 2019
Homework
Write a short story about being a pilot-写一个飞行员的短篇故事
pretend (v):to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game假装,伪称;(游戏中)装扮
E.g.: Were you just pretending to be interested?
你只是在假装感兴趣吗?
E.g.: She’s not really hurt – she’s only pretending.
她并不是真的受了伤——她只是在装。I think that my classmate was only pretending that he is going to punch me我想我的同学只是假装要打我
choir (n): a group of people who sing together 合唱队;(尤指教堂的)唱诗班
E.g.: He sings in the church choir.他在教堂唱诗班唱歌。
E.g.: choir practice 合唱队的练习bump (n): 1- a round, raised area on a surface or on the body
E.g.: Enrique had a nasty bump on his head from when he fell down.恩里克摔倒了,脑袋上磕了个大肿包。How did you get that bump on your head?你的头怎么撞到的?
decrease (v): to become less, or to make something become less(使)减少(使)下降;使)降低
E.g.: The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year.今年新生人数从210减少到160。first you need to decrease the speed首先你需要降低速度
increase (v): 1-to (make something) become larger in amount or size增大;增加;增强
E.g.: The price of oil increased.石油价格上涨了。VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
March 9, 2019
Vocabulary
thief (n): 1-a person who steals小偷,贼
E.g.: The thief broke into the office last nightsteal (v): 1- to take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it
偷,窃
E.g.: A thief stole my phone last night.steering wheel (n): 方向盘1- a wheel in a vehicle that the driver turns in order to make the vehicle go in a particular direction
E.g.: If you want to go left you should turn your steering wheel leftshake (v): 摇晃
E.g.: Turn the bottle upside down and shake it.wheelchair (n): 1-轮椅, a chair on wheels that people who are unable to walk use for moving around:
unpack (v): 1-to remove things from a suitcase, bag, or box:
E.g.: I haven’t even had time to unpack (my suitcase/clothes).
E.g.: Have you unpacked your suitcase yet?spit (v): 1-吐出to force out the contents of the mouth, especially saliva:
E.g.: He spat the meat out in cause he didn’t like the taste
E.g.: They bought watermelons and ate them as they walked, spitting out the seeds.chase (v):追逐 1-to hurry after someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it:
E.g.: The police car was going so fast, it must have been chasing someone.
E.g.: She was chasing (after) a man who had snatched her bag.Speaking exercise
It’s a fine day the sun is shining the birds are singing, Mr Bean is having a picnic and a thief wants to steal Mr Bean’s car but he can’t drive car because Mr Bean is take steering wheel and then Mr Bean is putting the suitcase now he is having a picnic he has a cake and a bottle of orange juice. He’s sitting but a bee is coming, the bee wants to eat the cake so Mr Bean is want catch it but the bee is flying to the bottle inside and Mr Bean is drink the juice and buzzzzzzzzzzzz….. and then he catch the bee in bottle and shakes the bottle but the bee is not over so they run and run
It’s a fine day, sun is shining and birds are singing, Mr Bean is having a picnic and a thief wants to steal Mr Bean’s car but he can’t drive the car because Mr Bean took the steering wheel out of the car. When Mr Bean finally found the right spot he started unpacking his suitcase. Finally he can start enjoying the picnic having a piece of cake and a bottle of orange juice. He’s sat down but suddenly a bee is flew toward him, the bee wants to eat the cake, so Mr Bean is wants to catch it but the bee flew in the bottle. Mr Bean haven’t seen this and when he started drinking the juice bee got into his mouth buzzing. Mr Bean spat the bee out and then he caught the bee in the bottle and started shaking the bottle but the bee flew out and it started chasing Mr Bean around the park
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
March 1, 2019
Vocabulary
air freshener (n):空气清新剂, a substance or device that makes a room or vehicle smell pleasant:
E.g.: We need some more air freshener for the bathroom.filter (n): 1-any of several types of equipment or devices for removing solids from liquids or gases, or for removing particular types of light:
E.g.: a water filter
E.g.: a dust filter
E.g.: air filtercontact lenses-隐形眼镜
comfortable
舒适的uncomfortable-不舒服的
E.g.: Contact lenses are uncomfortabledo you wear glasses?
你戴眼镜吗?North Pole-北极
melt (v): 1-融化, to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this:
E.g.: The snow usually melts by mid March.Speaking exercise
I take the airplane to the North Pole travel. I see many polar bears is on the ice, then I can see two baby polar bears are swim with their mother. Mother is teach them how to catch the fish and how to eat the fish. Now sun is shining it’s hot to polar bears and ice is 融化。 Polar bears are sad and worried
I took an airplane to reach the North Pole. I saw many polar bears
ison the ice, then Icansaw two baby polar bears they were swimming with their mother. Mother was teaching them how to catch the fish and how to eat the fish. Now, sun is shining it’s hot for polar bears and the ice is melting。 Polar bears are sad and worried.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
February 23, 2019
Vocabulary
polite (adj)-文雅的, 有礼貌的,behaving in a way that is socially correct and shows understanding of and care for other people’s feelings:
E.g.: I’m afraid I wasn’t very polite to her.
E.g.: She sent me a polite letter thanking me for my invitation.Impolite-不礼貌的
E.g.: It is impolite to pick your nose in front of other peopleblood-血
E.g.: to give blood (= to have blood taken from you so that it can be used in the medical treatment of other people)献血soy sauce-酱油
team captain 队的队长
E.g.: A friend of mine is a football team captain, he’s a bad student, but he’s a good sportsmanfable (n):寓言;寓言故事 a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with animals as characters; these stories considered as a group
E.g.: Aesop’s Fables伊索寓言
E.g.: …the fable of the tortoise and the hare…龟兔赛跑的寓言he teaches me how to compose
他教我如何作曲you have a time machine and you go to the past
你有一台时光机,你可以回到过去Speaking exercise
One day I wanted to buy time machine, I bought it on Taobao so now my mother give me many money to go to the past and to here. Back in the past there’s house is very cheap so I bought one. I decided to meet Mozart, play piano with him. Here’s street is very old but clean Mozart and me are in his home, he teach me write music and Mozart was teach Beethoven now, I wanted together but Mozart said no
One day I decided to buy the time machine, I bought it on Taobao.
so nowmy mother give me a lot of money to go to the past . Back in the past houses are very cheap so I bought one. I decided to meet Mozart and to play piano with him. streets over here are very old but clean, Mozart and me went to his home, he taught me how to write music. Mozart was teaching Beethoven too, I wanted to have a class together with him but Mozart said noVIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
February 22, 2019
Vocabulary
lifeguard (n):海滩或游泳池的)救生员
a person who is employed at a beach or a swimming pool to rescue people who are in danger in the water
E.g.: During my high school I worked as a lifeguardslide (n): a structure for children to play on which has a slope for them to slide down
E.g.: to go down the slide溜滑梯whistle (n): 1-an object that you hold to your lips and blow through in order to make a loud, high sound:
E.g.: The lifeguard blew his whistlediving board-跳水台, a board that sticks out over a swimming pool, from which people can dive (= jump) into water below
E.g.: This summer I jumped off the high diving board.hang (v): 悬挂 hung, hung -to fasten or support something at the top leaving the other parts free to move, or to be held in this way:
E.g.: A heavy gold necklace hung around her neck.
E.g.: Hang your coat up on the hook. 把你的大衣挂在衣钩上。naked-裸体的, not covered by clothes:
E.g.: He was naked to the waist腰 (= not wearing clothes above his waist).
E.g.: The children were half naked.Speaking exercise
Mr Bean went to a swimming pool, he wants sit on the slide but lifeguard whistled to Mr Bean telling him you can’t do it. Mr Bean saw a diving board and he climbed up, but when he got up, he afraid. Long time he was trying to jump but he couldn’t. Two boys came up they waiting for Mr Bean to jump. Mr Bean was hanging from the diving board and then one of the boys stepped his hand and he fall down. When he fall down his shorts 掉了, he swimming to take the shorts but his shorts little girl take . So he was naked.
Mr Bean went to a swimming pool, he wanted to go down the slide but lifeguard whistled to Mr Bean telling him that he can’t do it. Next,Mr Bean saw a diving board and he climbed up to the top, but when he got up, he became afraid. he was trying to jump off the diving board for a long time but he couldn’t. Two boys came up and they were waiting on Mr Bean to jump. Mr Bean was hanging off the diving board and then one of the boys stepped on his hand and he fell down. When he fell down his shorts fell off , He swam to take the shorts but his shorts was taken by a little girl . So he was naked.
VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]
February 13, 2019
Next Class Focus
cover in more details when to use the past perfect.Homework
What did you do last week end? (use the past tense)Speaking exercise
In new year holiday my family was go to the Shaoxing and my uncle, aunt, grandparents is living there.
In there we play fireworks and ate a nice dinner. My mother’s relatives got red packets.
I like Chinese new year because I can got many red packets and can eat many good dishes. I came back to Shanghai yesterday afternoon. I was happy to come back because I can play with my cousin.
In the new year holiday my family went to Shaoxing. My uncle, my aunt and my grandparents are living there.
In there we lit/used fireworks and ate a nice dinner.My mother’s relatives gave red packets to me / I got/received red packets from my mother’s relatives.
I like Chinese new year because I can get many red packets and can eat many good dishes. I came back to Shanghai yesterday afternoon. I was happy to come back because I can play with my cousin.Vocabulary
to light (light fireworks / light a candle/ light a fire) 点燃 [Light / lit / lit]
I light a candle at night.dishes 菜
I like to eat Chinese dishes.
We had 5 dishes that night.relative 亲戚
We visited our relatives during the new year.fireworks 烟花
When we used fireworks that day we were very happy.hero / 英雄
I like to play this hero.character (someone in a movie / game)
I don’t like the main character in this moviered packet 红包
I got red packets from my grandparents.snacks 小吃
I like to eat snacks when I watch a movie.Grammar
Present:
study / studied / studied
see / saw (past) / seen (past particle)
teach / taught / taughtPresent simple:
Today, I study English.
I go to school at 8am.
I play piano after school.Present continuous (be +vIng):
I am studying English.
They are playing Ping Pong in the garden.
I am talking with my father.
She is writing some homework.Present perfect (have + past particle):
I have never been to Beijing.
We have lost the game.
I have finished my homework.
My friend has seen the movie.
I have visited my grandparents during the holiday.Past tense
Past simple:
I played basketball yesterday.
I just had dinner.
I finished the book last week.
Mother taught me math yesterday.
We ate KFC last week.Past continuous (be +vIng)
She was writing some homework this morning.
They were playing Ping Pong in the garden last week.
My classmate were listening to the teacher yesterday morning.
We were playing soccer during last summer.Past perfect (had + past particle)
I had never been to Beijing.
I had been to Shanghai once before I decided to work there.
We had never visited my uncle but last week we decided to go see him.
I had never been to HK.I came to Shanghai in 2014 (past simple). I went to Hong Kong in 2015 (past simple) I had been to Japan in 2013 but I had never been to China before 2014 (past perfect).
Pronunciation
relatives
hero
character
VIP Class Notes (Whitney) (S)
January 29, 2019
Homework
Revise the past and present tense words that we learnt today.
Vocabulary
sink (v) 下沉
I watched a short video today about how the Titanic started to sinkcaptain (n) 船长
There was a captain on board the Titanic shipHorn (n) 角
Rhino has a horn on its headIntelligent (adj) smart 聪明
A dolphin is a very intelligent animalShell (n) 壳
The turtle has a shell on its backAustralia (n) 澳大利亚
Jesse, Whitney and koalas are all from Australia.Past Tense
In the morning, he made coffee
Earlier, the ducklings followed their mother.
Last year, profits decreased
Present Tense vs. Past Tense
Cut / Cut – only cut stays the same even when referring to the past.
Stand / Stood
Lose / Lost
Talk / Talked
Move / Moved
Throw / Threw
Forget / Forgot
Study / Studied
Add / Added
Speaking exercise
Original
The Titanic hit the iceburg at 11:50PM. Then this ship is ____ and has many water. So some people got onto the small boat but some people fell into the ocean. They died because of in the water too long and cold. The captain died on the boat. Another boat Carpathia come to pick up the people in the small boats.
Corrected
The Titanic hit an iceburg at 11:50PM. Then this ship started to sink
isand was full ofhas manywater. So some people got onto the lifeboatssmall boatbut some people fell into the ocean. They died because they wereofin the water too long and got too cold. The captain died on the boat. Another boat called Carpathiacomecame to pick up the people in thesmall boatlifeboats.VIP Class Notes (Whitney) (R)
January 28, 2019
Homework
Review the words used in the “hangman” exercise
Vocabulary
1985 – ninteen eighty five
2019 – two thousand nineteen
1991 – nineteen ninety-onecamera (n) 相机
We used a camera to take pictures during our holidayboiler (n) 锅炉
The Titanic had a boiler on board to run the shipluxury (n) 奢华
The Titanic had many luxury things on board.panel (n) 板子
The wood panel on the floor is loose.Grammar
is/are
Singular = one thing
is = he/she
He is drinking coffee
She is reading a bookPlural = many things
are = they or “s” more than one thing
Donkeys are grey
Bees are not heavy
They are watching a moviePronunciation
Titanic = ti-tan-ick
Palace = pa-lace
Crystal = kris-tal
Passenger = pass-en-jers
Gym = jim
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
January 26, 2019
Vocabulary
proud (adj): feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people connected with you have done or got something good:
E.g.: You must be very proud of your son.
E.g.: I’m proud of my mother.-我为我母亲感到骄傲help others
与人为善;助人honesty (n):诚实 the quality of being honest:
E.g.: I appreciate your honesty.
E.g.: She answered all my questions with her usual honesty.她像平常一样老老实实地回答了我的所有问题。honest (adj): 1-telling the truth or able to be trusted and not likely to steal, cheat, or lie:
E.g.: She’s completely honest.
E.g.: I’d like you to give me an honest answerrespect (n): 1-politeness, honor, and care shown towards someone or something that is considered important:
E.g.: You really should treat your parents with more respect.
E.g.: She has no respect for other people’s property (= she does not treat it carefully).respect others
尊重他人fair/just-公正的 (adj): treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:
E.g.: a fair trial
E.g.: Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It’s not fair!
E.g.: It’s not fair on Joe (= it is not right) to make him do all the work!be polite-彬彬有礼
be impolite-不礼貌
what’s an impolite behavior?
什么是不礼貌的行为?own (v): to have something that legally belongs to you:
E.g.: We own our house.
E.g.: I’ve never owned a car in my life.owner (n): 主人
E.g.: Who’s the owner of this phone?
Leo’s the owner of that phonespeak-spoken
write-writtenMy mother’s spoken English is not so good, but her written English is really good!
vocabulary (n): 1-all the words known and used by a particular person:
E.g.: a wide/limited vocabulary-词汇量大 / 有限
E.g.: By the age of two a child will have a vocabulary of about two hundred words.My mother’s vocabulary is rich, but Leo’s vocabulary is poor. 🙂
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
January 25, 2019
Vocabulary
lap (n): 1-a complete trip around a race track that is repeated several times during a competition:
E.g.: Today I swam 30 laps.crawl (n): a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs
E.g.: My favorite style is crawlbackstroke (n): 1-a way of swimming in which you lie on your back and move one arm and then the other straight behind you so that they pass the sides of your head, while kicking with your legs:
E.g.: Can you do backstroke?butterfly (n):the butterfly, butterfly stroke a way of swimming on your front by kicking with your legs while raising your arms together out of the water and then bringing them down in front of you
coffee machine-咖啡机
comes in many colors-有多种颜色pleasant清香/unpleasant 恶臭smell
Pronunciation
crawl-/krɑːl/
Speaking exercise
a plant
This is a plant.Its name is carnation it has flower it’s beautiful. It can make seeds and it has a long stem. I like this flower it has many colors, my favorite color is red because red is color of love and it can makes me feel warm. The smell of this plant is very pleasant and I can buy one on mother’s day and give it to her.
This is the plant I want to tell you about. Its name is carnation it has a flower and the flower is beautiful. It can make seeds and it has a long stem. I like this flower it comes in many different colors, my favorite color is red because red is color of love and it
canmakes me feel warm. The smell of this plant is very pleasant and I can buy one on the mother’s day and give it to her/my mother.VIP Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
January 19, 2019
Vocabulary
set meal-套餐
E.g.: Hi , I would like to order a set mealwaiter-服务员, a man whose job is to bring the food to customers at their tables in a restaurant
E.g.: A waiter came to the table to take our order.walnut-核桃
E.g.: a pear and walnut salad
E.g.: walnut cookieshazelnut-榛子
E.g.: Hazelnuts come from the hazel tree.pistachio -开心果
Pistachio is a nut with a hard shell containing a green seed that can be eatenfollow the arrow-
become (v)-成为, to start to be:
E.g.: He became a US citizen in 2016.
E.g.: The days are becoming shorter.dean-院长, a high-ranking official in a college or university responsible for a department, teachers, students, etc.:
E.g.: John is the dean of the law school.object-(grammar 语法) 宾语(包括直接宾语、间接宾语)
a noun, noun phrase or pronoun that refers to a person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb (called the direct object ), or that the action is done to or for (called the indirect object )In the sentence “I like ice cream”, “ice cream” is the object of the verb “like”.
mathematician-数学家, someone who studies, teaches, or is an expert in mathematics
E.g.: My mother is a mathematician好好学习,天天向上。Study well and make progress every day
Speaking exercise
When I grow up I want to become a manager because manager is very rich. I want to become a dean of Beijing University. I want to study math and become a mathematician. So I need to study good and make progress every day.
When I grow up I want to become a manager because managers are usually very rich. I want to become a dean of Beijing University. I want to study math and become a mathematician. So I need to study good and make progress every day.
VIP Class Notes (Nemo)
January 18, 2019
Vocabulary
scratch (n): a mark made by scratching:
E.g.: Her legs were covered in scratches and bruises after her walk through the forest.
E.g.: There was a scratch on the CD.laugh (n): 1-笑
laugh (v): 1-to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy:
E.g.: They laughed at her jokes.
E.g.: I couldn’t stop laughing.joke (n):笑话 1-something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh:
E.g.: Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?
E.g.: Do you know any funny jokes?piece of cake-小菜一碟, something that is very easy to do:
E.g.: The exam was a piece of cake.字-word, character
E.g.: The address was written in Chinese/Japanese charactersyolk (n): 蛋黄,the yellow, middle part of an egg:
E.g.: Separate the yolks from the whites.separate (v): 1-to (cause to) divide into parts:
E.g.: I know how to separate yolks from the whitesegg white -the transparent part of an egg that turns white when it is cooked
sunny side up eggs单面煎鸡蛋
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
January 12, 2019
Vocabulary
cough (v)- 咳嗽
E.g.: I coughed all night long.
E.g.: I’ve been coughing for the last two weekssalary-工资
E.g.: an annual salary of £40,000
E.g.: His net monthly salary is €2,500.monthly-每月,happening, used, etc.) once a month:
E.g.: If you ride the bus a lot, you should buy a monthly ticket.
E.g.: We’re paid monthly.annual –每年的, 一年一次地 once a year
gloves (n): 1-a piece of clothing that is worn on the hand and wrist for warmth or protection, with separate parts for each finger:
E.g.: Those gloves look nice and warm.brain-脑, the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, and activity:
E.g.:share the rent-分享租金
share (v)-分享, to divide food, money, goods, etc. and give part of it to someone else:
E.g.: Will you share your sandwich with me?rent an apartment-租房子
E.g.: My family rented a car in MalaysiaI want to rent a car. 我要租一部汽车。
华夫-waffle
E.g.: Often I have a waffle for breakfastSpeaking exercise
Every Saturday I and my mother and sister always go to a caffe, and to there we eat or drink everything. I do my homework my sister is do her homework too, and my mother is reading book. Sometimes my father is go there and my mother and father always talk about we don’t know what they talk about. I usually eat huafu and drink orange juice, my sister drinks coffee and eat with me, my mother is not eat but she often drink tea.
Every Saturday I go to a caffe together with my mother and sister, there we eat or drink anything we want. Over there I do my homework, my sister is doing her homework too,and my mother is reading a book. Sometimes, my father comes there too and my mother and father always talk to each other and we don’t know what they are talking about. I usually have a waffle and drink some orange juice, my sister drinks coffee and eats with me, my mother doesn’t eat anything but she often drinks a cup of tea.
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
January 11, 2019
Speaking exercise
On new years day I went to the hangzhou and my father played with me 3 days. He say on the night he is play with me too but in the night he sleep is very good so I’m not happy. I’m sleep too. We go to the zhe da because zhe da is my mother’s university.
Today I got up at 7 o’clock and I washed my hand, I brushed my teeth and went down and ate / to eat breakfast. The breakfast is really yummy, it is egg and rice. I spent 10 minutes to eat it and I recited text for 10 minutes which was annoying.
On new years day I went to Hangzhou and my father played with me for 3 days. He said at night he will play with me too but at night he slept very well so I was not happy. I slept too. We went to zhe da because zhe da was my mother’s university.
Today I got up at 7 o’clock and I washed my face and I brushed my teeth and went down and ate / to eat breakfast. The breakfast was really yummy, it was egg and rice. I spent 10 minutes to eat it and I recited text for 10 minutes which was annoying.
Vocabulary
noisy = loud
annoying = hen fanfrench fries / chips – shu tiao
VIP Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
January 5, 2019
Vocabulary
degree-度-°
E.g.: Water boils at 100° ( 100 degrees) Celsius/Centigrade.
E.g.: A right angle is an angle of 90°.high fever-高烧
nauseous (adj): 1-feeling as if you might vomit:
E.g.: Roller coasters make me feel nauseous.roller coaster (n): 1-过山车
remote controlled cars-遥控车
midnight (n)-午夜, twelve o’clock in the middle of the night:
E.g.: There’s a great film on TV at midnight.
E.g.: It was after midnight when we got home.connect to wifi-连接到WiFi
niece (n): 1-a daughter of your brother or sister, or a daughter of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister
nephew (n): 1-a son of your sister or brother, or a son of the sister or brother of your husband or wife
we’re not religious-我们不信教
religious (adj)-宗教的
E.g.: My family is not religious
E.g.: My grandparents are religious, they believe in BuddhaBuddha-佛
believe-相信, to be certain that something exists:
E.g.: Do you believe in ghosts?celebrate (v)-庆祝, to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth special on it.
E.g.: Tom celebrated his 10th birthday two days ago.How do people celebrate New Year in your country? 你们国家的人怎样庆贺新年?
People eat 年夜饭, my grandparents believe in Buddha, we pray to Buddha and eat so in New Years we always fat
年夜饭-Family reunion dinnercalendar (n)-日历, a printed table showing all the days, weeks, and months of the year:
E.g.: I’ve marked his birthday on the calendar.
E.g.: An old calendar for 2018 was still hanging on the wall of his room.sauna-桑拿, a room or small building, often with wooden walls, that is heated to a high temperature and in which people sit for their health
E.g.: After the class I’ll go to a sauna
-a hotel with a swimming pool and sauna-带游泳池和桑拿浴室的旅馆to have/take a sauna-洗桑拿浴
表姐
Elder female cousinpoor (adj):deserving sympathy:值得同情
E.g.: That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing!
E.g.: Look at that dog – the poor thing only has three legs.Speaking exercise
Tomorrow I go to my classmate’s birthday party and celebrate my 表姐 son 1 years old. But I’m tired and sick so I don’t know I go there or not. My classmate is a girl, she’s 9 years old, her name is Emily but I don’t want to go there. She will celebrate in a hotel. My little cousin will celebrate his birthday in a shopping mall
Tomorrow I will go to my classmate’s birthday party and after that celebrate my cousin’s 1st birthday. But I’m tired and sick so I don’t know if I’ll go there or not. My classmate is a girl, she’s 9 years old, her name is Emily but I don’t want to go to her birthday party. She will celebrate in a hotel. My little cousin will celebrate his birthday in a shopping mall
VIP Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]
December 8, 2018
Vocabulary
1.scissors= it can cut papers
ex: We can use scissors to cut papers.
Reading
School supplies
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/songs-quiet-please-lyrics.pdf
Speaking exercise
Tell me about the teachers in you school. What are they like?
math teacher: She has a pair of glasses, she is short and thin. Her clothes is very big. Everyday she was very happy. she always give me sweets because my mark is very good.
Chinese teacher: My Chinese teacher very look like female tiger. If my mark is bad, she will shout at me. If bad student mark is bad, she is very angry, and she is shout “go to door, and stand there”. She will phone to his mother and father.
PE teacher: He is fat and tall. He always wear sportswear. He always nice to me because I skip rope is very good: one minute is 191. So he is really like me. Other students skip rope is not like me, so PE teacher is very angry and he tell Chinese teacher.
Revised
math teacher: She has a pair of glasses, she is short and thin. Her clothes are very big. Everyday she is very happy. she always gives me sweets because my mark is very good.
Chinese teacher: My Chinese teacher looks like a female tiger. If my mark is bad, she will shout/yell at me. If a bad student‘s mark is bad, she will be very angry, and she will shout “go to the door, and stand there”. She will phone
tohis mother and father/ parents.PE teacher: He is fat and tall. He always wears sportswear. He is always nice to me because I skip rope well: I can skip 191 times in one minutes. So he
isreally likes me. Other students cannot skip rope like me, so PE teacher is very angry and he tells the Chinese teacher.F2F Class Notes (Nicholas)
December 7, 2018
Next Class Focus
Continue reading, basic videos for listening and speaking exercises.
Vocabulary
soldier / 士兵
e.g. Do you want to be a Roman soldier?
dangerous / 危险
e.g. No, I do not want to be a Roman soldier because it is dangerous.
unlucky / 不幸
e.g. Also, maybe the soldier will be unlucky and die.
lazy 懒惰
e.g. Lazy students get bad grades. Leo is not a lazy student.
believe 相信
e.g. I believe my parents are the best parents in the world!
magical 神奇
e.g. I want a magical eraser! Maybe I can erase my friends with it!
liar 骗子
e.g. Children should not be liars. They should always tell the truth. (真理)
athletes 运动员
e.g. Who is an athlete? Lebron James is an athlete. Tiger Woods is also an athlete.
start 开始
e.g. When will you start your homework? Tomorrow maybe…maybe the next day.
Grammar
Would you want to be a Roman soldier? Why or why not?
No, I would not want to be a Roman soldier because…
because I work a very very long time / because being a Roman soldier is hard work / because if I was a Roman soldier, I would have to work very hard.
I eat food is very bad / Also, the food tastes (口味) very bad.
I go away my parents long time and this makes me feel sad / Finally, I must leave my parents for a long time — this makes me so sad.
“Would” you want = Think about it…use your imagination (想象)
“Would you” = Do you want it? Yes or No.
Leo, should we live on the moon? Why or why not?
Yes, we should live on the moon…
because…here I not have my father and mother, I can fly in there / because on the moon I won’t have my mother or father so I can go anywhere I want.
Also…I can make many house and I can eat and sleep in here /Also, I can make many houses and I can eat and sleep in those houses.
Finally…I can observe (观察) aliens (外星人)/ Finally, maybe…I can observe/see aliens.
Reading
We read many Shel Silverstein poems together. Sorry I can’t add the images for some reason.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
December 1, 2018
Vocabulary
fig-无花果
E.g.: a fig tree无花果树sand (n)沙子, a thing that consists of very small grains of rock, found on beaches and in deserts:
E.g.: a grain of sand
E.g.: The children played all day in/on the sand.I love to build a sand castle and then destroy it我喜欢建造一座沙堡然后摧毁它
Emerald-翡翠
who are the main characters of your story你的故事主要人物是谁?
Main characters of my story are James and meWhere does the story take place?这个故事发生在哪里?
This story takes place in a hotel, this hotel is in Shanghai and the hotel is very big and nicewhen does the story take place?-这个故事什么时候发生?
The story takes place on Friday from 3pm to 8pm .think-想
E.g.: I thought of naming my dog Juju.future tense-将来时
Simple Future Tense
It will snow tomorrow.
I will watch television tonight.
I will visit my cousin laterfriends’s-friends’Beijing opera-京剧
E.g.: I love Beijing opera because it is really nice and beautiful.Relative-亲戚-cousin
E.g.: I’ve got many relatives, most of my relatives live in Shanghai Hangzhou and Shaoxingperformance (n)-表演
E.g.: On my friends’ birthday we watched many different performancessweaty (adj)-汗流浃背
E.g.: After running for a long time I became sweaty.油腻的-Greasy
Fat meat-肥肉
E.g.: I love to eat fat meat because it’s really juicyVocabulary
Today the sun is shining, the birds are singing it’s a fine day and I remember today is my friends’ birthday. After school I am go to his birthday party. I went to their and I see my friend is playing basketball and I play with him and then we eat ice cream and we eat dinner. For dinned we eat 薯条, 糖醋小排…… We see many 表演 like京剧。 there was 101 guests , they were his relatives. We played many games together with our classmates, this game is a run game. I go home at 8pm.
This was a nice day and I had a lot of fun, I want every day I can play like this.
Today the sun is shining, the birds are singing, it’s a fine day and I remembered that today is my friends‘ birthday. After the school I went to his birthday party. I went there and I saw my friend
isplaying basketball and I played with him after that we had some ice cream and we ate dinner. For dinner we ate French fries, sweet and sour ribs…… We watched many plays like Beijing opera. there were 101 guests , they were his relatives. We played many games together with our classmates, one of the games was a run game. I went home at 8pm.This was a nice day and I had a lot of fun, I wish that every day I could play like this.
VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]
November 24, 2018
Homework
Review your vocabulary!
Vocabulary
Rocket – something that flies by creating a large fire at one end 火箭
e.g. We use rockets to get to space.(Outer) Space – very far away from Earth, where the Moon, the Sun, and all the stars are at 太空
Lunar – about the Moon
e.g. China is building lunar rockets (rockets to go to the Moon).有 – Have vs. There is/are
— “Have” is something that is yours
e.g. I have two apples.
— “There is” tells me how many of something are in some place
e.g. At SmartEnglish there is a student named Apple.Flavor – what something tastes like 味道
e.g. This water is lemon-flavored.React – what you do when something happens 反应
e.g. When he saw Ultraman, he reacted with surprise.Toy Car / Model Car
— A toy car is small car for playing with.
— A model car is small car that looks just like a real car.
Dirt – the brown stuff the ground is made of 泥土/尘土
Mud – when water gets into dirt and makes it sticky 泥土Grammar
For grades in school, use words like:
First, Second, Third…Here has Ultraman – Ultraman is here! / There is an Ultraman here
I don’t know everything – I don’t know anything
For names, we don’t use “the” or “a”:
e.g. Nemo, not “the Nemo”
e.g. Leo, not “a Leo”Speaking exercise
I go to school at eight o’clock. Today is my father’s birthday. He is 45 or 46. I’m forgot. I don’t know what gift I give him. Tomorrow I’m very good, because tomorrow I don’t have class. I can play with my father. I want play with, like the car. But he is not can (spin). His is in here (the gun is in the front).
I go to school at eight o’clock. Today is my father’s birthday. He is 45 or 46.
I’mI forgot. I don’t know what gift I should give him. TomorrowI’mwill be a very good day, because tomorrow I don’t have class. I can play with my father. I want to play with, something like this small car. But the gun cannotcanspin. The car’s gun is in the front.Pronunciation
Game vs. Gun – “long a” vs. “short u”
e.g. Game has the same “a” as “rain”
e.g. Gun has the same “u” as “run”F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
November 23, 2018
Vocabulary
命令别人-Command others- tells others what to do
the rope is coated in rubber 绳子涂上橡胶。
I am 10 years old, my sister is 17 years old, so my sister is 7 years older than me.
earn (v): 1-to receive money as payment for work that you do:
E.g.: I earn $80,000 a year.
E.g.: How much do you earn?-你挣多少钱?sight-景象, something that is in someone’s view:
E.g.: Keep your bags in sight.signature (n): 1-签名
E.g.: Please put your signature at the bottom of the page.Jobs
Everyone also have jobs, can be actor, police officer, vet….. When I grow up I want to be a company chairman, because I can have a lot of gold/lots of gold. my father is a manager, everyday he is busy, he 命令别人 what to do work , I don’t know what he do, but I can guess
Everyone’s got a job, a person can be an actor, a police officer, a vet….. When I grow up I want to be a chairman of a company, because I can earn a lot of gold/lots of gold. my father is a manager, everyday he is very busy, he tells other people what to do for work , I don’t know what he’s doing, but I can guess .
VIP F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
November 17, 2018
Vocabulary
Flatmate (n)- roomamate
Someone’s flatmate is a person who shares a flat with them.
合住公寓套间的人;同公寓的房客
E.g.: Jean was my roommate during our first year at college.we need to make a reservation-我们需要预订房间/订桌子。
E.g.: I would like to make a table reservation for two people for nine o’clock.
receptionist接待员, a person who works in an office, store, or hotel, helping visitors or giving information
E.g.: I’m a receptionist. I work with a travel firm.-我是接待员。我在一家旅游公司工作。I would like to add one more person我想再加一个人
Here is the menu, sir. I will be back to take your order in a minute. -这是菜谱,先生。一会儿我回来为你您点菜。
menu菜单
E.g.: Excuse me, could I see the menu?
order-点菜check, please!请结帐。
cash or card-现金-刷卡
E.g.: Will you pay by credit card or in cash?cheap-expensive-便宜-贵
change-零钱-the money that is returned to someone who has paid for something that costs less than the amount that they gave:
E.g.: Keep the changeschool bell-上课铃
competition-比赛-竞争, an organized event in which people try to win a prize by being the best, fastest, etc.:
E.g.: a swimming/chess competitionSpeaking exercise
In my school I have many classmates, they’re my friends. School bell rang and this class is maths we listen to the teacher and we write the classwork how happy. Class is finished we are go to the playground play football competition. Now we are go to the home we say goodbye. Tomorrow we’ll be back to school.
In my school I have many classmates, also they’re my friends. School bell rang and this class is a math class we listen to the teacher and we are taking notes, so happy to do it! Class is finished and we are going to the playground to have a football competition. . After that we are going
to thehome and we say goodbye to each other. Tomorrow we’ll be back to school.F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
November 16, 2018
On 25th of November I’ll have an English exam.
lift/elevator-电梯
E.g.:My apartment is on the 16th floor and I need to take the elevator every day.
E.g.: Take the lift to the sixth floor.traffic jam (n)-交通堵塞, a large number of vehicles close together and unable to move or moving very slowly:
E.g.: I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.昨天我在交通阻塞中呆了一个小时。factory (n): 工厂
E.g.: Every day many workers are working in the factory.
E.g.: a factory worker
E.g.: She works in a car factory.sports center-体育中心
E.g.:Every day I go to a sports center to play handballbus station-公交车站
E.g.: The bus station is close to my school.
E.g.: I’ll meet you at the bus stationtraffic light (n): 1-红绿灯
E.g.: If the traffic light is on red we have to wait until it turns/changes to greenpost office-(n): 1-邮局
E.g.: I need to take this box to the post office, I want to send it to my grandparents.lively-热闹-bustling
office-办公室;办公楼 a room, set of rooms or building where people work, usually sitting at desks
E.g.: Are you going to the office today?你今天去办公室吗?
E.g.: My father is a manager he’s got a big office.pedestrian-行人
坐电梯-take the lift
traveler旅行者
Speaking exercise
Shanghai is a big city it’s lively every day. On the street we can see many cars on the crossings you can see traffic lights and also there is a policeman and have many pedestrians walking across the road.My favorite place in Shanghai is Zhongshan Park, I like to go there because there have lots of fun and many trees. We can play games in the park. There are many hotels in Shanghai and there have many people you can see a big lift because people want to take the lift
Shanghai is a big lively city. On the streets we can see many cars, on the crossings you can see traffic lights and
also there isa policeman there are many pedestrians walking across the road. My favorite place in Shanghai is Zhongshan Park, I like to go there because there you can have lots of fun also, the park is full of beautiful trees. We can play many games in the park. There are many hotels in Shanghai and a lot of travelers stay here, some of the hotels are in tall buildings so people have to take an elevator to reach their roomsF2F Class Notes (Nemo)[W]
November 10, 2018
Vocabulary
balcony-阳台, a platform that is built on the upstairs outside wall of a building, with a wall or rail around it.
E.g.: You can get out onto a balcony from an upstairs room.square meter-平方米
used with units of measurement of length to express the total size of an area面积总面积:
E.g.: The floor is 3 m wide (宽的) by 5 m long (长的), so its total area (总面积为) is 15 sq m.
study (room) 书房, a room, especially in a house, used for quiet work such as reading or writing
go upstairs/go downstairs
working on her computer/typing on her computer
typing (n): 打字the activity of pressing keys on a computer or typewriter keyboard in order to produce letters or numbers on paper:
E.g.: I need you to do some typing for me.
E.g.: My typing speed is 55 words per minute.-我的打字速度是每分钟55字。
E.g.: a typing error/mistakeat her desk-在她的桌子旁
Writing exercise
My home
My home is very nice, my home have 3 floors, there are four people living there and you can open the front door and you can see a hallway, next to hall you can see my aunt is cook dinner in the kitchen. When you go upstairs you can see my mother sitting working on her computer in her study(room), and I’m doing homework in my study room. On the 3rd floor you can see some flowers in there and have a KTV. My dad is watering the flowers .
My home is very nice, it got 3 floors, there are four people living there. When you
canopen the front doorandyou can see a hallway, next to the hallway you can see my auntiscooking/preparing dinner in the kitchen. When you go upstairs you can see my mother sitting at her desk working on her computer in her home office, and I’m doing the homework in my study room. On the 3rd floor you can see some flowers, up there we also have a KTV. Usually my dad is watering the flowers .F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
November 9, 2018
Vocabulary
grade (n): 1-a school class or group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age or ability:
E.g.: Leo is in the third grade.
first grade-一年级
second grade, third grade..….average score-平均成绩
E.g.: My average score is 99.75nickname (n): often humorous, name for a person that is connected with their real name, their personality or appearance, or with sth they have done
E.g.: My best friend’s nickname is 学霸。
E.g.: Jesse’s nickname is 大胡子。best friend-最好的朋友
E.g.: My best friend is James, he’s my classmate.to make fun of someone-取笑某人
It’s not nice to make fun of peopleborn (v)-be born-出生
E.g.: I was born in Hong Kong in 2009.
E.g.: Their baby was born last December.The little boy can add (加法), subtract (减法) and multiply (乘法), but cannot divide (除法).
那小男孩会做加法、减法和乘法,但不会做除法。
divide sth by sth
to calculate the number of times that one number fits (exactly) into another:
E.g.: 10 divided by 5 is/equals 2.VIP F2F Class Notes (Lily)[S]
November 2, 2018
Vocabulary
1.trash= garbage, useless things垃圾
ex: the trash is very smelly.
2。 helicopter= small plane 直升飞机
ex: I have never seen a helicopter
3. next to: beside 旁边
ex: I sit next to my best friend.
4. closest to: 离___最近
ex: Can you give me the book that’s closest to you?
5. farthest to: 离___最远
ex: Can you give me the pencil that’s farthest to you?
6. top/ bottom 高的/低的
on top of…. at the bottom of….
ex: I am on top of the mountain. I am at the bottom of the sea.
7. sell 卖
ex: I want to sell lemonade for money
8. buy 买
ex: I like to buy fake guns
Speaking exercise
Playground
It’s in school, we do exercises on the playground. I play basketball, girls can play ball games. I go to playground in sports class. The playground have basketball fields, football fields, handball fields, and running track. I like the playground because I can play basketball and football in it.
The playground is in the school, we do exercises in the playground. I play basketball, girls can play ball games. I go to playground in PE class. The playground has basketball fields, football fields, handball fields, and running track. I like the playground because I can play basketball and football in it.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
October 27, 2018
Vocabulary
Q:How did you sleep last night?
A:I slept well, thank you
A:I didn’t sleep that wellChildren’s palace
employee employees (n) -雇员, someone who is paid to work for someone else:
E.g.: My father is a manager, his company got many employees!boss-老板
Rope-绳子, it looks like a snake, you can skip it, climb it, tie something with it
E.g.: A sailor threw a rope ashore (上岸) and we tied the boat to a post.stage-舞台curtain-窗帘
actor-actors 演员, someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or television or radio programme:
E.g.: “Who’s your favorite actor?” “Robert de Niro.”表演-preform , to entertain people by dancing, singing, acting, or playing music:
E.g.: She composes and performs her own music.表演节目-give a performance; put on a show;
她表演得很好。She performed very well.normal person-正常人
Speaking exercise
Today I visited (参观了) The Children’s Palace I take bus 71 to go there. In here have many many rope and I climbed it, I see anything there have many many trees and have many many people, they’re happy. After we go to the theater, the theater is on the fourth floor, I see 小鹿Bambi. The actors performed on the stage, they can perform very well, I like this very much.
Today I visited (参观了) The Children’s Palace, I took bus 71 to get there.The place is full of ropes for climbing and I climbed it, once on the top I was able to see everything, there are many many trees and have many many people, they’re happy. After we went to the theater, the theater is on the fourth floor, I saw Little Deer Bambi. The actors performed on the stage, they can perform very well, I liked this show very much.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
October 26, 2018
Vocabulary
sore muscles-肌肉酸痛
visit-探望
visit (v): 1-to go to a place in order to experience it, or to go to a person in order to spend time together:
E.g.: We visited a few galleries while we were in New York.
E.g.: When are we going to visit Grandma?
E.g.: She’s not staying here – she’s just visiting for the afternoon.jack-o’-lantern-魔鬼灯笼
narrow-狭窄的having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with the length:
E.g.: a narrow bridge/passage/gap
E.g.: a narrow face
E.g.: The little village has very narrow streets.
E.g.: Nemo’s nose is very long and narrow.wide (adj)-宽的, having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; not narrow:
E.g.: a wide river/road/gap/foottune/melody (n): 曲调1-a series of musical notes, especially one that is pleasant and easy to remember:
E.g.: He was humming a melody as he dried the dishes.
E.g.: That’s a very catchy tune (= easy to remember and pleasant).hum (v): When you hum a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
E.g.: She was humming a merry little tune…她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。vowels-元音-A,E,I,O,U
consonants-辅音, all other lettersF2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
October 20, 2018
Vocabulary
yesterday yesterday-THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY!
week-周
E.g.: A week got 7 daysweekend-周末
E.g.: Have a good weekend!disappointed (adj)失望的, unhappy because someone or something was not as good as you hoped or expected, or because something did not happen:
E.g.: We were very disappointed at/about the result.
E.g.: His parents were disappointed in/with him.how often-多久
E.g.: How often do you wash your hair?
E.g.: How often do you play handball? I play handball very often, 4 times a week.often-many times
rarely-很少地
过桥-cross the bridge
graze (v): 吃草to (cause animals to) eat grass:
E.g.: The cows were grazing.Writing exercise
Today, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and I go to a volcano I crossed the bridge and I see many trees in the hill. There has many white sheep the sheep are grazing and then I see a so big waterfall and next to waterfall have snow mountain, there’s so cold, and then I go to the forest, there are many animals in the forest. And then I crossed the forest and I see the lion there, he say ” I want to eat you!” And I used bow and arrow and I killed the lion, and then I ate him. THE END, The volcano is good, don’t worry
Today, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and I decided to go to the volcano. I crossed the bridge and I saw many trees on the hill.
There hasmany white sheep werearegrazing and then I saw a very big waterfall and next to the waterfall there was a snow mountain, there’s so cold, Soon I reached the forest, there are many animals in the forest. After I went trough the forest and I saw a lion there, he said ” I want to eat you!” And I used bow and arrow and I killed the lion, and then I ate him. THE END, The volcano is good, don’t worryVIP F2F Class (Lily)[S]
October 19, 2018
Vocabulary
1. worried/ worried about= not sure if someone is ok
ex: If my dad doesn’t pick up his phone for 2 days, I will be worried.
2. shy= when something happens and you blush
ex: When I go on the stage to sing, I will be very shy.
3. scared= you are afraid of something
ex: When my mother shouted at me, I was scared
ex: I am scared of lions, my Chinese teacher, ugly faces.
4. What did you get on your test? 你考试考了几分?
I got (a number) on my test.
5. US/USA= 美国
6. noon= 12 pm, when you eat lunch
ex: I eat lunch at noon. I feel sleepy at noon.
7. chat 瞎聊聊= talk
ex: When we have dinner, I always chat with my family.
8. boring= nothing to do.
ex: School is boring when there’s no homework.
ex: I think math class is very boring because it’s easy. I can do everything.
Grammar
I cut the hair--> I got a haircut.She always test-> she’s always doing a test.Pronunciation
review= re v YOU
Speaking exercise
Can you tell me the last time you were worried about something or someone?
I worried of math test, because my mother is a math teacher. If i test is bad, she can shout and play my pipi. I not review because I’m busy. The test is difficult but my math test always good. I got 98 percent.
Revised
I was worried of the math test, because my mother is a math teacher. If i do bad on a test, she will shout and hit my bum/butt. I didn’t review because I was busy. The test was difficult but my mark/score for math has always been good. I got 98 (percent).
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
October 12, 2018
Vocabulary
Villa-别墅
meadow (n)草地a field with grass and often wild flowers in it:
E.g.: Next to the Villa there was a beautiful meadowsignature (n): 1-your name written in the particular way you write it, esp. on a printed document to show that you have written it yourself:
E.g.: I need your signature on the credit card receipt.sign (v): 1-to write your name, usually on a written or printed document, to show that you agree with its contents or have written or created it yourself:
E.g.: to sign a letter/cheque/contract/lease/agreement
E.g.: Sign here, please.
E.g.: He signed his name at the end of the letter.The
Rainbow-彩虹
E.g.: The sun came out and we saw a rainbow.at the foot of the mountain-在山脚下
国庆节-National Day
situated (adj): in a particular position:
E.g.: The school is situated near the park.
E.g.: The Fuzhi Mountain is situated between Shaoxing and ShangyuSpeaking exercise
For the National Day I went to Fuzhi mountain, there are 17 people they are my family and my kindergarten classmates family. We by car , we stayed in a villa, this is big have 22 rooms. We by car and go to the foot of the mountain to eat farm food. The food was very yummy, delicious I ate everything, my favorite food is beef and strawberry watermellon juice
For the National Day I went to Fuzhi mountain, there were 17 people including my family and my kindergarten classmates‘ families. We went there by car , we stayed in a villa, this Villa was big it got 22 rooms.
Weby carandwe would go to the foot of the mountain to eat farm/homemade food. The food was very yummy, delicious I ate everything, my dish was beef and strawberry-watermelon juiceF2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
September 21, 2018
Vocabulary
melt (v)-熔化, to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this:
E.g.: The snow usually melts by mid March.
E.g.: Melt the chocolate slowly so that it doesn’t burn.What year were you born?
I was born in 2009.Relatives-亲戚人, a member of your family:
E.g.: There weren’t many people at the birthday – just close family relatives.
E.g.: All her close/distant relatives came to the wedding.commander-司令
E.g.: Commander Phillips/James Phillips2019 will be the 70th anniversary of the new China
anniversary-周年纪念, the day on which an important event happened in a previous year:
E.g.: It was their 25th wedding anniversary last week.scar疤痕
E.g.: I have a big scar on my elbow.Grammar
on the Moon
I hit my head
Speaking exercise
On my birthday I can have many many classmates and many many 亲戚人 and kindergarten friends, they come to my home. in the morning we play together, we play many fun games gun, rich and poor… In afternoon we eat yummy pizza, hamburgers and fried chicken, after we 当军人 and I am 司令
On my birthday I can have over many classmates, relatives and kindergarten friends, they come to my home. In the morning we play together, we play many fun games gun, rich and poor… In the afternoon we eat yummy pizza, hamburgers and fried chicken, after we play soldiers and I am the commander
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
September 15, 2018
Vocabulary
What is your favorite season?
My favorite season is winter, because I can make a snowman, I can skate on the ice/ I can ice-skate .ice rink-a level area of ice, often inside a building, that is kept frozen for people to skate on, 溜冰场
freeze (v): 结冰
E.g.: Water freezes to ice at a temperature of 0°C.
E.g.: The ground had frozen hard/solid.
E.g.: When the lake freezes (over) (= turns into ice on the surface), we can go skating on it.She will go to America next year
她明年将去美国。
In a year she will go to America
一年后她将去美国。
I’m a children-I am a child
medium rare (adj): 1-(of meat) cooked so that it is still slightly red in the middle:
How would you like your steak.
E.g.: I’d like my steak medium rare, please.Grammar
Speaking exercise
One day have a small girl ride a bicycle and she ride so fast can’t see here has a stone, so she hit the stone and fell off the bicycle. And she cry big, have a aunt he work here and say I need take you to hospital. After they end in hospital the doctor says -Your knee is broken and we have put plaster. And girl says Thank you aunt and doctor.
One day
havea small girl was riding her bicycle and she rode so fast that she couldn’t see a stone on the road.can’t see here has a stone, so she hit the stone and fell off the bicycle.Andshe was crying a lotcry big,havean aunt who worked here/nearby came to her and said -I need to take you to the hospital. After they ended/arrived in the hospital a doctor said -Your knee is broken and we have to put plaster on. The girl said Thank you, aunt and doctor.F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]
September 14, 2018
Vocabulary
用use
E.g.: The bird used her beak to hit the mouseSuddenly (adv)突然, quickly and unexpectedly:
E.g.: The door suddenly opened.team (n)团队, a number of people or animals who do something together as a group:
E.g.: a basketball/handball/ team我们获得许多奖有全国冠军青少年男子女子冠军
We won many awards, national champions, junior men’s and women’s championships.
beak (n): 喙
E.g.: Birds use their beaks to pick up food.Grammar
now he is go-Now they’re on the way to Hangzhou
Pronunciation
Speaking exercise
One day the mouse went to person’s house, and it steal their’s ball and the mouse come his home and it is on the ball dance and have a bird, she is go down-she flew down. And bird use her mouth to hit the mouse and mouse off the ball. After the bird was dabian on the mouse’s face. The mouse is 臭晕过去.
One day the mouse went to a person’s house and it stole the person’s ball. After that the mouse headed back to his home dancing on the top of the ball. Suddenly a bird landed next to him. The bird used her beak to hit the mouse and the mouse fell off the ball. After that bird pooped on the mouse’s face, and mouse fainted of the bad smell
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
September 8, 2018
Vocabulary
How did you sleep?
I slept very well, thank you!How long did you sleep?
I slept for 10 hours.When did you go to bed?
I went to bed at 10pmWhen did you wake up?
I woke up at 8am.What did you have for your breakfast?
I had 蛋炒饭-fried rice with eggs.silver-银
gold-黄金
diamond-钻石wall-墙
E.g.: I’m going to paint the walls white。chewing gum-口香糖
E.g.: Can I have a piece of chewing gum?
E.g.: Would you like a chewing gum?pillow-枕头
E.g.: I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.Hot dog bun-热狗面包
French fries-炸薯条
E.g.: I’d like a hamburger and French fries.potato chips-薯片a very thin slice of potato fried until stiff, and sometimes flavored
软糖-jelly beans
Speaking exercise
My dream is I has three so big house, first house is it have 80 floor and have many many restaurants, bathroom, kitchen… second house is many many 黄金 and sliver and have 钻石, have gold door gold window, gold floor, gold board, everything is gold. Third house have window is blue 软糖, board is chocolate, bed is 口香糖, 枕头 is hot dog bread and floor is 薯片, 薯条 and hamburger and this food couldn’t eat.
In one of my dreams I had three
sobig houses. The first house had 80 floors and had many many restaurants, bathrooms, kitchens… TheSecond house is filled withmanygold and sliver and have many diamonds, also it had golden doors golden windows, golden floors, gold wall, everything is made of gold. Third house had windows made of blue jelly beans walls are chocolate, bed is made of chewing gum, pillow is a hot dog bun and floors are made of potato chips, french fries and hamburger and as soon as I would eat this food it would grow backF2F Class Notes (Nemo)
September 1, 2018
Vocabulary
pour (v): 1-to make a substance flow, esp. out of a container and usually into another container:
E.g.: Pour the juice into the glass.-把果汁倒进玻璃杯里
E.g.: Would you like me to pour you some coffee?reception-前台
E.g.: I’ll meet you at the reception透明胶-scotch tape
lighter-打火机
打破世界纪录-Breaking the world record
attend (v): 1- to go to an event, place, etc.:
E.g.: All pupils are expected to attend school assembly.living room-客厅
E.g.: That picture would go well on the wall in the living room.
E.g.: The living room in a house is the room where people sit and relax.slippers-拖鞋
Grammar
Do you want know we 怎么 come here?-Do you want to know how we came here
My mom is at the cafe on the first floor, and my father is there with her.
We met in a café. <– Some café, undefined.
We met at the café. <- A particular café
My sister is attending a class-我的姐姐正在上课。
Pronunciation
Speaking exercise
In hotel it’s night we have a 拖鞋 and the 拖鞋塑料袋 I put the bag on my foot and my foot is in the bag and I telephone 前台 and I tell them, gave me 透明胶 and I put on the bag and I take a shower and my bag has less water and I say wow 打破世界纪录, and my mother is smiling.
In hotel
it’s nightwe had slippers and the slippers were packed in a bag I put the bag on my foot and my foot is in the bag and I telephoned the reception and I told them, “Give me scotch tape” I would need some scotch tape”. I put-on the bag and I took a shower and my foot got just little bit wetless water and.I said wow , I broke the world record, and my mother is smiling.F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
August 31, 2018
Vocabulary
蓝月谷-Blue Moon Valley
瀑布-Waterfall (n)
E.g.: Just look at that waterfall! Isn’t it amazing?wet (adj)-湿的, covered in water or another liquid:
E.g.: a wet floor -a wet umbrella
E.g.: wet hair
E.g.: My shoes got wet in the rain.石头-stone
what do you want to become when you grow up? 你长大后想成为什么样的人?
I want to become a soldier!
军人-soldier
警察-Police
酒店,宾馆-hotel
Grammar
On the 9th floor there’s a restaurant
On the 8th floor there’s salad bar
Pronunciation
Speaking exercise
In the Yunan Lijiang I go Yulong Snowmountain and we are 3100 altitude, I breathe heavily but it’s ok, and here is so cool and go to 蓝月谷, here’s water is blue, so beautiful. My father give me camera and I took some photos and have many many waterfalls。 And waterfall’s water is on my t-shirt, shorts, shoes, I am wet. My hand is in the water, wow so cold, my hand is red, painful. And I and my father, we jumped across the river 石头
In the Yunan Lijiang I went to Yulong Snowmountain and we were at 3100m altitude, I was breathing heavily but it was ok, and there was so cool. After that We went to The Blue Moon Valley, here
‘swater is blue, so beautiful. My father gave me a camera and I took some photos. There are many many waterfalls, waterfall’s water fell on my t-shirt, shorts, shoes, I got wet. I put My handisin the water, wow it was so cold, my hand became red, painful. And I and my father, we jumped across the river over the stonesVIP Class Notes (Mason)[s]
August 22, 2018
Homework
Look over your notes.
Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.Homework
Vocabulary
Airport – 机场
eg. My sister went to the airport this morningWallet – 钱包
eg. In my wallet I have 400 yuan.College – 大学
eg. My mom works at a college.Grammar
In morning I eat rice – In the morning I ate rice
My sister is bye bye. She is go to american test – My sister has left. She went to America to take a test.
How many money – How much money?
With me – Same as me
Speaking exercise
My homework is many many. I dont like homework, I like schoolwork. Schoolwork is bad but have my classmates am happy. At home at my house my homework is many, and I write slow my mother shout “BLAH BLAH BLAH”. But in school classmates like “Hello! How are you!” Its good. – I have a lot of homework. I dont like homework, but I like schoolwork. Schoolwork is bad, but I am with my classmates so I am happy. At home I have a lot of homework, and if I write slow my mother will shout “BLAH BLAH BLAH”. But in school classmates are like “Hello! How are you!” Its better.
F2F Class Notes (Mason)
August 20, 2018
Homework
Write about your trip to japan. What was your favorite food? Favorite thing to do?
One Million – 1,000,000 – One thousand thousand
Vacation – to go on holiday
eg. I want to go on vacation to Japan.Tokyo [TOE – KI – O] – 东京
eg. Last summer I went to Toyko.Bag – 袋子
eg. I have a bag with a lot of books for schoolGrab – 拿
eg. I grabbed some food from the kitchen to eat.Test – 考試
eg. I have a test at school every month.Speaking exercise
She don’t tell me – She didn’t tell meMy summer homework is many many – I have a lot of summer homework.
I have 22 many – I have 22 coins
In class my test was second. – In my class my test was second best.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
August 18, 2018
Vocabulary
One, two, three, four,
Come in, please, and shut the door.-请进来,把门关上。Five, six, seven, eight,
It is time for school; you are very late.Nine, ten, nine, ten,
Don’t be late for school again.late-晚的
early-早期的don’t be late-不要迟到
housework (n): 1-家务
E.g.:I hate doing housework.-我讨厌做家务。mole- (n): 痣 1-a small, dark spot on a person’s skin
E.g.: I have a small mole on my armwhat is your full name? 你的全名是什么?
My full name is Li NanChiGrammar
from-to
I was in the library FROM 9am TO 5pm
I was in the library FROM 9am TILL 5pmSpeaking exercise
Have a farmer, he has many animal and first day he 放羊-and the wolf want to eat sheep and lamb. And the wolf its eat the sheep and farmer say-I was kill you and wolf say “you don’t can kill me because I want eat you” and the farmer is go farmhouse and with bull kill the wolf
There was a farmer, he had many animals. On the first day he took his sheep out to graze, soon the wolf came and he wanted to eat one of the sheep and a lamb. And the wolf ate them. The farmer said ” I will kill you!” and the wolf said ” You wont kill me cause I’ll eat you!” Farmer went to the farmhouse and together with the bull killed the wolf.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
August 11, 2018
Homework
Who will be your wife? write a short article 🙂
Vocabulary
company-公司
university (n): 1-大学
E.g.: My mother is an university professor/teacher.villa-别墅
town (n)-镇, a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work
E.g.: a seaside/coastal town
E.g.: I’m leaving town for a few days.buffet (n)-自助餐;a meal where people serve themselves different types of food:
E.g.: a buffet lunch/supper
E.g.: Dinner will be a cold buffetwaiter (n): 1-服务员, a man whose job is to bring the food to customers at their tables in a restaurant
E.g.: Waiter, could you bring me some water, please?how will you go to Hangzhou?
I will go by carI ask you…我问你。。。
You ask me…你问我。。。。I can’t reach the table, it’s too high-我够不着。。。。
Grammar
Pronunciation
buffet-/bəˈfeɪ/
Speaking exercise
In the cruise I was 5 years old, and my english so bad. I go there, eat and it was buffet and I was short and couldn’t reach the food, and an American waiter ask me what food I would like and I said “tīng bù dǒng”
During the cruise I was 5 years old, and my English was so bad. I went to a restaurant to eat and it was buffet breakfast and I was short and couldn’t reach the food, an American waiter asked me what food I would like to have and I said “tīng bù dǒng”
VIP Class Notes (Mason)
August 6, 2018
Use some of the vocabulary from today in some writing. Choose a topic that lets you use the words we learned.Homework
Vocabulary
Prefer – to like better
eg. I prefer swimming to playing piano.Bunkbed – a bed for two people where one bed is on top and one is on bottom.
eg. My friend tiger has a bunkbed in his room.Problem – 问题
eg. Sometimes I have problems with my homework.Grade – 年级 where you are in school
eg. Next year I will be in 3rd grade.Once a week – 一个星期一次
eg. I go to my grandpa’s house once a weekSeahorse – an animal that lives in the sea

Meat
Pig meat – Pork
Cow meat – Beef/Steak
Chicken meat – Chicken
Lamb meat – MuttonGrammar
Play piano. swim. Write summer homework – Today I played piano, went swimming, and finished some summer homework
My mother don’t make me eat chocolate – My mother doesn’t let me eat chocolate.
Yesterday my friend birthday. I go to his home play. – Yesterday was my friend‘s birthday. I went to his house to play.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
August 4, 2018
Vocabulary
在summercamp 我打死了 one hundred 多只蚊子-at the summer camp I killed more then 100 mosquitoes
trip-旅行
E.g.: We’re going on a trip to Beijing this summer.water fight-打水仗
E.g.: Let’s have a water fight, would you like to join us?blood-血
E.g.: Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.water gun-水枪
team-队, a number of people or animals who do something together as a group:
E.g.: a basketball/football teamsimple/easy– <difficult
he climbed over the wall-他爬过了墙。
his t-shirt was dry-他的T恤衫是干的。
his t-shirt was wet-他的T恤是湿的。Speaking exercise
I have the 水枪 and both father is 一队, and all cousins and all mothers are one team. So, we started a water fight. Father climbed over the wall
I had a water gun and both fathers were on one team, and all of the cousins and all mothers are one team. So, we started a water fight. Father climbed over the wall.
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [S]
August 3, 2018
Vocabulary
kindergarten-幼儿园, a class for young children, usually children four and five years old
E.g.: Callie will start kindergarten in September.
province-省
Jiangsu Province-江苏省
parent-家长/parents-a mother or father of a person or an animal:
E.g.: I’m going to meet Richard’s parents for the first time this weekend.太阳眼镜-sunglasses
mosquito-蚊子put on (v)-戴上– to cover part of the body with clothes, shoes, make-up, or something similar:
E.g.: Put your shoes on – we’re going out.
E.g.: He put on his jacket.
E.g.: She puts face cream on every night.Pronunciation
province-ˈ[prɑ:vɪns]
Speaking exercise
Tomorrow I play with my 幼儿园 friends in Jiangsu 省. I am so happy, I want tonight with my cousin play and sleeping so good, and I want tomorrow seven o’clock get up, 8 o’clock my mother driving to Jiangsu su su su and my mother tell me in car has two hours. My mother buy 太阳眼镜 for me, I 戴上 my sunglasses wow, sky is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple aaand pink. I want with my friends so good play two days.Tomorrow I will go together with my kindergarten friends to Jiangsu Province. I am so happy, tonight I want to play with my cousin, after that we will sleep so good. Tomorrow I need to get up at seven o’clock
get up, at 8 o’clock my mother will driveingto Jiangsu and my mother told me that it will take us 2 hours by car to get there/\it will take us 2 hour drive to get there . My mother bought sunglasses for me, I put on my sunglasses -wow, sky is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. I will play so good for two days with my friends.VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [S]
July 20, 2018
Homework
Review words from last 2 classes. Will have a small test next class.
Vocabulary
Blanket/quilt – 被子
Bed sheet – 床单
Make the bed – put the bed sheet & blanket on the bed
Dormitory (dorm) – 宿舍
Lake – 湖
Ocean -海洋
River – 河bomb – 炸弹
Fake – 仿造 / 假的
drinks – 饮料
Fries – 薯条Erase – 抹去
Grammar
Past / Base
Went / go
ate / eat
did / do
made/ make
saw / see
was / is
finished / finish
watched / watch
shot / shootMore & Less
Wait 5 more minutes/I want more fries
Your late so we have less time/I want less homework
Speaking exercise
My summer camp was seven days. The first day I made the bed. In the afternoon, we went to the theater and have ceremony to start (opening ceremony). When we finished we went to dormitory and we played games. We ate dinner and it was so good. Thursday we saw a submarine in a lake. We went in the submarine and we saw many bombs. Friday we saw an aircraft carrier but its fake. At the aircraft carrier we watched a 4D movie and shot a fake gun. I want to go to summer camp every year because its so fun. Saturday we played with a UAV and it was so fun.
VIP Class Notes (Jacob)
July 18, 2018
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
July 15, 2018
Next Class Focus
Do a story about what you did at summer camp. Remember past tense!
Grammar
have you been at summer camp for 2 weeks?
I have been at Smart English for 5 minutes
Have you been at Smart English for 5 minutes?have you been to Japan?
I go to Japan – qu
I went to Japan – qu le
I have been to Japan – qu guoHow long have you lived in China?
I have lived in China for 7 yearsHave you been to Japan?
I have been to Japan 3 timesVocabulary
gentle – relaxed, comfortable feeling, nice to someone
there is a cup on the table
my cup is on the tableMy aunt and uncle are in Shao Xing
still have – hai you
reading comprehension – yue du ti
before < > after
Speaking exercise
My mum drive me to go the HongAn RuiShi. In here i swimming and swimming finish I go here. After class I can’t play the phone because Jesse can shout me.
My mum drove me to HongAn RuiShi and I swam there for 1 hour and when I finished I came here. After class I can’t play with my phone because Jesse will shout at me.
VIP Class Notes (Mason) [S]
July 12, 2018
I like to climb treesYesterday, I climbed a treeF2F Class Notes (Nemo) [W]
June 29, 2018
Vocabulary
printer-打印机
E.g.: My mother’s printer is broken.neighborhood-邻里
E.g.: This is a nice, quiet neighborhood, with modest single-family homes.mean (adj): 吝啬 1- unkind or unpleasant:
E.g.: Stop being so mean to me!
E.g.: You shouldn’t have been so mean to your mother – she deserves better.boring (adj): 1-无聊, not interesting or exciting:
E.g.: The movie was so boring I fell asleep.composer (n): 作曲家1– a person who writes music
E.g.: Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin are my favorite composers.grave (n): 1-a place in the ground where a dead person is buried:
E.g.: He visits his grandmother’s grave every Sunday.Speaking exercise
Today evening, after class I go to piano’s class and singing class. I like piano song is “The sweet bye and bye”
Today I’m so happy, because I can hear the many nice song, and then I can go sing/piano class. After the class I go to the Shaoxing eat dinner. In the Shaoxing my uncle, aunt, grandma and grandpa. Tomorrow I go to my grandma’s (my father’s mother) tombToday evening, after the class I will have piano and singing class. I like a song for piano “The sweet bye and bye”
Today I’m so happy, because I can hear many nice songs, and then I can go to a singing/piano class. After the class I will go to Shaoxing to have a dinner. In Shaoxing are my uncle, aunt, grandma and grandpa. Tomorrow I’ll go to my grandma’s (my father’s mother) tomb.F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
June 28, 2018
Homework
Write a short story using the new vocabulary
Vocabulary
traffic congestion-交通拥挤, Congested roads and towns have too much traffic and movement is made difficult.
E.g.: The (traffic) congestion in the city gets worse during the summer.brave (adj)-勇敢的,showing no fear of dangerous or difficult things:
E.g.: a brave soldiertravel (v)-旅行, to make a journey, usually over a long distance:
E.g.: I travel to work by train.village-村庄, a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in the countryside:
E.g.:a fishing village
E.g.: a mountain village
E.g.: My grandparents live in a villagecave-洞穴, a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that is underground
E.g.: The dragon lived in the cave
E.g.: It was very dark and cold inside the cave.army-陆 军
E.g.: The army is protecting our freedomlake-湖
E.g.: I love to swim in the lake.dragon-龙
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [s]
June 24, 2018
Vocabulary
the day before yesterday-yesterday yesterday-前天
E.g.: They arrived in Paris the day before yesterday.the day after tomorrow-tomorrow tomorrow-后天
E.g.: She’s leaving the day after tomorrow.Correct-正确/Incorrect-不正确
Deep (adj)深的-having a large distance from the top or surface to the bottom/
E.g.: The hole is so deep you can’t see the bottom.
E.g.: a deep cutShallow (adj)-浅的-not having much distance between the top or surface and the bottom
E.g.: She told her children to stay in the shallow part of the swimming pool.video-视频
E.g.: We were watching funny videos together.Speaking exercise
Today afternoon, after the class my uncle
gowill come to my home andI playwe will play Weiqi togetherwith my uncle. My uncle likes to drink my father’s(cup oftea and I will have to do summer holiday’s homework. My summer camp starts on 1st of July, there I can play with a water gun and bb gun.VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [S]
June 21, 2018
Homework
Study your verbs and past tenses went–>going–>will go
Vocabulary
Hang – not on the ground but on on top of something
Hanger – something to keep your clothes off the ground
Hangman – a game where you must guess the world before you loseCorrect – 正确
Test/exam – 考试
eg. Today I had an exam at school.
Exam – 考试 end of the year (june)
Test – 考试 in class (small and easy)prepare – 准备
eg. I am preparing for my test (you study now)
eg. To prepare for my test, I put my stuff on my desk.ready – 准备好了
eg. I am ready for my test
Grammar
Tonight or In the Evening
Speaking exercise
Before class I ate a egg pancake. At home I read the math book. At 8am I prepared for my exam. I had an exam and finish at half past nine (9:30). My aunt went to my house, when I go home shes already at my house. After class I want to take a shower or bath, and go to Jiuguang supermarket. I want to eat dinner in Jiuguang. My mother will drive
the carme home. At home I can read a book and go to sleep.VIP Class Notes (George)
June 14, 2018
Vocabulary
Medicine- Something you put when you are hurt (yao)
e.g. When I cut my elbow, I put on some medicine.
Band-aid- Something to stop the blood (sha bu)
e.g. When I cut my elbow, I put on a band-aid.
Doctor- Someone who helps you when you are hurt. (yi sheng)
e.g. When I’m sick, I can go to the hospital to see the doctor.
Scooter- an electric vehicle that you play with
e.g. After school, I like to play on the scooter but now my aunt doesn’t let me.
Scrape- To scratch your skin (ca shang)
e.g. When I fell off the scooter, I scraped my skin.
Painful- Something that hurts (tong)
e.g. I scraped my skin and it was very painful.
Wrist- The part of your hand that moves, where we wear a watch or a bracelet.
e.g. When I fell off my scooter, I hurt my wrist.
Steak- Meat from cows
e.g. I like to eat steak for dinner, especially hamburgers. They are my favorite.
Speaking exercise
Original
On Tuesday, I was riding my scooter but I went too fast. I flew off, went up, and hit the ground. At first, I didn’t feel anything. I closed my eyes and my mother and my aunt ran to see me. “Are you OK?!” they screamed. “I want to sit on the sidewalk…” I said. I told them “it really hurts on my elbow, on my stomach, and on my hand!” My mother hugged me and took me home and my aunt brought the scooter. At home, my mother called my sister to buy hydrogen peroxide to clean my cut. When she put it on me, it hurt very much and I started to cry. And then my mother gave me the phone to make a douyin video but I kept crying.
When I was young/little, I was in the car, and I burned my finger with a lighter. It looked black! I started crying and my sister put water on my finger. But mom thought I peed in the car so she was laughing at me.
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
June 8, 2018
Vocabulary
today is the 8th of June 2018 / today is June 8th 2018
2000 and 18 = 20 18
I come here to study English
I come here for English
I come here because I want to study Englishfencing – ji jian
me and my friend
my friend and Icompetition – bi sai
teammate – dui you
Speaking exercise
this week me and my classmate played basketball competition on our school playground. When we finished the competition my teammate and I were champions so we are so happy. And then me and my classmate fenced together. Tomorrow I go to the Shao Xing because we can pick berries.
this week me and my classmate played in a basketball competition on / in our school playground. When we finished the competition my teammate and I were champions so we were so happy. And then / after that me and my classmate fenced together. Tomorrow I will go to Shao Xing to pick berries.
VIP Class Notes (Jacob) [R, S]
June 6, 2018
Vocabulary
Forgot – 忘记
eg. I forgot the new words from last class.Character – 字
Letters – 字母
eg. Letters of the alphabet are a.b.c.d.e …….alphabet (26 letters) – 所有的字母
pepper – 胡椒粉
Bell (red/green) pepper – 胡椒
Spicy peppers –

After – 之后
eg. After homework I play piano.Before -之前
eg. Before class, my mother drove me here.Date – the day, month, year of a day 日期
eg. Today’s date, is June 6th, 2018Activity – something you do for fun
eg. My favorite activity is playing games on my phone.
Pronunciation
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen
Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty
Speaking exercise
Original
After finish class, I swam and take a bath/shower and go home. Saturday night I play piano and do homework. Sunday, at home playing piano and doing homework. Everyday I do same thing. I don’t remember food eat., but it was so yummy/delicious. Today I eat meat, vegetables, and soup. In school, I write schoolwork and sing song. Played basketball with classmates. Finish school half past fifteen and walked home.
Edited
After I finished class, I swam and took a bath/shower and went home. Saturday night I played piano and did my homework. Sunday, at home I played piano and did homework. Everyday I do the same thing. I don’t remember what food I eat., but it was so yummy/delicious. Today I ate meat, vegetables, and soup. In school, I did schoolwork and sang songs, played basketball with classmates. I finished school at half past 3pm / in the afternoon and walked home.
Read from my Chinese-English book
VIP Class Notes (Jacob)
June 3, 2018
Needs more review
Remember – 记的
Vocabulary
Cabbage – 牛心菜
Coleslaw – cabbage salad

Forget/don’t remember – 旺季
Forgot (Past tense)Roller coaster – fun ride at theme park

Pronunciation
Salad [Sal-lid]
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
May 26, 2018
Needs more review
dormitory (n)-宿舍-a large room containing many beds
summer camp
eg. during / in summer I go to summer campsalt-盐
E.g.: salt and pepper
E.g.: Can you pass the salt, please?hike-徒步旅行-a long walk, especially in the countryside
E.g.: They went on a ten-mile hike through the forest.Vocabulary
word – dan ci
remember – ji de
ago = qian (time)
eg. i went hiking 2 years agoGrammar
he with his friends hike – he hiked with his friends
Speaking exercise
have you been camping or hiking before?
Yes I have been hiking with my parents and sister. 2 years ago we go to the Hangzhou listen to a special big bell sound. In Hangzhou my mother has a home so we walked to has a special big bell place. When we arrived, we listened bell sounds. They are not nice. During CNY in the last second some people hit the big bell.
Yes I have been hiking with my parents and sister and I feel it was so fun. 2 years ago we went to Hangzhou to listen to a special big bell sound because my father wanted to go. In Hangzhou my mother has a home so we walked to the place that has the special bell. When we arrived, we listened bell sounds but they were not nice. During CNY in the last second some people hit the big bell but I was so tired so I was not so happy.
and / but / because / so / when / if
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
May 25, 2018
Next Class Focus
Next class Leo should tell a story about camping outside in the nature
Vocabulary
This summer I will go to a summer camp.
summer camp-夏令营
At the summer camp we’ll be camping.-在夏令营,我们将露营。fireman/firefighter (n): 1-a person whose job is to stop fires from burning
E.g.: When I grow up I want to be a fireman/firefighter
E.g.: Firefighters put out fires using waterput out a fire-扑灭火灾
fireman training-消防员培训
dormitory (n)-宿舍-a large room containing many beds
tent (n):帐篷
E.g.: At the summer camp we’ll sleep in a tentfireplace-壁炉
E.g.: Children gathered around the fireplace and started preparing BBQ.salt-盐
E.g.: salt and pepper
E.g.: Can you pass the salt, please?hike-徒步旅行-a long walk, especially in the countryside
E.g.: They went on a ten-mile hike through the forest.F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [R]
May 17, 2018
Vocabulary
rich (adj): 1-having a lot of money or valuable possessions:
E.g.: He’s the third richest man in the country.
E.g.: They’re one of the world’s richest nations.
rich people-富人poor (adj): 1-having little money and/or few possessions:
E.g.: Most of the world’s poorest countries are in Africa.
E.g.: He came from a poor family.
poor people-穷人我饿晕-I’m starving
starving-being very hungry
dumpling (n): 饺子
E.g.: I love eating dumplings for lunch
Are you hungry? Do you want to sleep?
你饿了吗? 你想睡觉吗?旁边- right by, next to
E.g.: Right next to my mother’s house there is a pancake store.pancake-煎饼
north, south, east, west-北、南、东、西
North-北
Beijing is north of Shanghai
North Pole-北极
South-南
E.g.: Guangzhou is south of Shanghai
East-东
West-西
E.g.: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.Food: The rich people of China ate very well. They ate grains like rice, wheat and millet. They also ate plenty of meat including pork, chicken, duck, goose and dog. Vegetables included yams, soya beans, broad beans and turnip as well as spring onions and garlic.
They also ate plenty of fish. Soup was made with shark’s fin, bird’s nest, bears paws and sea slugs. People drank wine made from rice or millet. They also drank tea.
Poor people of China had a boring diet. In north, people ate wheat in the form of dumplings, pancakes or noodles. While in south, staple food of people was rice. People who lived close to the river ate fish as well.
Chinese Houses: Rich people lived in large wooden houses. Roofs were made of tiles and were built in a curved shape. However even in a rich house there was little furniture but rich people were very fond of their gardens.F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
May 14, 2018
Vocabulary
loud (adj,adv): 1- making a lot of noise:
E.g.: a loud explosion/noise/voice
E.g.: I heard a loud bang and then saw black smoke.
E.g.: Could you speak a little louder, please?quiet (adj): 1-making very little noise:
E.g.: She spoke in a quiet voice so as not to wake him.
E.g.: It’s so quiet without the kids here.
E.g.: Please be quiet (= stop talking)!The opposite of loud is quiet
opposite (n, adj): 1-something or someone that is completely different from another person or thing:
E.g.: My father is a very calm person, but my mother is just the opposite.
E.g.: The opposite of “fast” is “slow”.remember (v):记得, to not forget to do something:, I can remember people’s faces, but not their names.
E.g.: Did you remember to do the shopping?
E.g.: I can remember people’s faces, but not their names.moth (n)飞蛾
E.g.: Some moth eat holes in clothes.Headset-耳机, headphones
champion (n)-冠军, someone or something, especially a person or animal, that has beaten all other competitors in a competition:
E.g.: an Olympic champion
E.g.: She is the world champion in swimming.stupid (adj)愚蠢的, not smart
E.g.: How could you be so stupid?http://www.kugou.com/song/#hash=2A4ED281A3A34BDF9EE72C158439BD1D&album_id=1396780
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
May 12, 2018
Vocabulary
TIME-时间
一秒-one second
一分-one minute
一小时-one hour
一日-one day
一周-one week
一月-one month
一年-one year
十年-a decade
世纪–century
一千年-millenniumPlace-地方
Street-Nanjing W street
District -Jing’an
City-Shanghai
Country-China
Continent–Asia 大陆/洲-亚洲
Planet-Earth1st- first-第一
2nd-second-第二
3rd- third-第三
4th- fourth-第四
5th- fifth-第五
6th-sixth-第六
7th- seventh-第七百分之-% percent
I am 100% sure that I’m the best playerportrait-画像
E.g.: Lyn painted a portrait
F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [W]
May 11, 2018
Homework
Use the words from today and write a short story about your favorite school subject
Vocabulary
bathtub-浴缸, A bathtub, bath, or tub is a large or small container for holding water in which a person or animal may bathe
over (preposition) across from one side to the other, especially by going up and then down:
E.g.: She jumped over the gate.
E.g.: The road goes over the mountains, not through a tunnel.
E.g.: climb over the wallice cube-冰块
melt like a sugar-像糖一样融化
melt (v): 1-to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid,
E.g.: When the sun came out, the ice began to melt.what is your favorite subject?
subject (n): an area of knowledge that is studied in school, college, or university:
E.g.: My favorite subjects at school are math and English.grade/mark (n)a number or letter that shows how good someone’s work or performance is:
E.g.: Steve never studies, but he always gets good grades.
E.g.: Carla got a grade A in English.shadow-阴影, an area of darkness, caused by light being blocked by something:
E.g.: The children were playing, jumping on each other’s shadows.during the class-上课期间
E.g.: You’re not allowed to talk during the class.My sister fell off skate board and she fractured her leg, this happened on a parking lot
she fractured her leg-她的腿骨折了。
parking lot-停车场fracture (v)骨折-If something hard, such as a bone, fractures, or is fractured, it breaks or cracks:
pregnant-怀孕的
Help me-帮我
geography-地理
E.g.: My favorite subjects at school were history and geography.science-科学
+ add, plus, to calculate the total of a group of numbers:
E.g.: If you add three and four you get seven. 3+4=7– subtract, take away, to subtract a number (= remove it from another number): minus
E.g.: If you take 4 (away) from 12 you get 8. 12-4=8x- times,multiplied by:
E.g.: Two times two equals four (2 × 2 = 4).
E.g.: The area of a rectangle is its height times its width.÷ divide, to calculate the number of times that one number fits (exactly) into another:
E.g.: 10 divided by 5 is/equals 2. 10÷5=2Pronunciation
geography-/dʒiˈɒɡ.rə.fi/
Writing exercise
On May 1st,my grandmother gandfather aunt uncle and elder female cousin come to my home. I’m so happy. All of them have lunch together. There are so many fine food, we have a good time in the lunch .At afternoon ,I and sisiter play so happy. Adults chat each other with tea.
On May 1st,my grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle and two older female cousins came to my home. I was so happy. We all had lunch together. There was so many fine food, we had a good time during lunch. In afternoon ,sister and I played together, we were so happy/It was so much fun. Adults were chatting
each otherwithover the tea.VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
May 5, 2018
Homework
Use the words from today and write a diary about what you have done recently.
Vocabulary
they think coming to my home is so fun
kid = children = xiao hai
kind / type – zhong lei
jigsaw puzzle
including – bao kuo
Speaking exercise
There are 4 people in my family including my mother, my father, my sister and me. My mother is a mathematics teacher and my father is a manager and my sister and I are students. My sister likes studying and I like playing the piano. I play the piano every day after school and after that I do homework. My sister does homework too and then she eats dinner.
Grammar
DO – I / we / they / you
DOES – he / she / it / name
there are 2 cups on the table
there are many people in chinaF2F Class Notes (Nemo)
May 3, 2018
Vocabulary
try to say it in english-试着用英语说
try to- 尝试
E.g.: I tried to open the window.knight-骑士 /naɪt/
knife-刀 /naɪf/ } we don’t pronounce K
know-知道 /noʊ/Could you please bring me the keys?
Yes I can, I’ll bring them right away!
bring me-带我来E.g.: My sister helps me with the homework-我姐姐帮我做家庭作业。
help (v): 帮助
E.g.: I need your help (n) to finish my math homeworkVIP Class Notes (Jacob)
April 29, 2018
Homework
Write about your family. (how many members, jobs)
Vocabulary
Cousin – children of your mother’s/father’s brothers or sisters.
Child/kid/youth – young person 孩子
Younger – someone who is a lower age
older – someone who is a higher age
Youngest – person who is the lowest age
Oldest /eldest – the person who is oldest
口人 – family
1 person is family = family member
Soccer Team – Group of people who play soccer
One person on a team = team member
都 – both (2 people)/all (more then 2)
Grammar
My grandparents
gocome to my house todayI live at home with my family
How many family members do you have?
VIP Class Notes (Jacob)
April 26, 2018
Vocabulary
Fighting – hitting each other
Rock, paper, scissors: 石头,布, 剪刀
Rock – 石头
Paper – 布
scissors – 剪刀
Winner – 优胜者 someone who wins a game
eg. Leo is the winner of rock paper scissorsLoser – 失败者 person who does not win a game
eg. Jacob is a loser because Leo won at rock paper scissorsChampion – 优胜者 person who is the best at something
eg. Leo is the champion of rock paper scissorsstrawberry/Vanilla/Chocolate ice cream

mother’s sister – Aunt
Mothers brother – uncle
Throw – 扔
Toss – 抛
Shoot – to try and get the ball in something, to use a gun
Hop – a small jump (like a rabbit)
Kayak – 皮划艇
Dirt – 污垢
Grammar
Today I was fighting with my classmates
Leo loves white chocolate
Jacob and Leo both love white chocolate
Today we ate an ice cream sandwich with chocolate cookie and vanilla ice cream
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
April 21, 2018
Needs more review
Pour – to put water into a cup
Turn – to go another way/look another way
Speaking exercise
today I got up ater half past 8 and then I wash my teeth. After that I ate bread. My mother drive a car because I didn’t by myself. I went to next to the jingan si have English class. I and my mum and dad for me come here.
today I got up at half past 8 and then I brushed my teeth. After that I ate bread and my mother took me next to JingAn Temple have English class. Then, me and my mum and dad / My parents and I came here for me to learn English.
Vocabulary
How are you? / How’s it going? / How’re you doing?
Great thanks
Really good thanks
Pretty good thanks
Good thanks
Fine thanks
Not bad thanksNi ne? – how about you? what about you? and you?
parents – fu mu
I told your parents I will let him play if he’s good.
if – ru guo
eg. if I eat cookies I am happycookies make me happy
when – dang / de shi hou
eg. when I’m here I’m happyI don’t understand – wo ting bu dong
then – jie zhe
familiar – shu xi
temple – si miao
next to / beside – pang bian
eg. I am sitting beside youin front of
eg. I am in front of you
eg2. I am sitting in front of youbehind
eg. I am behind you
eg2. I am sitting behind youright < > left
eg. I am sitting on the right of you / I am sitting on your right
eg2. I am standing on the left of you / I am standing on your lefttake me home / take me to school – 送我
eg. my mum or dad take me to school every daypick me up from a place
eg. my parents pick me up from school every day and take me to Smart Englishboring / bored
tiring / tired
eg. I am so bored because this class is boring
eg2. I am not bored because this class is funVIP Class Notes (Jesse)
April 19, 2018
Needs more review
Reviewed all of last class. Leo remembered most of the words. Nice work!
Vocabulary
go / gone
go / went
is / was
are / were
take / took
do / did
don’t / didn’tand / and then / but / so / because / when / if
and then / after that
eg. I went to school and then I came home
eg2. I went to school today and learned a lot. After that, I came home.it is very fun = makes you happy
it is very funny = makes you laugh – “hahaha“
it is very hotI want to eat cookies – xiang yao
Speaking exercise
these words i helped him with
today I get up at the a quarter to 7 and then I eat noodles. My mother took me go to the school because I don’t want go by myself. When I arrived at the school I read a book 10 minutes. It is very fun. And then I did exercise in the playground. I have class at the 9 o’clock.
these are corrections
today I got up at a quarter to 7 and then I ate noodles. My mother took me to school because I didn’t want to go by myself. When I arrived at school I read a book for 10 minutes and it was very fun. After that I did exercises in the playground. I had class at 9 o’clock.
VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
April 14, 2018
Next Class Focus
Tell me what you did today. Try to make longer sentences and use words from today
Speaking exercise
I get up at half past 7. at 8 o’clock I eat bread. At half past 8 I go to the hospital because I am sick. After that I and my mum is in the cafe. I do homework, my mother is see the phone.
I got up at half past 7. At 8 o’clock I ate bread. At half past 8 I went to the hospital because I am sick. After that me and my mum / my mum and I were in the cafe. I did homework. My mother looked at her phone.
and / because / but / so / when – use these words to connect ideas to make longer sentences
I got up at half past 7 and at 8 o’clock I ate bread. At half past 8 I went to the hospital because I am sick. After that me and my mum / my mum and I were in the cafe and I did homework when my mother looked at her phone.
Vocabulary
Long time no see = hao jiu bu jian
short (duan) < > long (chang)
last time – zui hou yi ci
eg. The last time I saw you was in MarchWhen I’m here, I’m so happy – dang wo zai zheli wo hen kai xin
I like playing games because they are fun but my mum doesn’t let me play so I am sad.
and then / after that = ran hou
eg. I had dinner and then went to bed
eg2. I had dinner and went to bed. After that, my mum read a story to me.coffee = ka fei
cafe = ka fei guanGrammar
I run
My mum runs
I ran
My mum ran
I like running
I am running
My mum is running.
My mum was runningrun / ran / running / will run
eat / ate / eating / will eat
talk / talked / talking / will talk
play / played / playing / will play
learn / learned / learning / will learn
go / went / going / will go
come / came / coming / will come
get / got / getting / will get
do / did / doing / will do
look / looked / looking / will look
see / saw / seeing / will see
is / was
are / wereI am very happy
VIP Class Notes (Jacob)
April 12, 2018
Vocabulary
Pour – to put water into a cup
eg. Can you pour me a cup
eg. It is pouring out (raining really hard)Swing – movement like the swing at playground
eg. I swing the golf club to hit the ballTie – to put rope/string together
eg. You need to tie your shoes
eg. He is tying his shoesPull – to bring something towards you
Push – to try move something away
Spin – to turn around and around
eg. If you spin too much, you will get sickTurn – to go another way/look another way
eg. He turned around to look at the TV
eg. Can you turn around?Scary – to be afraid of something
Parachuting – 降落伞

Wasabi – a green spicy sauce or snack
Bungee Jumping – jumping with a small rope
Falling – going downwards with no control
After you jump up, you must fall down – anything that goes up, must come down
Upwards , downwards, RIGHTside (R) 右面 ,LEFTside (L)左面

Grammar
She is going up the stairs
F2F Class Notes (Nemo)
April 11, 2018
Vocabulary
ice skating (n): 滑冰
E.g.: Would you like to go ice skating?skiing (n)-滑雪,the activity or sport of moving on skis:
E.g.: a skiing trip/instructordifficult/hard opposite easy
difficult (adj): 1- needing skill or effort:
E.g.: a difficult problem/choice/task/languagehistory-历史
E.g.: My favorite part of the history is the Three Kingdoms period.branch (n): 1-树枝, one of the parts of a tree that grows out from the main trunk and has leaves, flowers, or fruit on it:
E.g.: The fruit on the lower branches was protected from the sun.math (n): 1-数学, the study of numbers, shapes, and space using reason and usually a special system of symbols and rules for organizing them
E.g.: My mother is a math teacher.composer (n): (尤指古典音乐)作曲家, a person who writes music
E.g.: Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin were famous Romantic composers.
E.g.: My favorite composer is MozartFamous Composers
Tchaikovsky-柴可夫斯基
Beethoven -路德维希·凡·贝多芬Alexander Borodin-波菲里耶维奇·鲍罗丁
Prince Igor Polovetsian dance
http://music.baidu.com/song/295305618http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjcwMzY3NjI4.html
F2F Class Notes (George)
March 31, 2018
Homework
I gave him a sing aloud song for the months of the year. Ask him to sing them with you next time.
Next Class Focus
Should possibly try and have him memorize 2-3 sentences of different grammar patterns
Vocabulary
Director– he is the one responsible for everything
e.g. My dad is the director of a Hangzhou company.
Company– a group that does business
e.g. My dad works for a very big Chinese company.
Province: a big place inside a country that has many cities.
e.g. China has many provinces such as Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Yunnan, Hebei, Henan, Hunan.
Games or Video Games: a kind of thing you play by yourself or with friends
e.g. I like to play driving games, running games, shooting games
Sports: football, volleyball, basketball, handball, golf (mini put)
e.g. I like to play football, volleyball, basketball and golf.
REVIEW THESE WITH HIM
Year: 12 months
Month: 31 days/4 weeks (
Week: 7 days (Monday to Sunday)
Day: 24 hours
Hour: 60 minutes
Minute:60 seconds
Seconds
Yesterday
Today
Tomorrow
10:ten
100: one hundred
1000: one thousand
10 000: ten thousand
Grammar
I to Hong Kong, Hangzhou vs I’ve been to Hong Kong
Pronunciation
Try and help him to really articulate pronunciation of the months of the year
Demo Class Notes (Leo – Jesse)
March 3, 2018
Speaking exercise
what is your biggest problem with English?
today I woke up at 8 o’clock and at 9 o’clock I ate breakfast. I ate toast / bread. The toast is big. It’s very yummy. I put tomato and then I put egg on the toast. I finished breakfast, and next, my dad drive a car and arrive here / my dad took me here by car.
I walk to school / I go to school on foot
I drive to school / I go to school by car
My dad drives me to school / My dad takes me to school by carVocabulary
arrive – dao
drive a car to my house
start < > finish
and then / next / after that – ran hou
wake – woke
eat – ate
drive – droveGrammar
I like playing games and I like drinking coffee
at + time
on + day
in + month / year













