Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Speaking exercise

…because it can help when I grow up to do the housework and it is good to our body and we can help our parents.

responsibility – ze ren

mature – cheng shu

persist / not give up – jian chi

Doing housework can teach you to have responsibility and to not give up. It can make you more mature.

maid / house keeper / cleaner – someone who cleans your house


my favourite art is my painting because I draw that and I draw a mermaid. It is really beautiful and I draw a cute little king. It let me feel really happy because I draw the beautifulest painting at home. And it has my favourite color, which is turquoise and when I draw that, one hand is 4 fingers but when comic paintings, the person will just have 4 fingers and my dad said why it just have 4 fingers, and he paint the fingers to 5.

my favourite art is my painting because I drew that and it is a mermaid. It is really beautiful and I drew a cute little king. It makes me feel really happy because I drew the most beautiful painting at home. And it has my favourite color, which is turquoise and when I drew that, one hand has 4 fingers but when you draw comic paintings, the person will just have 4 fingers on one hand and my dad said why does it just have 4 fingers? A person has 5 fingers and so he drew the 5th finger.

Pronunciation

turquoise – “tur kwoizzz”

Vocabulary

cushion – pillow

sky scraper – tall building – it scratches the sky!

bracelet – it’s so beautiful! but maybe it will break!

laptop – a computer that sits on top of your lap, not on top of your desk like a desktop

ambulance – call 112 and it goes “Aammmmbuuuuu ammmmbuuuuuuuuu… lance”