Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Writing exercise

MB wants to use string and then pluck his tooth . But he can not pluck it.So he puts the string on the door which is tall and then opens it quickly but it still can not pluck.MB takes a ruler then uses it and think about something.He open the door quickiy but his tooth still hurts so he is a little angry.

MB wants to use a string because he wants to pluck his tooth out / MB wants to use a string to pluck his tooth out, but he can not pluck it out. So he puts the string on the door which is tall and then closes it quickly but it can’t be plucked out. MB takes a ruler and then uses it and thinks about something. He closes the door quickly but his tooth still hurts so he is a little angry.

Vocabulary

great grandmother 

In about 2 weeks / In the next 2 weeks

mosquito – “mos kii to”

very easy, cheap, and fast – convenient 

instant noodles – fang bian mian

porridge – milk + oats
congee – zhou (rice)

kick – use foot to hit
punch – use hand to hit

door handle – you use your hand to pull a door open

it falls off the door and on the floor

dresser – something we put clothes in

air beds / mattresses

see
look
eg. MB will go to see a dentist and the dentist will look at his teeth

rope – thick
string – thin

pot
eg. I use a pot to cook some soup

throw
eg. I throw the ball to my brother
throw away
eg. I throw away the garbage / rubbish
throw up – sick
eg. I throw up because I feel sick

meat – rou
chicken – ji rou
pork – zhu rou
beef – niu rou
lamb – yang rou

Grammar

I drink the water
The water is drunk by me

I eat the hamburger
The hamburger is eaten 

I took the bus
The bus was taken by me

I can’t drink the water
The water can’t be drunk by me

eat / ate / eaten
eg. I have eaten the hamburger

drink / drank / drunk
sing / sang / sung
eat / ate / eaten
take / took / taken
talk / talked / talked
walk / walked / walked

how can he make the dresser fall?

Speaking exercise

handle, air mattress, dresser, window, heavy, strong, enough,

MB wants to use the string to pull out his tooth but the string can’t pull out his tooth and the string broken the handle. MB feels his tooth still hurts and he thinks a great idea. He wants to put the dresser in the window but he is not strong and the dresser is too heavy so MB puts a air mattress under the dresser and the dresser is in the window now.