Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Speaking exercise

One day there‘s was a little dog named Fluffy and he went to his neighbour’s house. He saw a little girl who was sleeping in a giant bed. So, Fluffly barked at the little girl, but she didn’t wake up, because she was fast asleep. So  Fluffy just lay down next to her and he fell asleep. A bird was flying by and saw them sleeping and so the bird flew through their window and landed on their bed and fell asleep too. At first, the bird didn’t understand that there was a dog beside her-but once she found out she flew away cause she was really scared.

One day yellow ice cream named Yellow went outside to play with her friend. Her best friend is Strawberry but  Strawberry need to work. So, she walked and walked…. Then, Yellow saw Strawberry, she was soo happy that she clapped for joy and hugged Strawberry.

One day there is was a hare named Little Hare and his father is called Big Hare. When autumn comes, Little Hare would play in leaves, he walked all around stumping on the leaves. At last Little Hare got tired and Big Hare fed Little Hare some seeds. After eating a delicious snack LH went to bed.

Vocabulary

jump for joy
to be extremely happy:
“So how did Robert take the news?” “He didn’t exactly jump for joy.

refer to sb/sth-to talk or write about someone or something, especially in only a few words
(尤指简短地)提到,谈及,谈起
In her autobiography, she occasionally refers to her unhappy schooldays.
在其自传中,她偶尔提及了她不快乐的学生时代。
He always refers to the house as his “refuge”.
他总是把这座房子称为他的“避难所”。

analyse (v): to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it
分析
Researchers analysed the purchases of 6,300 households.
研究者们对6300个家庭的购物消费作了分析。
Water samples taken from streams were analysed for contamination by chemicals.
对水样进行分析,来测定溪流是否已受到化学品的污染。

screenshot (n): an image of what is displayed on a computer screen
屏幕截图
To take a screenshot