VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Make 3 sentences with today’s new vocabulary.

Learn to pronounce “rarely” and “score”.

我爸爸和妈妈是老公和老婆。
My dad and mom are husband and wife.

我丢了我的钱包，但是我马上/立刻找到了它。
I lost my wallet, but I found it right away.

我自己去超市。
I go to the supermarket by myself.

他们自己去了学校。
They went to school by themselves.

她自己去看了电影。
She went to the movie by herself.

Grammar

find vs find out – find:找到 find out：发现
Yesterday I found my wallet. 昨天我找到了我的钱包
Yesterday I found out where my wallet was. 昨天我发现了我的钱包在哪里

I want to find my homework. 我想找到我的作业
I found out my English test score. 我发现（知道）了我的英文试卷分数。

grade – letter grade

Q: What grade did you get on your Math homework?
A: I got 80. -> I got an A.

Q: What score/mark did you get on your Math homework?
A: I got 90.

How often do you do something?
Never->rarely->sometimes->often->usually -> always/all the time
ie. I never play computer/iphone games.
ie. I rarely play chess.
ie. Sometimes I/ I sometimes play badminton.
ie. I often watch movies.
ie. I usually play basketball and watch TV.
ie. I always read books/I read books all the time.

see vs watch – see：看  watch：欣赏
ie. I saw Jason an hour ago. – 我一小时前看到了Jason
ie. I watched Jason’s every movement. – 我（仔细）看了Jason的每个动作。
ie. I saw my best friend one week ago.
ie. I watched those children dance.
ie. I watched a movie about a whale.

Vocabulary

score/mark/grade：分数/成绩
ie. I got a good grade on my math test, but I didn’t do well on my English homework.
ie. She got a bad score on her Chinese test, so she’s very sad.
ie. He got a good mark on his history test, because he likes history.

rarely：很少
ie. I rarely play games because my mother doesn’t like it.

whole: 整个
ie. I ate the whole apple because I was so hungry.

all the time: always
ie. I read comics all the time because comics are very funny.

movement(noun): 动作
ie. The basketball player’s movements were really fast.

disgusting:恶心
ie. I don’t like mice because they are very disgusting and very dirty.

Pronunciation

find vs found

himself – not “he”mself

he’s vs his