VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

when i was studied in highschool the favourite field trip i remember is once the teacher told us to come to school at maybe 8pm or 9pm on the ground and went to the school at 8pm and it’s dark. our high school has like a field, it’s so big, no light, and the teacher take a hand light, and that day all the stars in the sky is so beautiful and the teacher take the torch to show us all the stars and told us star signs and i remember this and i think that night is so beautiful, but now we can’t see the stars.

when i studied / was studying in high school my favourite field trip which i remember is once the teacher told us to come to school at maybe 8 or 9PM on the school field and when we went to the school at 8pm and it was dark. our high school has a field that is / which is so big, and there is no light. The teacher took a torch, and on that day all the stars in the sky were so beautiful and the teacher got the torch to show us all the stars and told us the constellations and i remember this and i think that night was so beautiful, but now we can’t see the stars at all / we can barely see the stars.

Vocabulary

in north china

field / grassland 

rural < > urban 

essay (students) / articles 

memorize words / recite words

grade 4 / year 4

punishment
eg. writing lines is a common punishment in Australia

colleagues / coworkers 

constellation = 3-4 or more stars together – no meaning
star sign = xin zuo
eg. what star sign are you?

torch – shou dian
eg. he shined the torch at the stars

pitch black – very very dark
eg. it was pitch black outside

field / playground

dorm / dormitory – the place students live at college
eg. we stayed in the dorm

speak / use a language

Grammar

I am happy
I was happy

I am running
I was running