VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

strict – yan ge
eg. the new school is more strict than the other school

they have low standards – yao qiu bu gao

middle school is like that but I’m not sure how high school is.

home-stay – to live with another family in a different country
eg. Josh will live with a home-stay family in Singapore

fridge < > freezer 
eg. part of my fridge is for fresh things like fruit and vegetables and the other part is for other things

better < > worse 
eg. iPhone 5 is worse than iPhone 6 so iPhone 6 is better than iPhone 5

the end of the year / the rest of the year / the last 3 months of the year
eg. what’s your plan for the rest of the year?
eg2. for the rest of the class, let’s review. = the last amount of time

rest – the other
eg. There are 5 cups of coffee. I had 2 cups, you can have the rest. = you can have 3 cups.

once a year / twice a year
once every 2 years / 3 times every 2 years
once every 3 years / twice every 3 years 

you can only go once a year because of the weather. / you can only go during the middle of summer

he didn’t feel it was dangerous?

safety vest – an quan bei xin
eg. he was wearing a safety vest

temperature – wen du
eg. what was the temperature? it was about 28 degrees

guess how many demos I have today!
eg. oh Jesse, guess what Josh got in his test!

Pronunciation

activity – ack ti vi tee 

Grammar

I have a friend who is my classmate

Angela is my friend and she is my classmate

I have a computer which is good

My computer is good and it is black