VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]
Homework
Brian has a fast car. He drives his car fast. He never gets a ticket. His car is too fast for the police. They chase him, but they can’t catch him. Brian always escapes from the police. The police want to catch him. But their cars are too slow. Brian’s car is very fast. He likes to drive over 100 mph. When he sees the police, he waves to the police. The police turn on their sirens. They turn on their red lights. They chase after Brian. Brian speeds up. He passes all the other cars on the road. He escapes from the police.
Pronunciation
BVLGARI = bul gar ree
Brian bri yan
Diet die yet
waves = way v zz
12 = twelve o’clock – ‘tweh lll vvv’
mooovving
moo fing
pretty = “pri tee”
sha
you zhaa lee
you ya lee
oh F er
oh V er
th
th
shhh
zhhh
Vocabulary
old house / previous house
original – yuan lai de – “ohh RIJ jin al”
it is double the price / it is 2 times more expensive
10 is double 5
2 times 5 is 10
online – wang luo de
painting – hua
eg. I bought 2 paintings
move house – ban jia
kilometers = kays / ks
eg. I moved house to Beijing West Road which is 2 kilometers away
colleague / coworker = work together
cooperate = do sth together
mph = miles per hour
kph = kilometers per hour
I drive 60 KPH
siren – 汽笛
eg. the police turn on their sirens
Speaking exercise
today is Sunday. in the morning, the sun is sunshine. first i have a shower and then i eat some dumplings by myself in my house. after, i began to work. in the noon, my colleague come to my house. we discussed something about work for 2 hours. in the afternoon, in 4 PM 2 worker come to house for clean my house. after work, we drink some tea and drink some red wine and ice wine with my colleague.
today is Sunday. in the morning, it was sunny. first i had a shower and then i ate some dumplings by myself in my new house. after that, i began to work for 1 hour. At midday, my colleague came to my house. we discussed something about work for 2 hours. in the afternoon, at 4 PM 2 workers came to my new house for cleaning. after work, I drank some tea and drank some red wine and ice wine with my colleague.
Grammar
drink / drank / have drunk
I have drunk a lot so I am drunk
at = time
on = day
in = month / year / period
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