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