VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [S]

Pronunciation

melbourne – mel ben

cairnes – care nz

in sydney we went to the opera house for first and it is a beautiful place, after that we took the ship to the zoo, when I get off the ship i left my purse on the ship, all my credit cards, passport are in the purse we take the sky to the zoo and i didn’t aware of that until about half an hour later i realised where is my purse then we come back the the bay and a kind girl she helped us to contact the ship and we finally find that.

in Sydney we went to the opera house first and it / which is a beautiful place, after that we took a ship to the zoo, when I got off the ship i left my purse on the ship, all my credit cards, passport were in the purse we took the cable car to the zoo and i wasn’t aware of that until about half an hour later i realised my purse was gone / I thought “where is my purse”, then we came back to the bay / harbour and a kind girl helped us to contact the ship and we finally found it.

Vocabulary

sirens – the sound that comes from the lights of a police car
eg. the police had their sirens on and were sitting behind us

pull over – the police stop you on the road

let us couldn’t drive so fast – she made us not drive so fast / she stopped us from driving so fast 

let = allow = you want to do
eg. my mum lets me play games

get = ask = you don’t mind
eg. my boss gets me to reply to his email

make = force
eg. my mum makes me do my homework

it isn’t tell like Chinese map – it doesn’t tell you the details like the Chinese maps do

word of mouth –

the worth quality –

有/没有 – you / mei you

there is a phone on the desk < > there isn’t a phone on the desk

I have a problem < > I don’t have the problem / xiao mi doesn’t have the problem

I have been to Australia < > I haven’t been to Australia / I haven’t seen that movie

Grammar

talk to sb
talk with sb
talk

tell sb

it / this / that / he / she

it = the thing
this = the thing here
that = the thing there

he / she – the man / the woman

Now I am aware / I was aware

the – obvious
eg. the weather is really good

I took the bus / I went to the bank – action

Is the phone yours?
I went to the restaurant near my house

on the ship / bike / train / metro / bus / plane – you can walk inside or sit on top

in a car / taxi 

At first I thought your name was Sally but now I realise it’s not.

I have a friend who is funny.
I have a computer which is black.
I bought a computer which took 1 hour.

verb – what time?

noun – which one? how many?

sentences
conj – connect ideas
prep – add detail to ideas