VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]
Homework
Write: what would you do if you had a lot of money? What would you buy, where would you go? WHy?
Needs more review
therm = hot / cold
thermometer = something to measure the temperature
thermostat = something to show the temperature
thermos = 热水壶 / 保温杯
thermal underwear = underwear that keep us warm – 棉毛衫/裤
speedometer – shows speed (fast / slow)
thermometer – shows temperature (hot / cold)
Writing exercise
Dear Joyce,
I can see you a long time so I miss you. Now I will tell you about my life, go to the zoo. In summer holiday mum, dad and I went to the zoo by car, in the zoo we saw a lot of animal, tiger, monkey, elephant, I feed the lion a piece of meat, my mum feed too while dad feed a goat. If you fight the goat, it was dangeroused because the goat will bite you. We feed a gorilla bananas. He can peel the banana and eat it quickly. I saw elephant too. They need their nose and help himself have a bath. They look happy. I saw a lot of animals in the zoo, all in all we are happy.
Dear Joyce, / Hi Joyce,
I can’t see you for a long time so I miss you. Now I will / Let me / I’d like to tell you about my time at the zoo. In summer holidays mum, dad and I went to the zoo by car, and at the zoo we saw a lot of animals like / including tigers, monkeys, and elephants. I fed the lion a piece of meat, my mum fed it too while dad fed a goat. If you fight the goat, it would be / is dangerous because the goat will / would bite you. We fed a gorilla bananas and he can peeled the bananas and ate them quickly. I saw elephants too which need their trunks to help themselves have a bath. When they have a cold bath, they look very happy. I saw a lot of animals in the zoo, and all in all we were happy.
I will see you soon! / I hope you have a nice weekend / summer holidays / See you later! / See you next week!
Your friend, / Regards, / All the best, / Best,…
Leo
Grammar
I have a lot of money so I will buy a house.
If I had a lot of money, I would buy a house.
Zero Conditional: If you drink coffee, you don’t sleep well.
PRESENT + REAL
1st Conditional: If I drink coffee tonight, I won’t sleep well.
FUTURE + REAL
2nd Conditional: If I drank coffee tonight, I wouldn’t sleep well
PRESENT / FUTURE + NOT REAL (past tense)
3rd Conditional: If I had drank coffee, I wouldn’t have slept well last night
PAST + NOT REAL
I am in here – I am here
Vocabulary
feed – fed
meet – met
read – read (red)
like – xi huan
eg. I like you
like – xiang
eg. I am like you
like – bao kuo
eg. I have friends like Leo and John.
going to the zoo is fun = everyone maybe thinks it’s fun
my time at the zoo was fun = just for me
Asphalt 8
credits = money in a game
acceleration – jia su
top speed = zui da su du
handling = cao kong xin
nitro = dan xi tui jin
sedan
sports car
pickup truck
super car
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