VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

For mum, when her child is in adolescence, this needs to be treaded with caution. Adolescent children are rebellious, they have a lot of energy built up and they need to use up it, their temper becomes irritable and sensitive. Some of them want to get more attention, so they will delibrately do something wrong to make their parents angry . Some of them want to be alone, so they will to be quiet and never talk with others. All is normal. They need patience, communication but not too much focus on, when their parents think rebellious stage is ok, their child will think it’s ok too.

For mums, when her child is in adolescence, they needs to be treated with caution. Adolescent children are rebellious, and they have a lot of energy built up and they need to use it up. They become irritable and sensitive and some of them want to get more attention, so they will deliberately do something wrong to make their parents angry . Some of them want to be alone, so they will to be quiet and never talk with others. All of these are normal. They need patience, communication but not too much attention. When their parents think the rebellious stage is ok, their child will think it’s ok too.

Vocabulary

to have a bad temper = to be the kind of person that easily gets angry and loses control

both are normal / both of these are normal
all of these are normal

pick up my son / pick my son up 
pick him up 

curtains – chuang lian

blinds – juan lian

shutters – bai ye chuang

negative health effects (consequences)

negative (bu ji ji de) < > positive (ji ji de)

smokers – people who smoke (non-smoker – people who don’t smoke)
eg. smokers know it is not healthy but they do it anyway

filthy habit – really dirty habit

Pronunciation

favourite – fay vret

people 
don’t say: peepow 

little – lit tl

months / clothz

close clothes (s/z)