VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Homework

Use some of the words from today talking about pets in the house. Do you want one? What are the positives and negatives related to having a pet in the family?

Writing exercise

Lord of the rings is one of the most famous and classical movies in the world, which is also one of my favourite movies.It telled a story which is set in the middle ages ,a group of good guys including hobbits,elfs,human beings and dwarfs who protected the world from being control by evil guy,Mordor.Mordor had a powerful ring which could help him to come back to life and control the world.So it was important to destory the ring,and four hobbits happened to be responsible for this task. Elfs ,human beings and dwarfsa flighted with millons of orcs which ware created by Mordor. They had lots of difficulties but nerver gave up. In the end,the magical ring was destroyed and bad guys was killed by good guys.The world came back to pease again.
I saw these movies when I were in the high school.At that time,I got a lot of pressure from my studies and were very unhappy. Lord of the rings gaved me great power to keep going and I found out that friendship,courage,justice and loylty is much meaningful in life. I remember there was a sentence which was said by Sam,one of hobbits,†Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t They kept going… because they were holding on to something ,And it’s worth fighting for.â€.It really impressed me a lot.After that,when I met difficulties and wanted to give up,I would review the movies again and again.

Lord of the rings is one of the most famous movies in the world and has become a classic, and is also one of my favourite movies. It told a story which is set in the middle ages. A group of good guys including hobbits, elves, human beings and dwarfs, protected the world from being controlled by an evil guy, Sauron. Sauron had a powerful ring which could help him to come back to life and control the world. So it was important to destroy the ring, and four hobbits volunteered to be responsible / took responsibility for this task. Elves, human beings and dwarfs fought (against) millions of orcs which were created by Sauron. They had lots of difficulties but never gave up. In the end, the magical ring was destroyed and the bad guys were killed by the good guys. The world came back to peace / became peaceful / the world was at peace once again.

I saw these movies when I was in high school. At that time, I got a lot of pressure from my studies and was very unhappy. Lord of the rings gave me great power to keep going and I found out / realised that friendship, courage, justice and loyalty has a lot of meaning / is very meaningful in life. I remember there was a sentence which was said by Sam, one of the hobbits, “Folk in those stories had lots of chances to turn back, only they didn’t, They kept going… because they were holding on to something, And it’s worth fighting for.†It really impressed me a lot and after that, when I met difficulties and wanted to give up, I would re-watch the movies again and again.

Vocabulary

this night = tonight
today’s morning = this morning 

Yesterday morning – yesterday afternoon – last night
This morning – this afternoon – tonight
Tomorrow morning – tomorrow afternoon – tomorrow night

noticed – to see and then know sth new
eg. Oh, I just noticed you are wearing glasses today…
realised
found out

re-do / re-watch / revisit 

review – fu xi

meaningful (adj)
eg. it’s very meaningful 
eg2. it’s a very meaningful movie 

I went to the shops which are near my house

The shops are near my house

classic – an old and perfect example of a piece of art
eg. that movie is a classic!

classical – the style of art from many years ago
eg. I prefer pop music over classical music

ran away – people + animals that leave home without telling you
eg. my dog ran away when he was little

to be thrown out of your house / to throw sb out
= to make someone leave

Pronunciation

nail – nay ell

gave – “gayv

Speaking exercise

when i met him, when i was 12 years old and the day is my birthday and my father went to buy a cake and i met a kitten follow my father to come to my home and i think he was hungry so i give him something to eat like cakes. I think he likes it and ate a lot. and this is my first pet. A years later he was bigger, and smart. He can catch the mouse. I think maybe he wanted give me a gift like mouse. I was scared and throw the mouse out of my home and the next day I found the mouse in my home again. he liked to play outside. only he was hungry and come back for lunch.

when i met him, i was 12 years old and it was my birthday so my father went to buy a cake. I saw / ran into / came across a kitten following my father and came to my home. I thought he was hungry so i gave him something to eat like some cake. I thought he liked it because he almost ate all of it. This was my first pet ever / in my life. A year later he was bigger, and smarter and he could catch mice. I thought maybe he wanted to give me mice as gifts. I was scared so I threw the mouse away but the next day I found the mouse in my home again. My cat liked to play outside and only when he was hungry, he would come back for food.