VIP Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

compound – xiao qu

false alarm – when people wrongly believe that something bad will happen

ex. The COVID-19 case turned out to be a false alarm.

close contact – to be close to a person who may have a disease

ex. My classmates could not come to school for two days because they may have been in close contact with someone suspected of having COVID-19.

quarantine – ge li

ex. If they’d left one day later, they’d need to quarantine for 14 days.

close off – to not allow people to enter an area

ex. Some buildings in my compound were closed off for two days.

withstand – stand firm against/resist

ex. Can you withstand the cold?

altitude sickness – gao yuan fan ying

Speaking exercise

This building nearby our school.

This building is nearby our school.

If he have COVID-19, my compound will get famous.

If he had COVID-19, my compound will become famous.

I hope don’t have COVID-19.

I hope I don’t have COVID-19.

Some people think the virus can’t get in them so they went to different place.

Some people think they can’t catch the virus so they went to other places.

I think I were very lucky and I went to ZJJ in July and I get back to Shanghai and maybe half a month later, ZJJ have virus.

I think I have been very lucky because I went to ZJJ in July and whengot back to Shanghai and around half a month later, ZJJ has the virus.

I go to there for maybe YN, FJ, HN and ZJ.

I have been to YN, FJ, HN and ZJ.

When I first go to this summer camp, I go to YN and I have gao yuan fan ying.

When I first went to this summer camp, I went to YN and I felt sick because of the high altitude.