VIP Class Notes (Li)[R]

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Try some of these in your own time. Focus on your tone especially when you see “?!,” Don’t forget to connect the letters before AEIOU.

Vocabulary

based on true events/based on a real story

Aryan race: 亚利安种族

nonfiction: writing about real events and facts

eg. I prefer reading nonfiction stories.

matriarch: the most powerful woman of a society

eg. The matriarch is the leader of an elephant herd.

herd: a group of animals (elephants, sheep)

eg. a herd of elephants

desire/power-hungry

trumpeting: a loud call from an elephant

eg. We could hear the elephants trumpeting in the distance.

American/Australian/British accent

useless – negative

useful – positive

bilingual – two languages

trilingual – three languages

The Jewish will be killed at the several hundred millions. I can’t believe this is real thing happen around 70 years ago.

Only humans would kill each other.

Revised: 

Several hundred millions of Jewish people/the Jews were killed. I can’t believe this is real and it happened around 70 years ago.

Only humans would kill each other.

A Loud Radio

Brent was at the stop light. His car radio was on. The music was very loud. Brent liked to listen to loud music in his car. A police car pulled up next to Brent. The policeman looked at Brent. He shouted, “Pull over to the side of the road.” Brent said, “What?” The policeman said, “Pull over to the side of the road.” Brent pulled over to the side of the road. The policeman said, “Do you know why I am giving you a ticket?” Brent said, “You are giving me a ticket? Why are you giving me a ticket?” The policeman said, “Because your radio is too loud.”

Pronunciation

busy – be-zee

music – mew-zik

pulled-up – pooled-ap

matriach – may-tree-yark

memories – me-ma-rees

puppies – pa-pees

trees -tr-ees

water – war-tuh

lion – lie-yan