VIP Class Notes (Maddie)

unit 46: modifying adverbs

quite/pretty: okay but not excellent at something
e.g. I would say I’m pretty good at xxx.

very/really: excellent at something
e.g. she’s really good at making conversations.

unit 47 wishes and desires

would like to do something – less strong than ‘want to’
negatives: would not like to; don’t want to
questions and short answers:
would someone like to do something? yes, xx would
do/does someone want to do something? yes, they/he/she do/does.

unit 48: academic subjects and zero article
go to school vs. at the school

Vocabulary

tortoise: 陆龟

noisily: with a lot of noises
e.g. pigs eat very noisily

the olympics: 奥运会
e.g. he wants to be in the olympics.

biology: 生物

geography：地理
e.g. I don’t know Chinese geography very well.

term: 学期

practice：练习

degree: 学位

weekday: 工作日

Pronunciation

biology: bai-o-luh-gee; stress on the second syllable; not to be mixed up with ‘ledge’

term: t-uh-m

her: h-uh

science: s-ai-n-s

practice：pra-k-tis

degree: di-gr-ee

the /e/ sound in e.g. test, next, spelling, in between /i/ and /a/

‘er’/’ur’: uh sound