VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

bite (v/n) 咬  – take a bite 咬一口吧
I was bitten by a dog last month.

skin (n) 皮肤

backwards 向后

bump (v) 撞上 bump into
I like to use my phone when I walk, so I bumped into trees many times.

stripe (n) 条纹
Zebras have black and white stripes.

come up with (v) = think of 想到,提出
I came up with a perfect solution. 解决办法/解决方案

exchange (v) 交换
I have a toy car and you have a toy plate, shall we exchange?

applaud (v) 鼓掌,欢呼
The audience applauded for him when he got on the stage.

frustrated (adj.) 恼人的,烦恼的,恼火的,沮丧的 – frustrating (adj.)
I was frustrated because I did very bad in my math exam.

trip (v) 绊倒
I tripped myself in the classroom today
Last year, I was tripped by a brick one day after I finished school.

previous (adj.) 前面的,之前的

various : all different kinds of 各种各样的

hoof (n) 蹄子 – hooves

celebrity (n) 名人

Grammar

think – thought

thought of 想到

Pronunciation

fall

ill

Speaking exercise

one is wrong very little
I made very few mistakes in one exam

I made very much mistakes in the other one
I made many mistakes in the other exam.

One day, zebra was walking happily on the road. Suddenly, it break a tree, then it became half was black and half was white. Then, it thought some times, it saw itself and bit its skin and it thought of a good idea. It was walking happily on the road again, then it walk backwards and break the tree again, then it exchanged its color. He was feeling angry then it jumped up the black went down and the white rose up.
One day, a zebra was walking happily on the road. Suddenly, it bumped into a tree, then the black stripes on its body merged together, and the white stripes stayed at the second half of his body.  Then, it thought for a while and started to bite its skin to get the stripes back to normal. Then it thought of a good idea. It walked 30m from the tree and started to run backwards towards the tree, hoping to got its stripes back to normal again, but the white and black spots changed their positions. It was feeling frustrated.

it was running on the grass frustrated and the stripes became a lot of shapes, then it was tripped by a tree and the stripes became another shape. Then it was jumping angrily because it could not find the previous stripes, this time he happened to be seen by other zebras and they thought it was very interesting, so they use their ears to applaud. And they jumped by the zebra and the zebra jumped and its stripes were became a lot of shapes and then the other zebras were applauding.

It was running on the grass with frustration and the stripes became various shapes and patterns, then it was tripped by a tree and the stripes turned into more shapes. It started to jump upside and down, trying to get back to normal.  But this time he happened to be seen by other zebras and they thought it was very interesting, so they use their ears and hooves to applaud for him. It became a celebrity!