VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

normal (adj.) 正常的
Life is normal, nothing special.

react – reaction (n) 反应

smile (n) 微笑
a big smile

tourist (n) 游客

jungle 丛林
forest 森林

shave (v) 刮(胡子),剃

greet (v) 打招呼,招待 – greeting (n)
I was greeted by the King.

warmly (adv) 热情的

he was late for the meeting.

hard (adj.) 坚硬的,困难的
hard (adv.) 努力地
hardly (adv.) 几乎不
He works hard.
He hardly works.

hurry
Hurry up 赶快
in a hurry 在急急忙忙中,匆忙中 = hurriedly
I left the house in a hurry.

lazy – lazily 懒惰地

popular (adj.) 流行的
pop music 流行乐
pop singer 流行歌手
pop figure 流行人物

jazz 爵士

tourist site 景点

Terra Cotta Warrior 兵马俑

return – returned (v) 归还
I need to go to the library to return a book.

Grammar

understand – understood – understood

speak – spoke – spoken

smile – smiled – smiled

greet – greeted – greeted

wear – wore – wore

adv 用于修饰动词
He talks loudly
They eat slowly
The children are playing happily.

adv 修饰形容词
He is quite happy.
They are pretty interesting.
The mountains are fairly high.
My brother is extremely angry.

Speaking exercise

a little hurt
It hurts a little

there is nothing in Xi’an
There is nothing fun in Xi’an.

There is nothing eat in Xi’an
There is not much good food in Xi’an
Xi’an does not have delicious food.

When I was 10, in the summer holiday, I went to Xi’an with my mom and my brother. It was very hot in Xi’an, like 40 degrees. I went there for a week. I went to some tourist sites and saw terra cotta warrior. Then we went to Dayan Tower. Then we went to nightless town and had dinner.