VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

ideal (adj.) 理想的,完美的
You’re an ideal family.

illusion (n ) 幻觉 – illusional (adj.) 出现幻觉的

prison = jail = cell
cell (n) 牢房

prisoner (n) a person who is in jail 囚犯

bully (v) 欺负,霸陵
(n) 小霸王,欺负别人的人

bump into 撞上,遇上
I bumped into a lamp post last night.

pass out = black out
The big guys passed out for 2 minutes.

recipient (n) 接收方,接受者,容器
receiver (n) 接收者

trample (v) 踩,踏
Don’t trample on those flowers!

scorch (v) 烧焦
scorching (adj.) the scorching sun is burning my skin.
scorched (adj.) the scorched planet turned into ashes.

Grammar

hurt (v)
You hurt me.
(adj.) 受伤的
the postman isn’t hurt

Speaking exercise

There is a man and he is in the jail, and he is very weak. Everybody in the jail beat him and one day a big guy wants to punch him, he takes out an ant. After the big guy sees the ant, he lies on the floor so everyone thinks he is powerful and is afraid of him. The man becomes the leader, but at last it is just his illusion.

There is a prisoner who is very weak. So everybody in the jail bullies him. One day a big guy wants to punch him because the prisoner bumps into him. An ant jumps on his hand and scared the big guy. The big guy passes out. Now, everyone thinks he is powerful and is afraid of him. The man becomes the leader, but at last it turns out to be his illusion.

there is a postman want to delivery a package to a small planet, but the it’s too small so the postman can’t find it. so he destroyed many cities and when he call the recipient, he only hear scream and aliens use the army to attack the postman, but the post doesn’t hurt, at last he leaves the planet and the fire of the spaceship destroys the planet.

A postman wants to delivery a package to a an alien on a small planet, but everything on the planet is too small for the postman to see, so he accidentally tramples many cities because he can’t see them.  When he calls the recipient, he only hears screams.  The aliens use the army to attack the postman, but the postman isn’t hurt, as a matter of fact, he couldn’t even feel anything.  At last he leaves the planet and the fire of the spaceship scorches the planet.