VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Using past tense in story-telling

Vocabulary

simpleton (n) 傻瓜
i.e The farmer’s third son is a simpleton

plain (adj) simple or ordinary, unflavored
i.e The food is too plain, I want something more spicy.

set out for: go to, head to
i.e He put the goose under his arm and set out for home.

maid (n) a female servant
i.e The princess has 4 maids.

dawn (n) 黎明
i.e He wakes up around dawn.

hoof (n) a horse’s foot

greedy (adj) to have selfish desires
i.e The 3 sisters are greedy.

yawn (v)
i.e I yawned at school and my teacher punished me. 

punish (v) 惩罚

doughnut (n) 甜甜圈

Grammar

leave – left

I am very unhappy at school. Why? Because I met all of my friends and I am happy but we have 10 classes now, but when we leave school, we have a lot of homework to do, so I am very very unhappy.
I was very unhappy at school. Why? Because I met all of my friends on the first day and we played games together. I was happy. But we will have 10 classes every day, which is tiring for me. When we left school, we had a lot of homework to do, so I was very unhappy.