VIP Class Notes (Phoebe)

Read the new article on: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/what-if-flying-reduced-your-carbon-footprint-1.4570506

and write a 3-4 sentence summary.

Try to read each word in the pronunciation and vocabulary sections at home to correct pronunciation. The teacher can pick a few words to check next time.

Original:

It took a long time to make the dog poop outside when I walked my dog.
During the pandemic time, everyone had to work at home for whole days.
I had to walk my dog in bike garage in the past raining days.
The dog would be excited when she made direct eyes contact with me.
I didn’t think communism would disappear in Cuba.

With corrections:

During the pandemic time, everyone had to work at home for whole days. all day.

I had to walk my dog in bike garage in the past raining days/when it was raining.

The dog would be excited when she made direct eyes contact eye contact with me. (eye contact is a fixed combination)

Other sentences are correct.

Grammar

talking some

talking about some

the toy is 30-cm high/toy’s height is 30 cm

similarly, a 7-year-old boy/the boy is 7 years old

there is desks, chairs

there are desks, chairs

I have models of different shapes. (shape:appearance, whether sth is tri-angular or squared)

I have models of different types.

I was riding a car

I was driving a car

my dog likes ninja

my dog is like/is similar to… ninja

has glories (n)/is glorious (adj.)

I heard of that

I have heard of that

Vocabulary

cyperpunk

previous

normal vs ordinary/plain (normal: mentally healthy/not strange; ordinary: same as everyone else)

inhale

exhale

hallway

Pronunciation

like

centimetre

house

shape

painted

different talents

freedom

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