VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I my math homework and science.
this time we learned biology.

biology was 1 week ago
we learned about how the brain works / how the brain controls our body

something is very different and sometimes they are the same.

I like Chinese history during the Ming dynasty (about 600 years ago 1368 to 1644 A.D) and the Tang Dynasty  (about 1200 years ago 618 to 907)

there are many things things for which you can’t use science to find the answer

In Xian there are the terracotta warriors.
We think the terra-cotta warriors killed the old man but we cannot prove it

and in Xian there is a new ice cream like a very small army.
there are ice creams that look like historical places and monuments 

I don’t try it because it is a new ice cream, like one month ago.
I went to Xian 1 years ago.

I stayed for 2 weeks, I to go the Shanxi museum and the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum (秦始皇陵) and to Huaqin lake

I don’t try it because it is a new ice cream, like one month ago.
I went to Xian 1 years ago.

I stayed for 2 weeks, I to go the Shanxi museum and the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum (秦始皇陵) and to Huaqin lake

there were hundreds of kingdoms, some are small and some are big

The kingdom fights with the other kingdoms and if they are lost you don’t fight me and the big kingdom needs to protect and help the small kingdom.


I did my math and my science homework
1 week ago we learned about biology / we had a biology class
we learned about how the brain works / how the brain controls our body / about the nervous system

some things are very different and some are the same.

I like Chinese history during the Ming dynasty (about 600 years ago 1368 to 1644 A.D) and the Tang Dynasty  (about 1200 years ago 618 to 907)

there are many things for which you can’t use science to find the answer / at that time science was not advanced enough

In Xian there are the terracotta warriors.
We think the terra-cotta warriors killed the old man but we cannot prove it

and in Xian there . there are ice creams that look like historical places and monuments  / there are ice creams inspired by history 

I haven’t tried it (yet) because it is a new ice cream, it came out one month ago.
I went to Xian 1 years ago.

I stayed for 2 weeks, I went to / visited the Shanxi museum and the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum (秦始皇陵) and Huaqin lake

in the past there were hundreds of kingdoms, some were small and some were big

The kingdom fought with the other kingdoms and the loser had to surrender and the winner had to protect the loser

Vocabulary

to protect (v) 保护
Soldiers protect the kingdom
The big lion protects the baby lions

protection (n)
He keeps a sword for his protection

to surrender (v) 投降
They showed us a white flag because they wanted to surrender
If you want to surrender you need to give a city to the enemy

rot / decay (v) 腐烂
In the past people didn’t know how to prevent decay
After people die their body will be cold and start to decay

to prevent (v)防止
We need to prevent accidents from happening
We take medicine to prevent us from feeling the pain

to suffer (v) 遭受
We suffered a lot losses during the war

to invade (v) 侵略
The enemy invaded this city
Many people invaded the city to get more money

invasion (n)
Warriors are ready to stop the invasion
They decided to run away because of the invasion
The enemy will launch an invasion soon

HuaQin Lake (n)  华清池
I took pictures of Huaqin lake

to unify (v) 统一
The emperor unified the country
In history many dynasties tried to unify the kingdoms

nervous system (n) 神经系统
We have a class about the nervous system
The nervous system is very important for us

terra-cotta warriors / army(n) 兵马俑
I took pictures of the terra-cotta army

dim (adj) 昏暗的
The place was too dim to take pictures

mausoleum (n) 陵墓
we visited the mausoleum

Pronunciation

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