VIP Class Notes (Tony) [W]

Vocabulary

the food at her school was expired

I have a headache from something, I don’t know what.

I walked by there

I wrote the things that I wanted to write. / I wrote what I wanted.

cat’s claws

Crayfish(xiao long xia) claws

In America people like to dip the crab meat in butter.

Rotten – very bad and even unhealthy, like food with green mold growing on it. or smells very bad

eg: This milk is rotten, it smells so bad.

eg: The bread is rotten and green.

fine – a some money you pay because you broke a rule or law

eg: They should lose their job, not just pay a fine.

Grammar

Studying (V.) I am studying.

Studying (N)  Studying is good for kids.

there have is a kind of food like a bean.

Have you [ eaten / tried ] ___ ?

I’ve tried it.

Two Part Sentences:

I have a cat.    +    My cat is blue and eats cheese. = I have a cat that is blue and eats cheese.

I have a dog.   +    My dog has orange hair.             = I have a dog that has orange hair.

I have a dog.   +    My dog had orange hair and now he has blue hair.  = I have a dog that had orange hair but now he has blue hair.

I have a dog that had orange hair but now he has blue hair.

I have a dog that had orange hair but now he has blue hair like my cat.

I have a dog that had orange hair but now he has blue hair, like my cat who eats cheese.

I’m Laura, Laura is my English name. I only had a Chinese name before. By now I am learning English. So, I need and English name. I started learning English about three months ago but I didn’t work hard. Because I couldn’t conetrate to study. I usually use about ten millions or 20 minutes to learn English every day. althought Jesse or Tony told me don\t worry, you did good. But I know that\s not enough if I want learning a language I must reading a lot of book. Watching all of English movies and writing some diaries for every day. Don’t think about how long I will be get the goal. I just need to do everything with English I can do then I think I can find my way to learning English.

I’m Laura, that’s my English name. I only had a Chinese name before. But now I am learning English, so I need an English name. I started learning English about three months ago but I didn’t work hard. Because I couldn’t concentrate on studying(N). I usually use about ten or twenty minutes to learn English every day. Although Jesse or Tony told me “don’t worry, you did good.“ But I know that’s not enough, if I want to learn a language I must read a lot of books, watch only English movies and write some diaries every day. Don’t think about how long I will take to reach the goal. I just need to do everything I can do with English, then I think I can find my own way to learn English.

Reach the goal = Get to the goal