VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Go home and think about 5 topics you are interested in

Vocabulary

put – 放

take out – 拿出去

soccer – 足球

interest – 兴趣

hobby – 爱好

free/spare time – 空闲时间

of course – absolutely – definitely – 当然

Pronunciation

5 vowels: a, e, i, o, u

short vowel “a” 

-at 
cat 猫, sat 坐, mat 地垫, rat 老鼠, hat 帽子, bat 棒球棒
The cat sat on the mat.

-an
fan 电风扇, pan 平底锅, van 面包车, can 罐头
Dan put the fan and pan in the van.

-ap
cap 鸭舌帽, map 地图, gap 缺口, nap 睡午觉, lap 大腿, sap 树枝
I put my cap and map on my lap.

-ad
dad 爸爸, pad 笔记本, bad 不好的, mad 生气的, sad 伤心的, fad 无关紧要的
Dad is sad and mad.

-am 
ham 火腿, jam 果酱, yam 红薯, ram 山羊
The ram likes to eat ham, jam, and yams.

-ag
flag 旗子, rag 抹布, bag 包, tag 标签, wag 摇尾巴, sag 下垂
The flag and rag are in the bag.

How do you do?
Mom gave me cash for taking out the trash.

-amp 
camp 夏令营, ramp 小斜坡, champ 冠军, stamp 邮票, damp 湿湿的, lamp 台灯
I was the soccer champ at camp.

-and 
band 乐队, land 土地, strand 一缕, hand 手, stand 摊位/起立, sand 沙子
I put my hand in the sand.

-ack
pack 打包, crack 破裂, quack 呱呱, back 后背, sack 麻袋, snack 零食
I put my snack in the sack.

-ant 
slant 倾斜, pant 裤子, ant 蚂蚁, plant 植物
The little ant crawled on the plant.

How are you
-I’m okay/good/really good/fantastic.

How do you do/how are you doing?
-I’m doing well/good/okay/great.

How’s it going?
-It’s going well/good.
-Pretty good

What’s up?
-Nothing. You?

What are you doing?
-I am ……

What do you do for a living? / What do you do as a job? / Tell me about your job:)

What are your interests/hobbies?
-I like to listen to music and watch movies.

What do you like to do in your free/spare time?

Where are you from? / Tell me about your hometown. / Are you from here?
-No, I am not from here. I am from……

Shall we do this again sometime?
-Of course./Sounds great.

Hope to see you again next time.
-Me too/Absolutely/definitely