VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Pronunciation

silent e

-a_e
wave 海浪, date 日期, face 脸, cape 披风, cane 拐杖, wake 醒来
I wake up and wash 洗 my face.

-i_e
wipe 擦, nine 九, bite 咬, dice 骰子（复数）, file 文件, hide 隐藏
Miles rolled 滚 nine dice.

-o_e
home 家, rope 绳子, poke 戳, cone 蛋筒, robe 浴袍, note 笔记
Jan made 做 an ice cream cone at home.

-u_e
mule 骡子, cube 立方体, tube 管子, tune 音调, fume 气味, dune 荒漠
The mule ate an ice cube 冰块.

vowel groups

-ai (aaaa)
pail 桶, paint 颜料／画画, sail 帆船, rain 雨, mail 信, train 火车
The man painted the train in the rain.

-ay （aaaaa）
play 玩, hay 干草, pay 付钱, pray 祈祷, ray 束, tray 托盘
The dog played all day in the hay.

-ea （eeeee）
tea 茶, leaf 树叶, read 阅读, eat 吃, leak 泄漏, beads 珠子
I like to read and drink tea.

-ee （eeee）
see 看见, seed 种子, feed 喂养, three 三, sleep 睡觉, peek 偷看
Mac likes to feed his three goats 山羊.

-ie （ai）
tie 领带, pie 派, flies 苍蝇, die 骰子（单数）, fries 薯条, cried 哭
Three big flies flew in the pie.

-y （ai）
cry 哭, fly 飞, fry 炸, guy 男的, dry 干, spy 间谍／监视跟踪
Did you spy on the guy?

-igh （ai）
night 夜晚, flight 飞行／航班, high 高, knight 骑士, light 灯, right 右／对
I turned off 关掉 my night light.

-oa （ooo）
boat 船, loaf 块, float 漂浮, coat 外套, road 路, toast 吐司
Jack floats his boat in the water.

-oe （ooo）
doe 小鹿, toe 脚趾, Joe 乔, hoe 锄头, tiptoe 蹑手蹑脚, aloe 芦荟
Joe stubbed 踢撞 his toe on the hoe.

-ue （wuuuu）
rescue 救, glue 胶水, clue 线索, blue 蓝色, tissue 抽纸, argue 争吵
I saw a blue clue on the ground 大地.

-ui （wuuuu）
fruit 水果, suit 西装, bruise 淤青, juice 果汁
I spilled 打翻 a little fruit juice on my suit.

-ew （wuuu）
chew 咀嚼, grew 长大, screw 螺丝, dew 露水, blew 吹, brew 冲泡
Mom blew on the stew to cool it off.

Vocabulary

Cantonese – yue yu

Mandarin – pu tong hua

hometown – jia xiang

visit – bai fang

have to do sth. – bi xu yao zuo

normally – ping chang de

Can you introduce yourself?

I am Ivy. I am 22 years old. I am an assistant in the company. I like to listen to music normally. I like to listen to Cantonese songs. I like to listen to English songs. I go to work at 9am and go home at 6pm. After I go home, I eat dinner and watch TV. On the weekend, I go to my hometown. I visit my parents and friends. On Sunday afternoon, I come back to SH because I have to go to work.

review words, bring qingsong english, prepare an introduction of your hometown