Conversation - TV Programmes

A. What programme does CTV show at one o'clock?
B. The News.
A. What about half past one? What programme does it show?
B. Leisure Talk.
A. What about three o'clock?
B. Pop Music Station.
A. What about half past four?
B. Cartoon, the Super Dog.
A. What about five o'clock?
B. Quiz Show for Kids.
A. I like Pop Music Station the most. How about you?
B. I like Cartoon, the Super Dog. It's very funny.
A. Yes, it is. I also like the Super Dog.
B. Both Pop Music Station and the Super Dog are popular programmes.
A. Yes, I agree totally.

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A. Let's move on to the KVB.
B. Sure.
A. I like the KVB programmes.
B. Me too.
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How should I do to improve my reading comprehension?

-Read the instruction very carefully
-Understand who and what the writing is for
-Read the title carefully
-Find the useful information to answer the question
-Work on the question

To Do list

Planning how to spend your time wisely can help us live a good live. You may start your day by planning things you would like to finish early in the morning. Write a to-do-list. It can help you better use your time.

Try to fill in the list to help you organise your day.
See the sample list below.

Date: ______________

1. to read-aloud my blog message twice a day
2. to write down and spell the words I don't really know
3. to watch TV news in both Chinese and English
4. to finish 2 pieces of summer homework everyday.

Good or Bad Life

Life is defined as a mode of living. As human being, we can live either a good life or a bad one.

A good life is a kind of living that can lead us to a happy and satisfying life. One needs to do right things; such as following the regulation of family, school, social, government, and even game rules. The good life can make us live more healthily and happily. It involves true love and care.

A bad life is a kind of living that can lead us to a destructive life. Person with a bad life may break rules or do something wrong; such as stealing things, lying to others, scolding parents, not eating properly, cheating at school, and not following instructions. The bad life makes our life whither. It may bring us some temporary happiness, but it never gives a true happiness.

A good life is the life that helps us grow and prosper, yet a bad life can destroy not only our body but also our spirit.

A Lucky Day

Little Cathy lives in a small flat with her parents. There are many rubbish and paper scattering around the stairs of her flat.

Cathy is a clever and hardworking girl. It is the summer time, so she stays home alone because both her parents work.

One day morning, Cathy's mother said, "We won't be back until nine o'clock tonight. You must look after yourself."

Cathy said, "Don't worry mom, I will look after myself. I will stay home and do my homework and watch TV." Mom said, "Good girl! See you tonight."

When her mom left the flat, Cathy was doing her homework. In the afternoon, she got bored, so she switched on the TV. Suddenly she smelt something burning. She was frightened. She asked herself, "What shall I do? Yes, I must call mom now."

Unfortunately, the fire had burned near to the door of her flat. She couldn't reach the phone because of the black smoke. She was scared and she started crying aloud. Her neighbours reported to the police. After about 10 minutes,the firemen reached the burning area. They put out the fire and saved her from the window. She felt very fortunate.

Using Adjectives in My Writing

Article (a, an, the) + (adjective)+(Noun)

Sequence of adjective
(1. general description, 2.size, 3.age, 4.shape, 5.colour, 6.origin)

For objects

1. General description - beautiful, cheap, sporty, expensive, famous, handsome, amusing, amazing, fantastic, terrific, excellent, good, bad
2. Size- small, big, medium-size, large, extra large, little, tiny, huge, enormous
3. age - young, old, antique, ancient, modern, historic, new, ten-year-old, middle-age
4. shape - round, square, rectangular, triangular, diamond-shaped, oval
5. colour - brown, red, blue, grey, yellow, green, orange, black, white
6. origin - Chinese, Japanese, Asian, English, African, Australian, Indian, German
7. Characteristics/Character - smart/stupid, hard working/lazy, strong/weak, patient/impatient, helpful/unhelpful, kind/unkind, joyful/unhappy, selfish/unselfish
   
   

My English Teacher

Terri is my English teacher. She is a middle age Chinese woman. She has big black eyes with a pair of glasses. She also has a small nose and a tiny mouth. I think she is a good looking person.

Terri is kind and patient. She helps me improve my English reading and writing skills. She is very patient in helping me to correct my writing mistakes. She makes me like studying English. I think studying English can be fun. I need more patience to learn to improve English.

I will try my best to learn English.I am going to read English about half an hour everyday to improve my English.I have more confidence to learn English. Now,my English teacher is not only teaches me English but also teaches me English typing skills. I like my English teacher Terri very much.

My English Lesson

Today, I attended the English lesson at half past four. I started the lesson by reading aloud the comprehension paragraph in my blog. I learnt to read phrase by phrase. I also learnt to read aloud a syllable sound in each phrase louder and longer. This helped me remember what I read.

When we were correcting the comprehension questions on the computer, the computer monitor blacked out because the electricity supply had stopped. It took about two minutes, the electricity started working again.

We recorded the reading. I read a comprehension passage with the title, "I was awarded bronze certificate for my Olympic Maths competition". I read very slowly but I could understand all the message. Then I answered all the questions correctly.

Now, I am sitting with Terri and I am looking at the screen.

I will write some questions for the passage as my homework.

1.How can the author help herself remember what she reads?
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2.Why was the computer monitor blacked out during the lesson?
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3.How could the auther understand the comprehension massage?
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Reading Comprehension

I think reading comprehension is an interesting skill to learn. I have four suggestions to share with you to improve the comprehension skill when reading.

1. When you read, you must understand and remember what you read. To remember the story, you can use imagined pictures to help you remember the message.
2. Reading and thinking should happen when you read. Without thinking, you can't understand the message.
3. When there are some unknown words, you can skip the words by just saying "bah..bah.." or pronounce the words if you can. You shouldn't stop too long to think about the unknown words.
4. Read words in groups or phrases. Link the words into phrases when you read. You should not put a pause after reading a single word.
   

If you follow my advice, your reading comprehension can improve very soon.

1. How many suggestions does the author want to share?

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2. What can you do to remember what you read?

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3.When there are some unknown words,what can you do?

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