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Date: 2014-10-25

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

4:29:03 PM

今天上午10点的公开课，继续由Catherine老师主持讲授上一周的课程的后边部分：

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

4:29:05 PM

The Planets
by Gail Gibbons
On a clear night, when stars shine brightly, you might see what looks like another star. But each night it changes position in the star patterns. It is a planet. The word planet comes from the Greek word meaning “wanderer.”
A planet is different from a star. People can see a planet because the sun shines on it. A star shines because it is made up of gases that give off light and heat. Our sun is a star. Nearly every star is much bigger than the biggest planet.
In very early times, people knew of six planets. They were Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. These people named most of the planets after Roman goddesses and gods. Later, within the last 200 years, three more were discovered. They were Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Planet Earth is where we live. It is one of the planets that circle the sun. Together they make up the main part of the solar system. The word solar means “connected to the sun.”
The planets circle around the sun in paths called orbits. The time it takes for a planet to travel around the sun is its year. Each planet’s year is different.
While a planet is orbiting around the sun, it is moving another way, too. It spins, or rotates. The time it takes for a planet to rotate is its day. Each planet’s day is different. While a planet is rotating, part of it faces the sun. It is daytime there. On the other side it is nighttime.
People can look up on a clear night and might see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. A planet looks like a steady point of light. A star twinkles. A telescope is needed to see Uranus and Neptune. They are very far away from planet Earth.
Of the planets, Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. It is about 36 million miles away from the sun. During the day it is extremely hot. During the night it is bitter cold because Mercury doesn’t have any atmosphere to keep its heat from escaping.
Mercury is the second smallest planet and is made up of rock and metal. One year on Mercury is only 88 Earth days. That’s how long it takes for Mercury to orbit the sun. Mercury rotates very slowly, so its days are very long. A day on Mercury is 59 Earth days.
Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is usually the brightest object in our sky, other than our sun and moon. At sunrise and sunset, it looks like a big, bright star. It is bright because Venus has a cloud cover that reflects the sunlight. These clouds are made up of gases.
Venus is about 67 million miles away from the sun. It is hot there. Venus is almost the same size as planet Earth. One year on Venus is about 225 Earth days. A day on Venus is about 243 Earth days long because Venus rotates very slowly. On Venus, a day is longer than a year, and a year is shorter than a day.
Earth is the third planet from the sun. It is the only planet known to have just the right environment for plants, animals, and people to live in. Earth is 93 million miles from the sun.
Planet Earth has just enough gravity to hold its atmosphere around it. Earth has a moon. The moon causes the tides to change, making them rise and fall. Earth orbits the sun in about 365 days to make an Earth year. It rotates every 24 hours to make an Earth day.

芳彤妈阿珊(784894669)

5:16:33 PM

hello

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

5:17:33 PM

welcome to join the English group

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

5:18:23 PM

The class will start at 10:00 am

寂静喜欢(464579960)

5:31:12 PM

Have audio

寂静喜欢(464579960)

5:31:38 PM

?4444

洛天依(861725867)

5:45:06 PM

Good morning

洛天依(861725867)

5:47:30 PM

I'll have a phyciological test

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

6:00:46 PM

Hello Everyone!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

6:01:54 PM

I am your host teacher today, my name is Catherine. Are we ready to begin?

italkbay service(2791868452)

6:04:28 PM

not yet! see you after one hour

寂静喜欢(464579960)

6:15:20 PM

Can we hear techer 's voice

italkbay service(2791868452)

6:17:04 PM

sure, she will continue class at 10:00 and send voice message too

寂静喜欢(464579960)

6:18:38 PM

Ok, i am a teacher of English in university

italkbay service(2791868452)

6:18:58 PM

Welcome !

summer(1030016793)

6:48:40 PM

芳彤妈阿珊(784894669)

6:52:25 PM

how can i get voice?

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

6:53:00 PM

you can see the voice button during class

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

6:53:42 PM

click on it, will play voice. Just like a voice message

summer(1030016793)

6:55:13 PM

hello!

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

6:56:29 PM

Hello, Summer, Welcome to ITALKBAY

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

6:58:23 PM

Good Morning Everyone! We hope you have had a great weekend so far! Now it's almost time for our English group chat. Just to let everyone know that we have past group chat contents posted on our web site too if you like to check it out/review. our web site again is www.italkbay.com.

summer(1030016793)

6:59:56 PM

lm feel happy

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:00:16 PM

Our host teacher today is Catherine! She is a great teaher and has been in China and taught Chinese students

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:00:33 PM

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:00:39 PM

Hi Catherine!

寂静喜欢(464579960)

7:01:07 PM

how can i hear the voice of the teacher

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:01:32 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:01:52 PM

I am very excited! Are we ready to begin?

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:01:47 PM

click the voice button

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:02:09 PM

yes, we are ready

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:02:28 PM

I will show you the paragraph and I will read it to you.

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:02:33 PM

In very early times, people knew of six
planets. They were Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. These people
named most of the planets after Roman
goddesses and gods. Later, within the last
200 years, three more were discovered. They
were Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:03:08 PM

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:03:41 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:04:22 PM

Yes! Thank you!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:05:14 PM

The main idea of this paragraph is to tell us the planets and their names.

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:05:40 PM

Do you know what is different about 'goddesses' and 'gods'?

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:07:31 PM

have no idea

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:07:43 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:07:59 PM

Goddesses are women and gods are men!

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:08:11 PM

really ?

summer(1030016793)

7:08:11 PM

yours school recently hold end gameswhat

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:08:12 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:08:48 PM

really! That is the only difference!

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:09:28 PM

do we add "ess" for femail roles?

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:09:43 PM

female

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:10:08 PM

sometimes! Like a 'prince' and a 'princess'

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:10:10 PM

like waitor and waitress

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:10:14 PM

yes!

向往大海(992763661)

7:10:53 PM

actor and actress

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:11:01 PM

Exactly!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:11:09 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:11:41 PM

Do you have any more questions about this paragraph?

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:11:55 PM

summer(1030016793)

7:12:18 PM

a bit be blind to

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:13:09 PM

I'm sorry, I don't understand your question, Summer. Can you ask me again?

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:14:09 PM

Catherine, " in early times" can we say" in early time"?

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:14:47 PM

You would say "in early times" because there is more than one time.

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:14:59 PM

Like there are many days before today.

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:15:15 PM

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:15:50 PM

Great! I think we can move on to next paragraph

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:16:01 PM

great!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:16:03 PM

Planet Earth is where we live. It is one of the
planets that circle the sun. Together they
make up the main part of the solar system.
The word solar means “connected to the
sun.”

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:16:29 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:19:01 PM

So the main idea of this paragraph is to tell us about the solar system. And it tells us what SOLAR means

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:19:57 PM

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:20:02 PM

what is the meaning of make up?

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:20:37 PM

Good question! Make up means 'a part of' or 'a piece of' like a puzzle! All the little pieces "Make up" a picture.

summer(1030016793)

7:20:38 PM

you also have to say it's too soon!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:21:04 PM

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:21:15 PM

What are you talking about? Summer?

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:21:50 PM

can we use other phrases to replace "make up"?

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:22:40 PM

Yes, you can say "are a part of" or "form"

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:23:03 PM

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:23:17 PM

so you can say "the planets are a part of the solar system" or "the planets form the solar system"

summer(1030016793)

7:23:45 PM

when the schuul?

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:24:20 PM

Do you understand what is the meaning of "connected"?

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:24:34 PM

Summer, talk anything else after the class.

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:24:34 PM

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:24:59 PM

Otherwise I will remove you out of the group.

summer(1030016793)

7:24:59 PM

wroong

summer(1030016793)

7:26:30 PM

The correct:shool

向往大海(992763661)

7:26:41 PM

have something with …

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:27:36 PM

right! connected means tied to or joined

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:27:56 PM

you are connected to your friends and family! Just like our planet is connected to the sun!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:28:19 PM

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:29:01 PM

how about "circle"? Can we use other words?

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:29:50 PM

orbit ?

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:29:52 PM

Yes! You can say "orbit" or "go around"

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:30:48 PM

Now it's time to wrap up our class! Thanks teacher Catherine!

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:31:03 PM

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:31:05 PM

Thank you, Catherine,

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:31:12 PM

We learned some usefule words and phrases today

C.Mumf.<catemumf@gmail.com>

7:31:17 PM

See you later!

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:31:18 PM

useful

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:31:22 PM

waw

Penguin House(1040660342)

7:31:29 PM

yes,than you !

sherry(381892873)

7:31:30 PM

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:31:37 PM

Pretty good Chinese

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:31:36 PM

Thank you everyone!

Penguin House(1040660342)

7:31:38 PM

thank you !

Penguin House(1040660342)

7:31:58 PM

yes

寂静喜欢(464579960)

7:32:11 PM

i cant hear voice

yyyyye2<yyyyye2@hotmail.com>

7:32:42 PM

anybody else can't hear voice ?

脱口美语ITALKBAY<italkbay@gmail.com>

7:34:08 PM

Today's class Summary: circle- go around-orbit; make up- are part of - form; connected-tied to-joined

芳彤妈阿珊(784894669)

7:34:22 PM

i can

Penguin House(1040660342)

7:34:58 PM

ok， I got it.

summer(1030016793)

7:56:20 PM

good bye!

Penguin House(1040660342)

7:57:30 PM

bye !

yyyyye2

8:16:13 AM

好的。