WeChat ESL Class on May 28, 2016

A. High Lights of your week

B. Breaking News in the world

C. Short Story: A Birthday Bike

January 7 is Benny's birthday. He will be eight years old. He is in the third grade. He goes to Park Elementary School. An elementary school is for kids. It is only one mile away. He walks to school. It only takes 20 minutes. When it rains, he wears a raincoat. He used to take an umbrella. But he lost the umbrella. His mother gave him another umbrella. He broke that one. His mom said, "You and umbrellas don't get along." For his eighth birthday, Benny wants a bicycle. He can ride the bike to school. After school he can ride with his friends. He can ride the bike to the swimming pool. He can ride the bike to the library. His mom and dad took him to the bike store. They asked him to look at the bikes. He looked at all the bikes. He chose a red bike. He showed his parents. Dad said it cost too much. He told Benny to choose another bike. Benny chose a blue bike. Dad said the blue bike was the right price.

D. Write a short story about "My Birthday ___________. ( you can fill in anything in the blank and describe it.)

E. Idiom Quiz

1. He was all _____ when his boss talked. (listening carefully).
2. He is a chip of the old ______. (like his father)
3. They were _____ after three days of hard work. (exhausted)
4. To be hit by a car or bus is the same as to be ___ down.
   a. cooled
   b. marked
   c. knocked
5. To reduce the amount you do something is the same as to ___ down.
   a. cut
   b. tear
   c. fall
6. To fail to do something when someone is relying on you is the same as to ___ down someone.
   a. let
   b. quieten
   c. sit
7. If it is raining very heavily, it is the same as to ___ down rain.
   a. pour
   b. cut
   c. tear
8. To have a lot of stress is similar to being ___ down by a lot of problems.
   a. poured
   b. cut
   c. weighted

F. Bible Lesson - Genesis 4:1-16 Two Brothers

1 Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Cain. Eve said, “With theLord’s help, I have made a man!”

2 Eve gave birth again to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer.

3-4 At harvest time, Cain brought a gift to the Lord. He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel brought some animals from his flock. He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them.

The Lord accepted Abel and his gift. 5 But he did not accept Cain and his offering. Cain was sad because of this, and he became very angry. 6 TheLord asked Cain, “Why are you angry? Why does your face look sad?7 You know that if you do what is right, I will accept you. But if you don’t, sin is ready to attack you. That sin will want to control you, but you must control it.”

8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” So they went to the field. Then Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

9 Later, the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

Cain answered, “I don’t know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?”

10-11 Then the Lord said, “What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground. 12 Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place.”

Questions 

1. Why did Adam and Eve have to learn to grow food in the rocky ground? 

2. Why did Eve have pain in childbirth? 

3. Why did God accept Abel’s offering? 

4. Why did God not accept Cain’s offering? 

5. Why was Cain jealous of Abel? What did he do and why? 

6. Did Cain think he could hide his actions from God? 

7. What were the consequences of Cain’s actions?