F2F Class Notes (Samara)[W]

Noun Phrases and making new meanings out of random words
Adj + noun
ex: serbian ornaments
ex: I will go and buy some Serbian ornaments
ex: that man took my Serbian ornaments!
noun + noun
ex: Shoe book
ex: I bought the shoe book.
ex: I took the [book full of shoes].

Writing: What did you buy in Serbia? What did you learn from your travel?
I bought, I learned.

Three days later, I am going to travel to Eastern Europe. This trip is ten days. A total of three countries, namely Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are all visa free countries. which is great. European visas are troublesome and expensive to get. During my trip, I like to buy some local special ornament for my friends. I heard that the red wine in Serbia is very good. I not only want to drink it, I also want to bring it back to my father, because he also like red wine very much. By traveling I can enjoy the beautiful scenery in different places, I will see with our own eyes many places read of in books, and visit some famous cities. I can understand how differently other people live. Also I like to record the scenery with my camera and share it with my friends. So, I like the feel on the road.

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In three days / three days from now, I will / am going to travel to Eastern Europe. This trip is ten days long. I will go to/ visit / see total of three countries, namely Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are all visa free countries, which is great. European visas are / can be troublesome and expensive to get. During my trip, I would / I’d like to buy some special local ornaments for my friends. I heard that the red wine in Serbia is very good. I not only want to drink it, I also want to bring it back to my father, because he also likes red wine very much. By traveling I can enjoy the beautiful scenery in different places, I will see with my own eyes many places read of in books, and visit some famous cities. I can understand how differently other people live. Also I’d like to record / photograph the landscapes with my camera and share it with my friends. I like the feel on the road, so I always try to do road trips when I travel.

Vocabulary

Photograph ( v) : the action of taking a photo
I want to photograph you.