Online Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

focus on speaking rather than writing correction

Grammar

this trip is not relax – was tough / was not relaxing 

they are different with the cities – different to / from

Vocabulary

tibet is not a growing area – tibet is not a developed area

refitted – restored
eg. this art has been restored recently

decendent – sb who is related to sb from the past
eg. these people are the decendents of Vikings

icelandic (adj)
eg. he is icelandic / he speaks icelandic

amphibious – can travel both on land and water
eg. we went on an amphibious truck / bus

sulfur – the smell of vocanos
eg. we could smell sulfur in the air

accident – usually sth bad that happens by mistake / unintentionally
coincidence – sth that happens by chance, that was not planned (2 things at the same time)

Pronunciation

vikings – vai kingzz (strong VV like ff)

snowmobile – moe beel

aurora – uh ror ra 

In the year of 2015, I went to Iceland for an adventure tour which was my first time to touch glacier closely and met the aurora. When I arrived Iceland with my friends, we found that we just landed in a wired and unknow planet. It has different landscapes and lots of glacier, we took the mountaineer trucks to the glacier area, then change to the snowmobile to the core area, after that, we put on the spikes, started for a walk in the glacier. It was not easy for the unprofessional to walk on the glacier as it was slippery. Even though we walked slowly and careful, I felt down several times. When we finished the hiking in the glacier, we were back to hotel, suddenly our local guide called me while we were having the dinner, and told us an exciting news: You could see the aurora at that night, please ran to seaside for waiting. We didn’t believe at that time, we screamed and put on our down jacket rapidly and rushed to seaside, when we arrived, the aurora has already happened. We were shocked by the beauty and felt touched. That was an unforgettable scene for us, we all thought we would be back again to repeat the happiness.

In the year of 2015, I went to Iceland for an adventure tour which was my first time to be that close to a glacier / to actually touch a glacier and see an / experience an aurora. When I arrived in Iceland with my friends, we felt / thought / had the feeling that we (had) just landed in a weird and unknown planet. It has different landscapes and lots of glaciers, where we took the mountaineer trucks to the glacier area, then changed to the snowmobiles to for the core area. After that, we put on some spikes, and started for a walk on the glacier. It was not easy for the amateurs / inexperienced climbers or hikers to walk on the glacier as it was slippery. Even though we walked slowly and carefully, I fell down / over several times. When we finished the hike on the glacier, we were back at / in the hotel, suddenly our local guide called me while we were having the dinner, and told us some exciting news: You can see the aurora now, please run to the seaside to wait. We didn’t believe it at that time, so / and we screamed and put on our down jackets rapidly and rushed to the seaside, and when we arrived, the aurora had already happened. We were shocked by the beauty and were really touched. That was an unforgettable scene for us, and we all thought we would be back again to repeat the happiness again someday.