Online Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Vocabulary

1. altitude stress= 高原反应
ex: do you need any medications for altitude stress?

2. tour group= 旅行团
ex: I’ve been with a tour group once, I didn’t like the experience.
ex: You have to wake up early if you travel with a tour group.

3. ditch (verb)= 抛弃
ex: my sister ditched me after she had a boyfriend.
ex: My sister and I always ditch our brother when we go out.

4. girls’ talk= talk about girl’s stuff
ex: when my brother is present, we cannot have our girls’ talk.
ex: Men can never enjoy girls’ talk.

5. concerned of XX= worry about XX 在意XX
ex: I am concerned of my weight, I try not to eat too much.
ex: I am concerned that my boss is not satisfied with my work.

6. spine (the bones that hold up the body along a person’s back)
ex: you should have a straight spine if you want a healthy body.

7. puzzle (noun)= 拼图
puzzle (verb)= confuse
ex: I am puzzled by his words.
ex: I feel puzzled in the meeting.

8. hunchback= 驼背
ex: Most old people have a hunchback because they don’t sit up straight.

I’m looking forward to the travel after two weeks. I plan to go to DaoChengYaDing, it’s a very beautiful place, it is in the province of SiChuan, it’s close to ChengDu. The average of altitude of DaoChengYaDing is over 4000m. I got a little afraid of being feeling not good, I think it’s worth to travel, because looking from picture, it is very beautiful. I can spend two days hiking in there. So even though I may feel not good in my physical, i still looking forward to it. I haven’t planned to buy medications, i planned to buy oxygen bottles. I will travel there with a tour group. Before this year, usually I travel with my sisters. From this year, she has a boyfriend.

Revised

I’m looking forward to the trip after two weeks. I plan to go to DaoChengYaDing, it’s a very beautiful place that is in the province of SiChuan, which is close to ChengDu. The average of altitude of DaoChengYaDing is over 4000m. I am a little concerned of my body condition, but I think it’s worth to travel, because looking from the picture, it is very beautiful. I can spend two days hiking in there. So even though I may suffer physically, i still look forward to it. I don’t plan to buy medications, i will buy some oxygen bottles. I will go there with a tour group. For my previous trips, I usually traveled with my sisters. From this year, she has a boyfriend so she ditched me.

Since 1990, an Icelandic doctor has been teaching babies that are very young how to stand and balance.

To demonstrate, he stood in a pool and held up one baby on his hand, and the baby was able to stand without falling. His simple methods are to make their spines and upper bodies stronger.

Some doctors are puzzled by this. One doctor said that this is not logical. He explained that babies normally learn to stand by leaning on a chair at the age of seven to eight months old.