Online Class Notes (Raph)[S]

Vocabulary

Decade (n): 1-  ten years
E.g.: I have been working for more than a decade
E.g.: The 70s are my favorite decade in music.

Landmark (n): 1- a building or place that is easily recognized, especially one that you can use to judge where you are.
E.g.: The Rock of Gibraltar is one of Europe’s most famous landmarks.
E.g.: The Eiffel tower is Paris’ most famous landmark.

Original:

I went to Australia for vacation with my family two week ago, that’s why I stop the class. It was really a interesting trip, full of joy. I spend about ten days at there. I went to four different places: Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. In Gold Coast I saw beautiful seas, I swam and surf in the sea with my kids. The view of the sea was so beautiful! My kids loved playing there and in Gold Coast we also went to wild animal park. We saw the some special animals which lived in Australia, such as koala and kangaroo. We took a lot of pictures with the animals and my kids also feeded them and in Melbourne we went to the Great Ocean Road. It’s kind of a sign for Australia. My last destination was Sydney. We visited the Sydney Opera. It’s really great architecture building. Fortunately we went inside the Opera, just following local guide. We went into the building and saw different parts of the Opera and from that experience I knew more about the building. We stayed in Sydney three days, so that’s the first day we went to the Opera and the next days we went around the city. We visited the University of Sydney and some other places. The last day we did some shopping. Things are cheap there. Clothes, bags… Prices there are cheaper than in China, so we bought a lot of things there. We came back and the experience we feel like enjoyed the experience there.

Edited:

I went on vacation to Australia with my family two week ago, that’s why I stopped the class / I didn’t have any classes at that time. It was a really interesting and joyful trip. We spent about ten days there and went to four different places: Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. In Gold Coast I saw the beautiful sea, where we swam and surfed  with my kids. The views were so beautiful and my kids loved playing there. In Gold Coast we also went to a wild animal park and saw some special animals that live in Australia, such as koalas and kangaroos. We took a lot of pictures with the animals and my kids also fed them. In Melbourne we went to the Great Ocean Road, which is one of the symbols / landmark of Australia. Our last destination was Sydney, where we stayed for three days. The first day we visited the Sydney Opera House. It’s a building with really great architecture and we were fortunate to go inside with a local guide. We went into the building and saw different parts of it, and from that experience I learned more about the it.  The next days we went around the city. We visited the University of Sydney and some other places. The last day we did some shopping. Things are cheap there. Clothes, bags… Prices there are better / lower than in China, so we bought a lot of things there. We came back and  we felt that we enjoyed the experience in Australia very much.

Pronunciation

Genre:  /ˈʒɑːn.rə/

Decade: /ˈdek.eɪd/