VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

it isn’t value 2500 RMB – it isn’t worth 2500 / the value shouldn’t be 2500

i value my friends = i think they are important

valuable (adj)
eg. my car is very valuable

it’s not directly opposite the lake / directly across from the lake

jet ski – motorbike / boat
eg. we rode a jet ski

hold on to him – normal
hug him – warm

mountain + lake – shan + hu

they serve some dishes that we have never seen before and the food is quite different to the food in Shanghai.

ocean fish – fish from the ocean

scenery – sth natural you can see around you
eg. the scenery around qian dao hu is very nice

i didn’t sleep well / did you sleep well? / I slept really badly

stay / live – zhu
eg. I stayed with a friend at the hotel

western – countries in the west (not Asia)
eg. I’m a westerner because I grew up in a western country

i don’t really get it / i don’t understand it
eg. I don’t really get why people care so much about mobile phones

functionality / features – gong neng
eg. I don’t think I really need the features that apple watch offers

man-made – not natural

I learned it before / I found out about it before so I know it now / i heard from Judy that…
eg. I found out that it wasn’t a natural lake recently

apparently 
eg. apparently the lake is man made! = I’m not 100% sure but I heard it

some time in the 1950s
eg. I don’t know when… some time in the 50s