VIP Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]

Pronunciation

embrace= em brAce

world= were old

compromise= COM pro mIce

arrangement= arRANGE ment

completely- com PLEET LEE

liberating- liBERating

itinerary- I ti nary

Vocabulary

1 compromise= to settle with someone/ something

ex: The conflicting parties agreed to compromise.

2. arrangement- plans, preparations

ex: I don’t like to make arrangements for upcoming vacations/trips.

3. itinerary: a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.

ex: I made a detailed itinerary for my trip to Paris.

4. take the initiative= 主动 start the conversation/ be the first to react or do something

ex: Sometimes I like to take the initiative in a relationship.

5. odd reason= unusual reasons

ex: For some odd reasons, some girls are attracted to married men.

ex: For some odd reasons, people have to eat three meals a day.

6. exclude= to shut out or keep out

ex: I felt excluded from my friends due to my accents. / My friends excluded me from the group due to my Taiwanese accent.

ex: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.

7. naive= innocent, don’t know the dangers of the world

ex: Girls tend to be more naive when they are young, it’s easier for them to get hurt.

Reading

Some people shy away from travelling alone, a few embrace it. So, what is it that makes it an attractive option? What are the advantages of going it alone?

Well first things first, travelling solo can be very liberating. The itinerary you set and all the decisions you make are yours and yours alone. You don’t need to worry about any other person or group. In other words, there’s no need to compromise, there are no arguments, and no need to second-guess what other people want or need. Actually, you can be completely selfish.

Travelling alone is also a great confidence builder. Yes, at times it can feel a bit lonely, but that is just one of many problems you will have to solve yourself, along with making your own arrangements, and setting your own goals.

Have you noticed that when you’re on your own, people are more willing to start a conversation with you? You’re more likely to take the initiative as well, and before you know it, up pops an invitation for a meal, a side trip, a stay at someone’s home. For some odd reason people keep a slight distance from couples and groups, probably because they seem so self-contained and exclusive. Whereas the lone traveller looks ready to connect with their fellow human beings, and more likely to engage in pleasant conversation and simple exhanges about their travels. Putting it simply, lone travellers look interesting.

Speaking exercise

Tomorrow is my off-day, so I have a hair appointment in the morning, so I will go to cut my hair and maybe dye another color on the hair. I think I will finish my hair at 1 pm, so I will go back to my home to prepare some documents for the opening day on Sunday. I have been cleaning my house for one week, I found out that I have too many clothes, so I told myself I only can buy clothes if I throw away. If I throw away one, I can buy one new. I will go to have dinner with my friend.

I travelled alone to HaiNan and ShanDong, before when I was in university, I travelled to Shanghai alone, it was very near. I used to like travel alone. Before I was too young to be afraid of anything (naive), but now the world is dangerous. It’s kind of boring if you travel along. Now I prefer to travel with my friends.

Revised

Tomorrow will be my off-day, so I will have a hair salon appointment in the morning, so I will go to cut my hair and maybe dye another color on the hair. I think I will finish my hair at 1 pm, so I will go back to my house to prepare some documents for the first day of school on Sunday. I have been cleaning my house for one week, I found out that I have too many clothes, so I told myself I only can buy clothes if I throw away some. If I throw away one, I could buy a new one. I will go and have dinner with my friend.

I travelled alone to HaiNan and ShanDong, before when I was in university, I travelled to Shanghai alone, it was very close to HZ. I used to like traveling/ like to travel alone. Before I was too young to be afraid of anything (naive), but now I see that the world is dangerous. It’s kind of boring if you travel alone. Now I prefer to travel with my friends.