VIP Class Notes (Lily)[S/R]

Pronunciation

pesticides= PES ti side

contaminate= con TA minate

processed= PRO cessed

possessed = po ZESSED

tastier= taste DIER

Vocabulary

1 pesticides= a chemical preparation for destroying crops pests

ex: Pesticides are heavily used in farms to ensure/guarantee the quality of the crops.

2 contaminate= make something impure, unclean

ex: When I put a drop of ink into your water, I contaminated your water.

3. better safe than sorry= It is better to act cautiously beforehand than to suffer afterward.

ex: It’s better to buy baby powder from abroad than Jingdong. Better safe than sorry.

Before the Chinese New Year, for the first of January, went to Tokyo for a short trip with my friend, who are working in the UK. it’s the first time we met after two years. So we made a trip together to Tokyo.It’s also the first time I travel Japan, I found it very nice country to travel, and the service there was quite impressive. The food there was really nice.

At first, we just search some popular restaurants in app. But I found I don’t need to do any research, I can go to any restaurant because the quality is the same, it’s good everywhere. We took the train to the near town- Hoikken, which is one hour far away. We had hot spring there, the hot spring is outside, which was quite nice.

Even though the room in the hotel is quite small, but everything is ready. The automatic toilet is quite popular, it’s the first time I use it. In my home, it’s just normal toilet. I think it’s quite good, I will probably replace one after the trip.

I did a lot of shopping there, I think the shopping experience is quite convenience. everywhere there’s drugstore, you can just walk in and buy a lot of things after 20 minutes. I think shopping, food, relax with hotspring, for 4 days trip.

Revised

Before the Chinese New Year, on the first of January, I went to Tokyo for a short trip with my friend, who is currently working in the UK. It’s been 2 years since we’ve met. So we decided on a trip together to Tokyo. It’s also the first time I travel to Japan, I think it’s a very nice country for traveling , and the service there was quite impressive. The food there was really nice.

At first, we just looked up some popular restaurants in app. But I realize that I don’t need to do any research, I could go to any restaurant because the quality is the same, it’s good everywhere. We took the train to the nearby town- Hoikken, which is one hour far away. We had hot spring there, the hot spring is outdoor, which was quite nice.

Even though the room in the hotel is quite small, the facilities/ equipments are all there. The smart toilet is quite popular among elders, it’s the first time I used it. Back at home, I have a normal toilet. I think it’s quite good, I will probably replace it with the smart toilet after the trip.

I did a lot of shopping there, I think the shopping experience was quite convenience. there’s drugstore everywhere, you can just walk in and buy a lot of things in just 20 minutes. In general, it has been an amazing 4 days trip with tons of shopping, food and hot spring.

Organic food is very popular these days. It can also be very expensive. Some organic food costs twice as much as non-organic food. Parents of young children, and even some pet owners, will pay high prices for organic food if they think it’s healthier. But many others think organic food is just a waste of money.

There is one main difference between organic and non-organic food. Organic farms do not use agricultural chemicals such as pesticides that stop insects from damaging crops. In many countries foods that claim to be organic must have special labels that guarantee they’re grown organically.

Some people think organic also means “locally grown”, and originally this was true. But over time organic farming has become big business, with many organic foods now being grown by large agricultural companies that sell their products far from where they’re grown. Processed food made with organic ingredients has also become more popular. At first, only small companies produced these products. But as demand overtook supply, big food companies that had been selling non-organic products for many years also began selling organic products. Small organic food companies found it difficult to compete with these big companies, and many didn’t stay in business much longer.

Is organic food safer and more nutritious? This is an important part of the debate. Many farmers and consumers believe it is. They think agricultural chemicals can cause serious illnesses like cancer, but there isn’t much evidence proving this is true. However recent studies have shown that eating organically-grown produce reduces your chances of developing heart disease. Many doctors think it’s more important to stop dangerous bacteria from contaminating foods. These bacteria can contaminate both organic and non-organic fruit and vegetables, and doctors recommend washing produce carefully before eating it.Meat, fish and chicken can also become contaminated, so washing your hands before handling these foods is also very important. Many doctors also believe we should reduce the amount of sugar in our diets, and there is a lot of evidence to support this idea. They recommend carefully checking the list of ingredients on processed food and drinks for all the words that really mean sugar, like glucose, sucrose and fructose. And they remind us that the aim of most big food companies is to make lots of money, even if they damage our health while doing so. This means processed foods that are called “organic” can also be very unhealthy if they contain lots of sugar.