VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Describe your previous trip to Xinjiang. Use the past tense and try to give as many details as possible.

busy working.
I went to townhome to see my grandmother. In Fujian.
I think almost 1 year , usually I went back every year on Chinese spring festival but last year I didn’t go back because I need to work overtime. we are just free for 3 days and start to work at the fourth day of the festival. So I have no time to go back so I went back on labour day.
In my hometown there is no so much people because most of people go out for vacation so it is fine but there are so many people on the road.
I just went home by home by train.
It takes me about 5h.

Actually it is really fast.

Train firstly is more close to my home and you don’t need arrive at airport about before 2 hours so if you combine those times it is similar to train so I prefer to take by train.

last time I went to the mountain and I rock climbed

I don’t think it is extreme sports. Just I like hiking, I have been there about 2 years ago but I will go again this year in July. We have 1 leader he is good at hiking so he will take us there and lead us to walk around 30 km for seven days.
we will take the tent and sleep in tent. But I am afraid the backpack will be heavy because you need take some many things and food and the horizon is really high. about more than 300km.

we may take some oxygen because the height is more than 400km so you must take some.
one month ago I have tried for 2 days but not so much heavy, just maybe 10kg.

recently I have been busy working./ I was busy with my work.
I went to my hometown to see my grandmother. In Fujian.
I think I haven’t been back for almost 1 year , usually I go back every year on the Chinese spring festival but last year I didn’t go back because I needed to work overtime. we were just free for 3 days and started to work on the fourth day of the festival. So I had no time to go back and I went back on labour day (instead)
In my hometown there were not so many people because most people went out for vacation so it was quite good.
but there were so many people on the road.
I just went home by train.
It takes me about 5h. Actually it is really fast.

I prefer the Train. First it is closer to my home and you don’t need to arrive at the airport 2 hours in advance/before departure so if you combine this time it is similar to the train/the time it takes to go by train.
I prefer to take the train/I prefer to go by train

last time I went to the mountain and I rock climbed

I don’t think it is extreme sports. I just like hiking, I went there about 2 years ago but I will go again (this year) in July. We have a friend who is good at hiking so he will take us there/lead the way to walk about/roughly 30 km in seven days.
we will take a tent and sleep in it / camp. But I am afraid the backpack will be heavy because you need take some many things including food and the altitude is really high. it is more than 300km high/above sea level.

we may take some oxygen bottles because it is higher than 400km so you must take some.
one month ago I have tried (to carry a 10kg bag) for 2 days but it wasn’t that heavy, maybe only 10kg.

Vocabulary

altitude: how high something is compared to sea level.
We went to the mountain and the top had a high altitude, it was hard to breathe.

attitude 态度 / how someone behaves
His attitude at work is not good at all, he is not a team player.

tent: small house made of fabric.
We took a tent to the mountain and slept under the stars ( and mosquitoes).

skydiving: jumping from a plane
I want to try skydiving.

rock climbing: climbing a mountain using your hands to move around.
I went rock climbing in Sichuan last month.

horizontal/ : moving left/right
We only moved horizontally.

vertical : moving up down.
We didn’t climb vertically.

anxious : stressed
I was anxious before the jump.

vertigo : being scared of height
Tom has vertigo, he is scared when he is on the top floor.

Grammar

Use before:
You need to arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight
Please send me the report 1 day before the meeting

use in advance:
You need to arrive at the airport at least 2 hours in advance.
Please send me the report 1 day in advance.

time (uncountable) 时间
I don’t have much time recently, I am always working.

time(s) 次 (countable)
I went to Japan 4 times, every time it was in summer.