VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

I like taking trips

tourist agency(business)

tour agent/guide(person)

touristy (places) – a place with too many tourists, and many small things for sale and attractions for visitors

eg: HouHai is very touristy, they are always trying to sell you things, and it’s really crowded and expensive.

visa – document you need to travel to some countries

eg: Chinese need a visa to go to USA.

eg: Now people from USA and UK can go to Hainan without a Visa.

varieties / kinds – different ones of similar thing

eg: Singapore has so many varieties of Durian.

to blow your mind – a big surprise, very shocking thing

eg: I saw a Peet’s coffee opened in Shanghai. That really blew my mind, because they were just a small San Francisco coffee shop.

patio – a place to sit outside, probably has a table

eg: I’ll meet you at the patio.

custom (ADJ) – made to fit the needs or requirements of a particular person

eg: I got some custom shirts made, they are more expensive, but they fit better.

Pronunciation

patio – paddy O

Durian – Derr Ree Yen

3900 – Thirty nine     hundred

1996 – Nineteen          Ninety Six

$1850 –    Eighteen Fifty / Eighteen hundred and fifty dollars

https://www.sfchronicle.com/restaurants/article/Peet-s-opens-Shanghai-cafe-and-roastery-in-12375207.php

Fifty-one years after the first Peet’s Coffee shop opened in Berkeley, the specialty coffee company has once again gone global, unveiling a new 3,900-square-foot cafe in China.

Fifty-one years after the first Peet’s Coffee shop opened in Berkeley, the specialty coffee company has once again gone global, unveiling a new 3,900-square-foot cafe in China.

Fifty-one years after the first shop opened, the company opened in China.

When did the first shop open?

The first Peet’s cafe opened in 1967. / The first shop opened 51 years ago.