VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Vocabulary

the most easy – the easiest

come vs. go 

go – qu – go there

come – lai – come here

college entry test – gao kao

SF – small forward (basketball)

ultimate – the most, the final
ultimate travel list – the most complete the the only travel list you will need

bucket list – a list of things that people wish to do before they die
i.e. France is on my bucket list. —–> I want to go to France at least once before I die.

unmissable (adj.) – cannot be missed

issue (v.) – publish
i.e. Vogue issued a new magazine yesterday.

companion (n.) – ban lv (someone / sth that you want to have by your side)
i.e. My boyfriend is a great companion for me.
i.e. I think piano is a wonderful companion for me because it helps me through tough times.

armchair – a chair that you can lean back

armchair travel – the type of trips that you have when only siting in an armchair (yun lv you)

refuel (v.) – motivate (gu li)

fuel (v.) – to put gas in the car (jia you )
i.e. I need to fuel my car.

wanderlust – someone who loves to travel and loves to go in the nature / the wish to go travel

picture-perfect (adj.) – looks good from every angle and in every picture
i.e. This view is picture-perfect.
i.e. My girlfriend is picture-perfect, I think she is so pretty.

brilliance (n.) – good and smart
i.e. Because of his brilliance, we finished the job early.

brilliant (adj.) – good and smart
i.e. You are a brilliance person.

knock-out – K.O. (very very good)
i.e. The knock-out views outside are breathtaking.

entertainment – yu le she shi

hot air balloon – re qi qiu

lamb – meat of sheep (yang rou)

turn off vs. close 

turn off – things with a switch
i.e. turn off the lights
i.e. turn off the tv

close – things without switch
i.e. close the door
i.e. close the window

oppressed – ya yi de

A travel guidebook company has released its list of the best places on Earth to visit. It is the Lonely Planet’s “Ultimate Travel List”. It ranks 500 of the must-see places to add to your bucket list. It is only the second time this list of unmissable travel experiences has been issued. The guidebook company said its guide is, “designed to be a companion to your armchair travels or the tool to refuel your wanderlust“. It added that the book, “features more than 200 new destinations in a picture-perfect wish-list, each ranked in order of brilliance.” Lonely Planet said: “The list contains a mix of knock-out new openings, sights that have upped their game, or places more relevant to the way we travel now.”

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