VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

A: What are the 10 daily items that you cannot live without?

phone, tissue, umbrella, key, makeup, purse, name card, pencil, medicine, snacks 

Vocabulary

host – zhu chi ren

heart rate – xin lv

burn fat – lose calorie

intensity – qiang du

ultimate (adj.) – the most, the final, the most complete
i.e. ultimate travel list —— The most complete and best travel list that you will ever need

unmissable (adj.) – cannot be missed

companion (n.) – ban lv

armchair travel – the kind of travel that you do on your couch (yun lv you)

armchair expect – the person has only talk but no action

refuel (v.) – motivate

fuel (v.) – to put gas in your gas

wanderlust (n.) – someone who loves nature and loves the outside / the wish to go out in the nature
i.e. I think you are a wanderlust because you love to go camping.
i.e. I have a wanderlust about the forest.

picture-perfect – sth or sb looks good from every angle
i.e. Zhang Ziyi is picture-perfect.

brilliance (n.) – the amount of someone’s brilliant

knock-out (adj.) – so good that you cannot miss and so good that you will be stunned

stunned (adj.) – surprised

up sb’s game – improve

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.”

Pronunciation

browse [r]

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