VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Vocabulary

scenery – the view

commercial – shang ye

shopping cart – gou wu che

daily product – sheng huo yong pin

baby products

diaper – niao bu shi

selection / choice of products

planet – xing qiu

ultimate (adj.) – the best

bucket list – a list of things you wish to do before you die
i.e. France is on my bucket list. —-> I wish to go to France at least once in my life.

bucket (n.) – shui tong

unmissable – not to be missed

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

companion (n.) – ban lv
i.e. I want to be your life companion.

armchair – sofa / couch

armchair travel – 云旅游 the kind of travel that you do with just looking at pictures
i.e. I did a lot of armchair travels during the virus quarantine.

armchair expert – someone only talk but no action
i.e She is such an armchair expert, she only knows how to tell us what to do, but she never does it herself.

fuel (v.) – to put gas in a car (jia you)

refuel – motivate (gu li)

wanderlust (n.) – someone who loves nature / the wish to go out into the nature
i.e. She is a wanderlust because she loves to go camping.
i.e. I have a wanderlust about the forest.

feature (v.) – pei you (has)
i.e. The new car features a new radio.
i.e. The movie is featured by Leonardo DiCapio.

destination – mu di di
i.e. Da Li is my destination.

picture-perfect (adj.) – sb or sth looks in from every angle
i.e. You are picture-perfect.
i.e. The view is picture-perfect.

brilliance (n.) – you xiu
i.e. I admire your brilliance.

brilliant (adj.) – smart

knock-out – incredibly good
i.e. I need to take a look at this knock-out view.

up sb’s games – improve

relevant (adj.) – 息息相关的
i.e. This topic is not relevant to our conversation.

common cold – gan mao

cough – ke sou

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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