VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Needs more review

If I can create an app, I want to create a simple game app for making friends and traveling app. I guess many people all have the same dream to make kind friends who are kind, but in reality, we often make friends limited to by our environment, because we usually have difficulty with different people from different background. Travel is also the same, in actual world, we need to take time and money to go to other nations.

This year has COVID-19 devastated this year, we cannot to predict how long the disease will stay in the world, but we still have to work or study, and the only method is through the Internet. However, making friends there are way too many social apps is too full to be in the world, but the majority are often erotic or gambling apps, so my dream app have to validate everyone’s identity to avoid bad things from evil guys. In addition, everyone could choose their appearance and specs in the app. If you don’t like the real face, in the app, you can make do a person you want to be.

When speaking about /of to the traveling, everyone could open the app and choose what nations they want to go, and also will have a AI tourist guide. If you like real man, you also could pay money to employ a real native tourist guide. You won’t be don’t afraid of the language problems with the simultaneous translation in the app, that is to say, the app could let you be in all places around the world. If you have been used to listening to music when walking, you also could listen to your favorite music when you use the app.

To sum up, the game app is for everyone to be a guy he or she wants to be, making friends or traveling, and also enabling having trade. I think that exploring wonderful views is everyone’s dream, no matter if whatever your are children, teenagers, or the elders.

Vocabulary

be afraid of sth.

listen to sth.

ultimate (adj.) – the best, the only one you will need

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

unmissable – cannot be missed
i.e. If you turn right at the light, the bakery will be unmissable.

companion (n.) – someone or something that is always by your side (ban lv)
i.e. Smartphone is our forever companion.

armchair (n.) – sofa

armchair travel – sitting in the sofa, looking at pictures and imagining you are traveling (云旅游)

armchair expert – someone who only talks but no action
i.e. She is such an armchair expert, she never did anything but was always telling people what to do.

refuel (v.) – chong ran

wanderlust – the wish to be in nature

picture-perfect (adj.) – looks good from every angle, in every picture
i.e. You are so picture-perfect.
i.e. The view is picture-perfect.

brilliance (n.) – 优秀

brilliant (adj.) – very good

in order of – 根据sth排序

knock-out (adj.) – incredible
i.e. This is a knock-out view right here.

knock-out (n.) – sth or someone that is so wonderful
i.e. She is a knock-out.
i.e. He’s definitely a knock-out for this competition.

K.O. – knock-out

up sb’s game – improve
i.e. I have been upping my game for the tournament.

heritage (n.) – 遗产, the background of someone’s life
i.e. I got this necklace from my dad’s heritage.
i.e. I love my Asian heritage.

eternal (adj.) – forever
i.e. My eternal love for you is unmissable.

atmospheric (adj.) – 有气氛的

spectacular (adj.) – significant, magnificent

monolith – a type of mountain

cabin – 小木屋

private (adj.) – 私人的

street food restaurant – 大排档

Reading

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.”

Top of the list and the number-one travel destination is the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. The guide said: “The treasured UNESCO Heritage Site of Petra is the must-see ultimate experience on our list. Once nearly lost to the outside world, the sandstone city is now one of the most loved places on the planet.” It recommended readers, “rediscover the city’s eternal air of mystery in the early morning or in the hours before closing when it’s at its most atmospheric“. The Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador was second on the list, with the spectacular sandstone monolith Uluru in Australia being third. Lonely Planet says the book has something for everyone in every corner of the world.

Homework

Write about your favorite holiday