VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Vocabulary

during the day – some time between sunrise and sunset

during the night – some time at night

get together – to meet each other
i.e. Let’s get together next week. -> Let’s see each other next week

hang out – spend time together, play together, sitting down and not really doing anything, to relax
i.e. Do you want to hang out later?

read for class – read books to better prepare for class

renovation – construction change, make changes to better the place

the guy doesn’t know what he is talking about -> he is wrong

planet – xing qiu

ultimate – the best, the only one you will need
i.e. I have found the ultimate hamburger. -> This hamburger is the best in the world and it is the only one you should eat.

rank – pai xu

bucket – shui tong

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

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

companion – someone or something that is by your side always (ban lv)
i.e. I want to be your life companion.

armchair travel – the kind of travel that you just sit at home and look at pictures and imagine that you are traveling (yun lv you)

armchair expert – someone who only tells other people what to do but no action themselves

armchair – sofa for one person

couch – sofa for many people

witness – jian zheng

cliche – su
i.e. It is such a cliche.

be touched / moved – bei gan dong
i.e. I will not be touched by this kind of cliche in the future.

tool – gong ju

refuel – gu li, ji li
i.e. This book has refueled my love for science.

motivate – gu li

boost – ji li

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

wanderlust – the wish to be in nature

feature (v.) – specially have (te you)
i.e. The new car features a new radio.
i.e. This movie features Johnny Depp.

destination – mu di di

picture-perfect (adj.) – someone or something looks good from all angles
i.e. You are picture-perfect.
i.e. My new phone is so picture-perfect.

angle – jiao du

in order of sth – 根据sth排序

brilliance (n.) – you xiu

brilliant – great and smart and wonderful

knock-out – wonderful

mix – hun zhuang

There is a new store opening I have to go to.

sight – attraction (jing dian)

up sb’s game – improve

relevant – related (xiang guan 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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