VIP Class Notes (Whitney) [S]

Continue to plan your Iceland travel itinerary

Discuss future career as an actress. Build vocab that can help her to communicate with her teachers.

Vocabulary

Iceland – 冰岛

Environment – 环境

bombing – 爆炸

itinerary – 行程

early morning – 凌晨

Northern Lights – 孙萌

hot spring – 温泉

see through – 透明

ceiling – 天花板

theatre performance – 演出

price – 价格

ice cave – 冰洞

I study at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and my major is performing arts. Every school term, we have 4 scripts and the one in December will be the last one. My friend is a pianist in Boston, he studies at the New England School of Music. This year he has performed in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Sichuan. We met because I went to listen to his performance, I use to learn the piano and enjoyed his music.

EASY

Q: Where have you travelled recently and tell me about it:

A: I went to Germany in March this year. I went to Berlin and saw a lot of art museums. In Winter it is so cold and Germany is closed and not outspoken.

Corrected/Upgraded

I went to Germany in March earlier this year. I went to the capital city of Berlin and saw a lot of art museums. During the German Winter, it was so cold. I feel that/think that and Germany is closed and not outspoken.

I feel that the environment in Germany is closed off／standoffish and unfriendly. 

MEDIUM 

Q: Have you ever felt really scared whilst you were travelling or had any big problems? How did you solve it?

A: Three years ago when I went to Turkey in the capital city of Istanbul. There was a bombing at the airport and Chinese Uyghur people died. I just bought the plane to another city and I was there only one hour ago. Turkey and China has four hours of time difference so my father didn’t know about the bombings until later. I think it was safer before the bombing, after this experience, I would not go back.

HARD

Q: Plan your ideal travel itinerary, which countries/cities would you go to? What would you do and how long would you stay for?

A: I will go to Iceland during Christmas time. In the early morning, I decided to go to Iceland with my friend. He has a holiday during the 25th of December until the 2nd of January. He is departing from New York and I am departing from Shanghai. We want to go to see the Northern Lights and enjoy the natural hot spring. I also want to eat shark. I want to stay in the wooden house, it has a see-through ceiling. I want to dress warmly because Iceland is so cold.

About Iceland

Language: Icelandic 冰岛语
Capital City: Reykjavik rey-kah-vik