VIP Class Notes (Adam) [W]

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Vocabulary

Xizang – Tibet
eg. “Tibet is in the southwest of China.”

reqing – lively, exciting
eg. “The festival was very lively with people dancing everywhere.”

fuzhuang – clothing
eg. “The clothing of the villagers were bright and colorful.”

Jingdian – scenery
eg. “We traveled to the mountains and the scenery was very beautiful.”

Auction
eg. “We bought several different items at the auction.”

Souvenirs
eg. “Every time I travel, I buy souvenirs for my friends.”

Yinzi – silver
eg. “The souvenir ring that I bought was silver.”

Xiancai – pickles
eg. “The pie had pickles inside of it.”

Qianbao – wallet (men), purse (women)
eg. “I lost my wallet/purse when I went on vacation.”

Fangdong – landlord
eg. “Every month, I pay my landlord 4000 rmb.”

Zuijin – recently
eg. “I recently started to learn how to snowboard.”

Yundong – exercise
eg. “I go to the gym 2 times per week to exercise.”

Grammar

The people is very – The people are very

I very like the bread – I like the bread very much

My friend is go to – My friend is going to

Before the many days – Several days before

Many long time you no see friends – Friends you have not seen in a long time

Pronunciation

Colleagues – colleges; “Call-eegs”

Writing exercise

“Before two years ago, I went to TW with my friends to celebrate Chinese New Year. It’s very different with my city. Their have nianguo for between us for ex like some food and lights for the festival. and in interesting thing in this journey is I lost my qianbao in Hualian, have a nice persen find policeman to give it back. It is very lucky to me. The TW people feel like kindly and friendly to me.”

“Two years ago, I went to Taiwan with my friends to celebrate Chinese New Year. It’s very different than  / to  / from my city. They celebrate New Years differently than us, for example the food and lights in the festival. An interesting thing on this journey is when I lost my purse in Hualian. A nice person found a policeman to give it back to me. This was very lucky. The people in Taiwan are all very kind and friendly.”