F2F Class Notes 22nd December (Celeste)

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One week ago, my friends told me that they wanted to travel around near Shanghai. Then we decided Nanjing was a good place because it is very convenient to go there. It only takes one hour to get there by high speed train. We chose 2 days that we were all available on to travel to Nanjing. So, we went there 2 days ago. We left on Monday morning and we came back on Tuesday night. It was a very exciting trip. We walked a lot and so we were all feeling tired physically but we were happy. We ate a lot of traditional food there.  I also took a lot of beautiful pictures. I love photographing  people /photography. I took a lot of pictures of my friends and scenery. There are also many traditional gardens. Those buildings with lakes and lots of trees and flowers make a very peaceful/serene/harmonious scenery. The weather was good, it was not so sunny.

Upgraded Vocabulary 

One week ago, my friends told me that they wanted to travel around/near Shanghai.

So we picked/chose Nanjing because it is close by/it is easy to get there/it’s not far away/it’s a hop, skip, and a jump away.

It only takes one hour to get there by high speed train. We selected/planned/scheduled 2 days that we were all free on to visit/be tourists in Nanjing. So, we went there 2 days ago. We left on Monday morning and we came back on Tuesday night. It was a very  worthwhile/successful/memorable trip. We toured/explored a lot and so we were all dead tired/beat/our feet hurt like hell  but we were happy. We discovered/sampled/devoured /stuffed our faces with a lot of traditional food.  I also snapped a lot of beautiful pictures. I love photographing  people /photography. I took a lot of pictures of my friends and scenery. There are also several/plentiful traditional gardens. Those buildings with lakes and lots of trees and flowers make a very peaceful/serene/harmonious/calm/soothing/tranquil scenery. The weather was cloudy/grey, it was not so sunny.

Vocabulary

it is convenient –  it is close by/it is easy to get there/it’s not far away

it’s a hop, skip, and a jump away. – a short distance

ate a lot – stuffed our faces

soothe / soothing  / soothed / will soothe – to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh

eg. I drank hot tea to soothe my sore throat.

eg. The music soothed all my troubles.

tranquil adj. – calming / relaxing / quiet

materials – cotton, fabric, metal, wood etc…

ingredients – flour, sugar, eggs, milk etc…

cranberry / cranberries – manyue