F2F Class Notes (Sonia)

What was your favourite place you have ever travelled to?

Almost 10 years ago I been went to Germany. I visited Berlin, Munich and some small towns. For me, I quite like that country because its quite tidy and the facilities are really convenient for tourists. For people, most people I contacted wasere nice and for the cultural I think for Germans they are more well organised so its more easy to go withfollow the rules. I went there in the summer so the weather was quite good and not so hot, some food I thinkthought was fine like the pork but I don’t like to eat meat everyday.

“and for the cultural I think for Germans….

culturally/ about the culture// in regards to the culture//… most germans

*conjunctions: because/so/therefore..

*always remember to speak in past tense when telling a story.

SOURCE: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1711/171118-train-punctuality.html

Train companies in Japan are renowned for their punctuality. Many people claim Japan’s rail network is the envy of the world. Others say you can set your own watch using a Japanese train’s departure. Most rail companies around the world apologize to passengers for delayed trains or cancellations. However, the operators of Tokyo’s Tsukuba Express line apologized for one of its trains leaving 20 seconds too early on Tuesday. According to the apology, the high-speed train pulled out of a station 20 seconds earlier than scheduled due to staff members failing to check the departure timetable. Even though the company issued the apology, it said it had not received any complaints from passengers.

Bosses of the Tsukuba Express said the train crew did not sufficiently check the departure time and failed to accurately perform the departure operations. The company made a statement in Japanese on its website. It “deeply” apologized for the “severe inconvenience” caused to passengers who missed the scheduled train, even though the next train was just four minutes later. Many people tweeted about the apology. One tweet read: “Tokyo train company’s apology for 20-second-early departure is one of the best things about Japan.” A UK commuter tweeted: “They apologize for being 20 seconds early, and yet you don’t get an apology from any major UK train company until they’re over 2 hours late.”

Vocabulary

renowned: famous for

e.g Shanghainese cuisine is renowned for xiao long bao

envy(v): jealous(synonym) (envious.adj)

e.g I envy her for having such a nice life

e.g When i in yoga class I really envy the girls who have a good figure and can do every pose.

sufficiently(adv): enough

I haven’t sufficiently prepared for the vacation.

(is) sarcasm(n): when you say something is when you really mean it isn’t as a joke

sarcastic (Adj)

e.g I would love to work everyday without weekends

e.g its sarcastic when she said she went to spend money on that useless thing.

tweet: to write a public message on twitter (n) (v)

commuter: the person/people travelling

e.g a subway commuter complained about a delay on the platform.

commute(n): journey between work and home

e.g its usually a 20 minute commute between the office and my english class

e.g how long does the commute to work take?

business/leisure: we usually divide travel into these two categories

Vocabulary

Scheduled: SK-EH-JU-LD