Online Class Notes (Ally)

Vocabulary

cilantro: coriander

person from out of town: non-local person

padding: 垫子 垫的东西

docile:温顺的; 驯服的; 易驾驭的; 易控制的

sukiyaki: 寿喜锅

make a fuss: 引起骚动;大吵大闹;大发牢骚 make a big deal

bow their heads: bow down to sb..

what have you eaten?
what did you eat?

It priced as salmon?
The price was the same as salmon’s?

I look around on the street.
I look around in the streets. （concept)

I was very easy to be identified as a person
It was very easy to identify me as a non-local/out-of-town person.
They could tell very easily that I was from out-of-town.

It was supposed to be 3 crepes to wrap the contents.
The contents were supposed to be wrapped by 3 crepes, not 1.
There were supposed to be 3 crepes, not 1.

There was another interesting thing coming.
Here comes another interesting thing.
Then something else interesting happened.
There was also something else interesting.

Then I observed one thing.
Then I noticed something else.

I got bite from a deer.
I got bitten by a deer.

My waist was at the deer’s height.
The deer’s head was at my waist level.

Q: How was your trip?
A: You know how bad the tourist restaurant is at this moment? People can’t make any money anymore. That’s from my observation. I paid all the accomodation and the food and everything. In our first stop, we went to the island and we picked a very popular homerun hotel. It is supposed to be very buzy because it was about the mid-autumn holiday break, but for the whole building, it was only 2 rooms got booked, including us. I didn’t see so many visitors and tourists on the island. Local people who used to make life through selling tourist…souvenirs a hard time.

A: You know how bad the tourism industry situation is at this moment? It’s hard for people to make money. That’s from my observation through the trip. I paid for all the accomodation and the food and everything else. In our first stop, we went to the Nanao island and we picked a very popular homerun hotel/airbnb. It is supposed to be a very buzy season because it was close to/near the mid-autumn holiday break, but only two rooms in the whole building got booked, one of which was ours. I didn’t see too many visitors and tourists on the island. Local people who used to make a living through selling tourist…souvenirs are having a hard time. 

Pronunciation

salmon = saaaanmen

crepe = crape

the biggest = theeee (emphasize the)

waist = waste