Online Class Notes (Tibo)

I will only work for another week and then I start the holiday.

We will go back to Fujian province and then we will drive along a famous route in Chinese history.

In our history there was an internal war / civil war between different parties then one took a famous route / then One party was weak and they took a path that begins from/in south China and goes to the west of China and to the north west. Finally they won the war.
We will visit the first part. / the first leg.
Then when the children grow up we can go to the second and the third.

They learn about it in history books but we want to really show it to them.

we cannot finish the route by one time because we don’t have so long holiday. -> We cannot finish it at once because we only have a short holiday / Our holiday is too short so we will only be able to visit part of the route.

Vocabulary

Leg (n): One part of a journey.
The first leg of our trip is a flight to Paris.

Civil War (n): A war between groups in the same country.
The civil war caused much destruction in the nation.

Renovation (n): Making something old look new again.
The renovation of the old library made it look modern.

To Renovate (v): To repair and improve something.
We plan to renovate our kitchen next month.

Adverse (adj): Unfavorable or challenging.
The climbers faced adverse weather conditions on the mountain.

To Divert (v): To change direction or use for a different purpose.
The traffic was diverted due to the road construction.

Diversion (n): Something that changes the direction or focus.
The magician’s talk was a diversion while he performed the trick.

Vessel (n): A large boat or ship.
The fishing vessel returned to the harbor full of fish.

To Opt For (v): To choose one thing over others.
For dessert, I opted for the chocolate cake.

To Opt In/Out (v): To choose to participate or not.
I opted in for the newsletter to receive updates.

Shortcut (n): A quicker or shorter way to a place or result.
Taking the alley is a shortcut to the train station.

To Mitigate (v): To make something less severe or harmful.
The government took steps to mitigate the economic crisis.

Mitigation (n): The action of reducing the severity of something.
Flood mitigation efforts helped protect the town.

To Surge (v): To increase suddenly and powerfully.
Demand for the new phone model surged on its release day.

Pronunciation

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