VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Use Pan’s book next time to do more travel English. Practice the words from today next class.

barista – professional coffee maker

laundry – washing clothes room

local – the nearby place / the people living there
eg. I always like to travel and taste the local food and meet the locals

university – you ni ver si tee

Vocabulary

McDonalds – mai dang lao

Deep fried chicken – zha ji

He was in a good mood < > in a bad mood 

if you don’t sleep well for a long time then you need to sleep for 12 hours

someone to play with
eg. Josh just needs someone to play games with

grow up – zhang da
eg. he doesn’t want to become like his brother when he grows up

study abroad – liu xue
eg. he doesn’t want to study abroad, he wants to stay in China

PR – 永久居住证
eg. his brother can get PR in Singapore

wind (n) – feng
eg. there is a lot of wind today / the wind is very strong today
windy (adj)
eg. today is very windy  

winter – dong tian

humid – chao shi – wet + hot
eg. it is a little humid today

UV – zi wai xian
eg. the UV in Sydney is very strong so you should put on sun cream

Airport Vocabulary

Could I put my bags here for 2 hours or so? / for about 2 hours?

height – how tall
age – how old
length – how long
width – how wide

departure (leave) < > arrival (arrive)
departure date
departure port / location / city

destination – where you want to go

I want to go from Shanghai > Tokyo, stopping in HongKong

Departure port – Shanghai Pudong airport
Destination – Tokyo Narita airport

Gender / Sex – Male (man) / Female (woman)

Country of birth / Nationality – where you’re from

DOB / Date of Birth – your birthday

Length of stay – how long will you stay in this country?

Flight number – the number of the plane

Passport number – hu zhao hao ma

Country of residence 

Place where you boarded this flight

isle seat – zou dao zuo wei

overhead compartment – the place you put your bags in the plane

baggage / luggage – xin li
eg. sorry, could you help me put my luggage in the overhead compartment?

please mind your head when opening the overhead compartment as luggage may fall out