VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Write about a place you travelled to and describe it in detail and tell me why people go there. What did you do there / who did you go with?

I have a Silk Road travel plan in the next five years, staring at Lanzhou and end at Europe. This year is my first trip. I took the round trip from Lanzhou to Dunhuang, which I travelled with two of my friends in 10 days. We hired a car and travelled to 6 different cities.

This is definitely one of most unforgotten trip in my life. The landscape in the North West China is magnificent, within a week, you will be able to experience different season and geographic landscape. We have seen mountains, plateau, desert, farmland, saltpan, Danxia landform and canyon. Also, there are one of the largest flower fields in China, unfortunately we missed it due to the season. On the way, we have visited one of the most beautiful highway in China, which is a long straight highway with beautiful fields on the both sides and mountains at far back. There are many wild animals on the road. Every time when car travel across a mountain, the temperature changed dramatically from 15 degree down to 2 degree. Because of the uniqueness of the landscape and temperature, this places has grown great fruits and agriculture. Danxia is a spectacular landscape, which this area is the only few places has this kind of landscape. You will be able to see several colour from hills and rocks. According to our local driver, it is particularly amazing to see it after raining day. Unfortunately we visited on the windy day, but still remarkable view in front of us.

There are rich culture in the North West. Majority of the citizens are Han ethnic group, but also have many Zang people and Muslims believes people. There are many people still live in their traditional tent and wearing traditional clothes. Their local foods are absolutely delicious, which I personally really enjoy their roast lamb dishes. We have visited many museums, with rich culture of Silk Road. The highlight of my trip is in Dunhuang, where you will be able to see the world famous historical wall painting and sculpture, which you can understand the rich history back 1,000 years ago. Historically, Duhuang is not just an important city for China to host traveller from west, but also key military base, which part of end of the great wall is also in this area.

Write about a place you traveled to and describe it in detail and tell me why people go there. What did you do there / who did you go with?

I have a Silk Road travel plan in the next five years, starting at Lanzhou and ending at Europe, with this year being my first trip. I took the round trip from Lanzhou to Dunhuang, (which I did) with two of my friends in / over 10 days, hiring a car and traveling to 6 different cities.

This is definitely one of the most unforgettable trips in my life. The landscape in the North West China is magnificent, and within a week you will be able to experience different seasons and geographic landscapes. We saw mountains, plateaus, deserts, farmland, salt pan, Danxia landform and canyons. Also, there are one of the largest flower fields in China, but unfortunately we missed it due to the season. On the way, we visited one of the most beautiful highways in China, which is a long straight highway with beautiful fields on the both sides and mountains at the far back, where you can find many wild animals on the road. Every time when our car traveled across a mountain, the temperature changed dramatically from 15 degrees down to 2 degrees. Because of the uniqueness of the landscape and temperature, this places has grown great fruits and agriculture. Danxia is a spectacular landscape, and there are only few places with this kind of landscape in the world. You will be able to see several colours from the hills and rocks. According to our local driver, it is particularly amazing to see it after a rainy day. Unfortunately we visited on a windy day, but there was still a remarkable view in front of us.

There is rich culture in the North West part of China. Majority of the citizens are Han ethnic group, but also there are many Zang people and Muslims. There are many people still living in their traditional tent and wearing traditional clothes. Their local foods are absolutely delicious, and I personally really enjoy their roast lamb dishes. We visited many museums, with rich culture of Silk Road. The highlight of my trip is in Dunhuang, where you will be able to see the world famous historical wall painting and sculpture, and from that / from which you can understand the rich history back 1,000 years ago. Historically, Duhuang is not just an important city for China to host travelers from the west, but also key military base, and part of end of the great wall is also in this area.

Grammar

where – “and at that place” 
eg. I normally spend my holiday at home where I am most comfortable = and at that place i’m the most comfy.
eg2. I can go where I want to go (to the place) 
eg3. Where you have friends, you will be happy (at the place that) 

which – “and it” 
eg. I went to a place which I really don’t like. = I went to a place and I really don’t like it.
eg2. I went to a place which is absolutely beautiful = I went to a place and it is absolutely beautiful.

and
eg. I love traveling and eating
eg2. I love traveling and it’s good to do every year
eg3. This year our profit is 5m and it’s / which is just makes up a small portion of what we’re hoping to bring in over the following year.

did – past, important what time
have done – past, not important what time

a / the 

pay attention on that – to that 

I met a guy yesterday who said he was from Australia

I have been to many places and Japan was my favourite. / and Japan is my favourite place to travel to.

verb – is time important? what time is important?
noun – which one? how many?

with sth being 
eg. the food culture is really special and delicious with my personal preference being the roast lamb.