VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

I went on a trip to yunnan with my colleagues in Qingming festival. It took six days and we travelled three places Lijiang, Dali and Luguhu Lake. Everyday, we were on the road from one place to another. I could not sleep in at all and we should get up at 6:00am or 7:00am in the morning and could not sleep untill 12:00pm or even later at night. Even though I was very tired after the whole day’s trip, I could not sleep well in the evening maybe due to the high altitude. The transport to Luguhu Lake was not convenient, the roads were narrow and all built on mountains, so the bus had to be drived very slowly. This was the reason that why it spent more than 5 hours for only 160 kilometers. However, the scenery of Luguhu Lake was so beautifu that we all forgot the tiring but enjoy the beauty. The air was fresh, the water of lake was clear, the mountains fulling of trees were green, the sun shine was bright and the wind was soft. We went to bonfire party dancing with local pepole after dinner and went star gazing as well as drunk siting besides lake at late night which made me feel completely relaxed.

I went on a trip to yunnan with my colleagues in Qingming festival. It took six days and we traveled to three places Lijiang, Dali and Luguhu Lake. Everyday, we were on the road from one place to another. I could not sleep in at all and we needed to get up at 6:00am or 7:00am in the morning and could not sleep until 12:00am or even later at night. Even though I was very tired after the whole day’s trip, I could not sleep well in the evening maybe due to the high altitude. The transport to Luguhu Lake was not convenient, the roads were narrow and all built on mountains, so the bus had to be driven very slowly. This was the reason that / why it took more than 5 hours for only 160 kilometers. However, the scenery of Luguhu Lake was so beautiful that we all forgot the tiredness / exhaustion but enjoyed the beauty. The air was fresh, the water of the lake was clear, the mountains, full of trees, were green, the sun shine was bright and the wind was soft. We went to a bonfire party, dancing with local people, after dinner and went star gazing as well as had a drink siting beside the lake at late night which made me feel completely relaxed.

Vocabulary

put us off – let us get out

pull over – to stop on the side of the road
eg. the driver would pull over every 30 minutes to let us get out and have a look at the scenery 

twists and turns
eg. the road had a lot of twists and turns in it

the road was very windy (wine dee)/ a winding road

drive / drove / driven

parent company – the company that owns your company

for each question – point – area 

i need to understand what does it mean –  to understand what it means  

parts – sections 

i don’t cook in usually 

I often cook / I usually cook < > I don’t often cook / I don’t usually cook 

cook instruments – things to cook with 

next door = the house beside your apartment
eg. my landlord is living next door

cactus 
eg. I didn’t water the cactus at all, so it died

Pronunciation

wor – push on the W with your lips

order – pronounce it without your lips moving