VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

Write a diary at least 2-3 days this week. Talk about your days recently in detail.

Vocabulary

cocktail – ji wei jiu

rough / smooth 
eg. the water was really rough when we were on the rapids but in between them, it was smooth

we went down 5 rapids 

back in the day – use this to talk about a time before now when things were different

start < > finish

spreadsheet – xls file

The main activity of our company trip in first day was rafting which is a little bit dangerous last week. All of us wore life vest and safety hat to make sure that if our boat capsized, we could still alive without swimming. We drifted from the middle of the mountain, along the water, even we didn’t capsize, we still all wet through.

Last week, we had a company trip and the main activity on the first day was rafting which is a little bit dangerous. All of us wore life vests and safety hats to make sure that if our boats capsized, we could still be / stay alive without being able to swim. We drifted from the middle of the mountain, along the water, and even (though) we didn’t capsize, we were still all wet through.

On the 2nd day we climbed the mountain which we lived on. The trip guide led us to one place we could start our climbing and you could choose climbing or stay behind and play. When half of my colelagues returned back and we ended our games and went to dinner on the mountain at a place which was 20 minutes drive from there.

On the 2nd day we climbed the mountain which we lived on. The tour guide led us to one place where we could start our climb and you could choose to climb or stay behind and play. When half of my colleagues returned / came back / got back we ended / finished our games and went to dinner on the mountain at a place which was 20 minutes drive from there.

Grammar

we went to a place where we could start climbing
we went to a place which was really beautiful

I bought a computer which was expensive
I bought a computer which I wanted to do for a long time