VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Talk about your trip to Yanji.

Vocabulary

Extreme Sports – sports that are very dangerous
e.g. Skydiving, mountain biking, skiing

Airspace – the air over a place
e.g. The North Korean government doesn’t allow foreign planes to fly in their airspace.

Politics – government and trying to understand the government and society 政治学

Philosophy – 哲学
e.g. I studied philosophy, but people who give jobs don’t think that philosophy is useful.

Stroke Order – in Chinese characters, the pieces have to be written in the right order (the pieces are called strokes)

Civil Engineering – engineering for large things, like buildings

Cave – a dark place underground, or inside of a mountain 洞
e.g. The civil engineers need to calculate the hours of direct sunlight in apartments because no one wants to live in a cave.

Dormitory (Dorm) – like a very small apartment for students 宿舍

Humid / Damp – when there is a lot of water in the air everywhere; when there is water in the air because some place is closed and dark
e.g. In the summer, Shanghai is very humid. If you don’t open your windows, the water will stay inside and make the room damp and smelly.

Spin – when something moves like a circle, like a typhoon
Break-dancing – a type of dancing that includes lots of spinning

Motto – something that describes how you live, or at least how you do something
e.g. My motto is 有什么吃什么!

Sour – pH < 7 酸

Fresh – 新鲜

Subtle – flavor that is not too strong, like Guangdong food (suttle, don’t say the “b”)

Mushroom – 菇

Grammar

When you want to say “all not” then you have to use “any” instead.
e.g. I don’t know anyone with that name.
e.g. I don’t have anything to say.

Opportunities for job – job opportunities

The civil engineers need to calculate the hours of direct sunlight in each apartment.

Go to my hometown and meet my father. My hometown is a very small village and very boring. I don’t like mountain. I don’t like all sports. I just like walking. I even don’t like the roller coaster, I really hate that. I’m scared. I know that it will be safe but I hate that kind of feeling, like loose. Food is just, a lot of food is Korean food.

I will go to my hometown and meet see / visit with my father. My hometown is a very small village and (is) very boring. Food is just, a lot of the food there is like Korean food. I don’t like climbing mountains / hiking. I don’t like all any sports. I just like walking. I don’t even like the roller coasters. I really hate them. I’m scared of them. I know that it will be safe but I hate that kind of feeling, like loose / weightlessness / falling / tightness in the stomach.