VIP Class Notes (Phoebe)

Original:

My favourite travel experience was with my mum. Last year we went to Sanya. Because I like summer and sea, I like going to places like Sanya and Thailand. So I stayed there for a week. We flew to Sanya. So most of time we just slept until lunch, and found some good restaurants, in the daytime we went to the sea and took some photos. And we took small walks along the street. I really like seafood there because it’s really fresh. For example when you went to a restaurant, you can pick oysters and lobsters when they are still alive, the cook steamed them or fried them with simple spices. There was a national forest park there too. I went there for a day, there was a cableway which was made of glass, so you look down the glass floor, and you will see the sea and mountain. And it was also the film called Fei Cheng Wu Rao took its scene.

I think the differences between the young and the elderly are their values on marriage. I think for the young, espeally at my age and below, we don’t think marriage is necessary. Because we can live independently without other. But for the elderly, they think it’s a like a task to do in your life, like getting married and having a child. I think the main reason that caused the difference is because the development of the society and education level of the young. I think other difference is their values on work and career. For example, my grandma, she always wants me to pick a simple and not that tiring work, because for the elder they think health is the most important thing, so you can give up anything against health.

With corrections:

My favourite travel experience was with my mum. Last year we went to Sanya. Because I like summer and sea, I like going to places like Sanya and Thailand. So I stayed there for a week. We flew to Sanya. We flew to Sanya, and stayed there for a week. So most of the time we just slept until lunch, and then we found some good restaurants to go to. In the daytime, we went to the sea and took some photos. And we took small walks along the streets. I really like seafood there because it’s really fresh. For example when you go went to a restaurant, you can pick oysters and lobsters when they are still alive, the cooks can/will steamed them or fried fry them with simple spices. There was a national forest park there too. I went there for a day, there was a cableway which was made of glass, so if you look down through the glass floor, and you will see the sea and mountains underneath. And it was also the place/where the film called Fei Cheng Wu Rao took its scene.

I think one of the differences between the young and the elderly are is their thoughts about/attitude towards/to values on marriage. I think for the young especially at my age and below, we don’t think marriage is necessary. Because we can live independently without other. But for the elderly, they think it’s getting married and having children are a like a tasks to do in your their lives life, like getting married and having a child. I think the main reason that caused the difference is because of the development of the society and higher educational level of the young. I think the other difference is that their attitude towards/to values on work/ and career. For example, my grandma, she always wants me to pick a simple and not that tiring easy work job, because for the elder they the elderly think health is the most important thing, so you can give up anything against health and you shouldn’t harm/sacrifice your health for work.

Vocabulary

regimen n. 养生之道

sedentary adj. 久坐的

Grammar

because vs. because of

because + sentence

because of + n.

insight into 洞察力；见解

This book provides an insight into how African tribes developed.

Pronunciation

various

rival 

sedentary