介绍:
Lotus
Locust 蝗虫
Drizzle - noun and verb.
It is drizzling in Shanghai.
There is a light drizzle in Shanghai.
散步
take a walk
go for a walk
take a stroll
亩
There is no exact word for this in English.
It is used to measure an area
英亩 - acre
For example:
A hundred acres of land
I just went out to take a walk.
亩 (0.0667 hectare)
英亩 (0.405 hectare)
hectare 公顷
英亩 acre
Just remember this word. It is enough.
Here we have five pieces of advice.
When we talk about advice, we use the word 'pieces'
For example:
He gave me a piece of advice.
(We do not say 1 advice)
They wrote down 5 pieces of advice for us.
We should not say 5 advices
change 零钱
exact 准确
Exact change
For example:
If the price is $24.50, and you have exactly that much money, you can say that you have exact change
If you have $25 dollars, it is not exact change.
Fare 车费
For example:
Taxi fare
Bus fare
Train fare
before you get on
Here, it means, 'before you get in the car'
Any questions?
Local specialty 土特产 / 特色菜
Stall 货摊
Any questions about this piece of advice?
try some of the local specialties
This means you should eat some of the local special food when you travel
But you should not eat the food that people sell on the street
This is a stall
Ought 应该 ／ 应当
Credit card 信用卡
Cash 现金
keep a copy of something
This means 'not the original'
For example:
I keep a copy of the important pages of my passport in my wallet all the time. This is the law for foreigners in China.
This means I do not carry my passport. I carry a copy of my passport.
I do not carry the original. I carry a photocopy 复印件
over 21
This means 'over 21 years old'
International driver's license 国际驾照
First-aid kit 急救药箱
medication 药物
In many countries, foreigners have to be over 21 to drive cars.
Tap 龙头
water from the tap
tap water
自来水
pack 装
For example:
To pack a suitcase
We have been putting some travel conversations and words in our Qizhe public account （公众号）
We put the first one today
There will be many more over the next few days
There are useful words and sentences in those conversations
And you can hear me talking to my wife in all the recordings
modal 情态动词
Necessity 必要
Suggestion 建议
Must
Need to
Have to
Don't have to
These are the modals for necessity here
Any* questions so far?
had better
ought to
should
should not
These are the modals for suggestions here
We use all these modals before verbs.
modal + verb
For example:
You need to study hard if you want to improve.
Do you understand the differences between necessity and suggestion now and how to use these models for those situations?
You'D BETTER make hotel reservations...
You MUST carry identification with you.
@Jane [玫瑰]
You SHOULD buy a round-trip plane ticket...
You SHOULDN'T pack too many clothes...
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