Roadmap
- 9/9/2019: Planning
- 10/9/2019: Prepare a backlog and the first plan
- 11/9/2019: Offline for a company welcome party ( damn it 😥 )
- 12/9/2019: First step
Task lists
- 12/9/2019
- Vocabulary:
- all-in package/package holiday: a holiday where you purchase the travel and accommodation together
- breathtaking view: an extremely beautiful view
- charter-flight: a cheaper form of flying than a scheduled flight
- check-in desk: the place at the airport where you register for your flight and deposit your luggage
- departure lounge: where you wait for your flight to be called
- far-off destination: somewhere a long way away
- to get away from it all: to take a holiday to escape a busy or stressful lifestyle
- guided tour: an organised group shown around a place of interest by an expert
- holiday brochure: a glossy publication with details of holiday packages
- holiday destination: where you go for a holiday
- Reading:
- Listening:
- Vocabulary:
- 13/9/2019
- Vocabulary:
- holiday of a lifetime: a special holiday that you are unlikely to repeat (holiday)
- holiday resort: a place where lots of people go for a holiday
- hordes of tourists: crowds of tourists
- local crafts: objects produced locally
- long weekend: an extended weekend holiday including Friday or Monday
- out of season: outside of the main holiday period
- picturesque village: very pretty village
- passport control: the place where your passport is checked
- places of interest: sites of interest to tourists
- wildlife safari: a holiday, often in Africa, to observe wild animals
- Reading:
- Listening:
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- 14/9/2019
- Vocabulary:
- self-catering: a holiday where you supply your own food
- short break: a short holiday
- to go sightseeing: to look around the tourist sites
- stunning landscape: extremely beautiful countryside
- travel agent: a shop that specialises in booking holidays
- tourist trap: somewhere where too many tourists go
- youth hostel: a cheap form of accommodation
- to break up: to end a romantic relationship (relationship)
- to drift apart: to become less close to someone
- to enjoy someone’s company: to like spending time with someone
- Reading:
- Listening:
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Vocabulary backlogs
Sources:
- https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/topic.htm?fbclid=IwAR0n9AtuYiMuY5lkaOzv28dmZNmZTBQ-SLCsco3SOLxr8-EG1Wtrwb9-VVw
- https://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/c/?fbclid=IwAR3E6wQKl72NJQpWfMfETq9PZMpLpBxgJnfxdmzkjW3Zci_uuTwQ08FNjuA
- https://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/ielts-vocabulary/
Reading backlogs
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientists-discover-new-evidence-of-the-asteroid-that-killed-off-the-dinosaurs-11568055601?mod=rsswn
- https://dev.to/soshace/top-11-javascript-machine-learning-data-science-libraries-14ac
- https://dev.to/gajus/my-favorite-css-hack-32g3
- https://dev.to/javinpaul/top-10-free-books-and-courses-to-learn-data-structure-and-algorithms-in-2019-30gl
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/09/06/travel/top-10-best-tokyos-concrete-architecture/#.XXeabJMzYWo
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/09/01/digital/making-gaming-better-looking/#.XXeag5MzYWo
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/08/31/food/stand-banh-mi-banh-mi-sandwichs-new-home-meguro/#.XXear5MzYWo
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/09/07/food/sipping-spectrum-kanazawa-coffee/#.XXea85MzYWo
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/09/10/arts/fashion-game-dress-code-crack/
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/08/31/food/at-che-333-iced-desserts-to-cool-you-to-the-end-of-summer/#.XXebc5MzYWo
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/27/lifestyle/japan-get-enough-sleep/#.XXebyZMzYWo
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/09/10/facebook-issues-warning-for-millions-about-ios-13-and-android-10-user-tracking/
- https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/10/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/will-hawkeye-set-up-marvels-young-avengers-1238460
Listening backlogs
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig (Late night show)
- https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic (National Geographic)
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII9X_DCYiUtzh82scaHNQw (Today I learn)
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Ideas