day 53setting off

setting off

Plan a trip and set off: guides, tents, sleeping bags, board and lodging, stopovers and round trips, and talk about what you do besides work with (在)……之余.

today’s words

• 动身 dòngshēn · to set off
• 启程 qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)
• 起程 qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)
• 赴 fù · to go to, attend (formal)
• 赶赴 gǎnfù · to rush to
• 归来 guīlái · to return, come back
• 来回 láihuí · round trip; back and forth
• 逗留 dòuliú · to stay, stop over
• 滞留 zhìliú · to be stranded
• 漫游 mànyóu · to roam, wander
• 郊游 jiāoyóu · outing, trip to the country
• 避暑 bìshǔ · to escape the summer heat
• 探险 tànxiǎn · to explore, go on an expedition
• 徒步 túbù · on foot
• 露营 lùyíng · to camp
• 帐篷 zhàngpeng · tent
• 睡袋 shuìdài · sleeping bag
• 穿越 chuānyuè · to cross, pass through
• 迷失 míshī · to lose (one’s way)
• 带路 dàilù · to show the way
• 向导 xiàngdǎo · guide (person)
• 一行 yīxíng · a party, group (travelling together)
• 见闻 jiànwén · what one sees and hears, experiences
• 食宿 shísù · board and lodging
• 客房 kèfáng · guest room, hotel room
• 星级 xīngjí · star-rated (hotel)
• 包袱 bāofu · bundle; a burden
• 随身 suíshēn · carry-on, on one’s person
• 位子 wèizi · seat, place
• 巷 xiàng · lane, alley
• 港 gǎng · port, harbour
• 余 yú · more than; remaining (after a number)

sentences

• 我们明天一早启程。 · We set out early tomorrow morning.
• 工作之余，她常去郊游。 · When she isn’t working, she often goes on trips to the countryside.
• 夏天很多人去山里避暑。 · In summer lots of people go to the mountains to escape the heat.
• 船晚上九点进港。 · The ship comes into port at nine this evening.
• 退休以后，他在全国各地漫游。 · After retiring, he roamed all over the country.