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So in this particular lesson is looking at advanced English adjectives to describe
travel or indeed, travel experiences. So I'll give you them, I've actually got
10. They're all adjectives. And I'll also give you nouns that they will collocate with.
Okay, so we'll start. Impressive. Remarkable. Superb. Astonishing. Stunning. Dramatic. Exotic.
Unique. Breathtaking. And memorable. Now,
as I said, they're all adjectives. And because they connected with
travel or travel experiences, then a lot of them will collocate with very similar words,
but at least they'll give you a choice of words with which you can use them. Okay,
so I'll try and give you some of those collocations.
So impressive. Something that lead... leaves an impression, something lasting in your memory.
Okay, so when you arrive at the hotel, you weren't sure what to expect. But when you step out
of the bus or after the taxi, you can see the hotel really impressive. Yeah, it stretches for
many, many metres. It's main architecture is very, very old, but
really clean and really well maintained. So the whole look of the hotel is impressive.
When you walk into the reception area, it is impressive big, big room, beautiful wooden
desk by where the receptionist is, and a real great atmosphere. So everything about
the entrance, the setting is very impressive. Okay, now, the people in the hotel can also be
impressive, but there are other adjectives we could use to describe them. So let's focus on
this travel part. You're impressed by what you see. So the five star rating, that's impressive.
The entrance to the hotel. That's impressive, the reception area, that is also impressive.
Remarkable. Yeah, remarkable can be something that is gives you a lot of
information, something that you didn't know about.
Okay, so you go to visit some local sightseeing tours,
for example, the museum or the art gallery. And you could say that they were remarkable
because of the information they provided you that you perhaps you didn't know about.
Perhaps there's some particular painter attached historically to that particular
area. And when you go to visit the art gallery with his name, there's a lot of information.
So while it's quite remarkable about his style, and the way he did things, I really didn't
know anything about him before I visited that particular gallery. Or the museum is a remarkable
exhibition of all kinds of clothing or things, relics that had been found in this particular
area. So the information I got was really remarkable. I can use it in my lessons for my
students in the history... classes. Okay, so something really, really remarkable.
Superb, well, we can often use this to describe food. So if you're going to a five star hotel,
you'd expect that the food and the menu
would be very, very good. So when somebody asked you what was the food
like, Oh it was superb, superb food every night, there was always the Chef's choice on the menu.
And yeah, that was particularly on the Tuesday that was really superb. The meat was
cooked to perfection, how they serve it, how they dressed the tables out there presented.
Yes, superb as the only word I could use to describe it.
Yeah. So if I wanted one word to describe the holiday, superb, super wonderful, amazing. Okay.
Astonishing. Well, astonishing is something that shocks us or surprises us in a positive way.
Yeah. So the use of the word astonishing when we're travelling could be to do with experiences.
It could be do with something that we see it could do with the amount of time that you you have.
For example, when you get up in the morning and you're down for breakfast, they have a
really as we said before, superb menu and the food is excellent. And it's astonishing
how much food you can eat when you're on holiday. So you're nice and relaxed.
It was astonishing how much food I actually ate. But I didn't put on any weights because I got
plenty of exercise. That was also astonishing. I was astonished that I didn't put on any weight.
So I was astonished or was astonishing, that I didn't put on any weight,
it was astonishing the amount of food that I actually ate
really good quality. But you know, I really, really enjoyed it. Astonishing.
Stunning. Now, we often use this word stunning to do with views, and particularly if you're on
a holiday, or if you're travelling, then you will be very interested and hopeful
that a lot of the views that you will see, you could be able to describe them as stunning.
So for example, if you were standing at the top of Niagara Falls, which I have done
many times, the view is stunning. Okay, the extent to which the spray of the water
travels up on the air, and then blows across the street,
that's quite stunning, the force of the water falling over the fall's is also stunning.
But there are lots and lots of other places around the world that people would
equally describe a stunning the first time perhaps that they they go to Egypt and
all the views that they have there, they would be certainly stunning.
As soon as they see the pyramids, yeah, the size of them the shape. Yeah, stunning views
of the standing on top of Grand Canyon. Looking down, that view would also be quite stunning.
But it doesn't have to be something on such a grand scale as the Grand Canyon or the pyramids.
You can be standing at top of a mountain and the sky is blue. And you can look down over a valley,
nobody else might know much about it. But to you
that particular view could be stunning. So a stunning view.
Okay, a stunning museum, we could also use it in that, to that extent, the hotel was stunning.
So we can use it to describe the hotel. So all of those collocations. Now, we can also use stunning
when we see somebody really, really beautiful. But here we're focusing just on travel. But
you could say a stunning looking man or stunning looking looking woman again, very, very beautiful.
Dramatic. Well, dramatic means theatrical. Yeah, so dramatic.
Again, this could relate to views that dramatic views or if we go back to my point about
Niagara Falls, looking at the depths, when you look down, it's quite dramatic,
because it goes straight down, the water falls down several hundred metres, and then
the spray comes back up again. Okay, so that's quite dramatic.
Or if you get on the boat that goes underneath, the water for that is even more dramatic. So it
could be a dramatic journey on the boat. It could be a dramatic view, when you look
down to see the force of the water and you hear that noise. It's quite deafening. You can't hear
other people talking because of the force of the water. So that in itself would also be dramatic.
Okay, now, you could have a dramatic events or something happened
on your journey or your holiday that could be quite dramatic. You know,
perhaps if you're travelling by plane,
and the plane hits a bit of turbulence as it can often happen. That could be
quite dramatic. So that plane journey turned out to be dramatic all's well that ends well.
And there were no problems. But yeah, a few people were really scared and they were
shouting and screaming a little bit so we could certainly describe the plane journey as dramatic.
Exotic. Well, exotic could be a number of things.
If you're going on a tropical island, then certainly the trees or the vegetation,
or the fruit could be described as exotic fruits that you wouldn't get when you're at home.
You're at full list of exotic fruits, a list of exotic fruit drinks to enjoy.
Okay, the whole experience walking on the golden white sands with palm trees hanging over
the sands to... to provide you with some shelter and shade. That could also be described as
exotic so exotic trees, exotic plant and animal life, exotic fruits to enjoy
a new evening while you're sitting by the pool, exotic and exotic locations. So where did they
go for the honeymoon? Ah, they picked some exotic location in the Caribbean.
Unique. Unique means unusual or different,
or something special. Okay? So when you're on a journey or a holiday, or travelling,
then something unique is something perhaps that you haven't done before.
Well, going on a cruise ship, for me would be a unique experience, because I've never done it
before. So a unique experience. So if you're travelling somewhere where you haven't been,
well, it's going to be unique for me, because I've never been to South America.
Or I've never been to Asia, to enjoy some of the traditions perhaps in Japan for when they
have the tea ceremony that could be unique. So a unique exhibition, or a unique demonstration
of the traditions a unique tradition, only known to the Japanese so you could describe it
in those ways and use unique, connected or co located with those particular nouns.
Breathtaking. Again, this is usually about views, okay? So when you stand on that mountain,
when you stand on that, at the top of the ridge, when you look down that waterfall, when you look
across the expanse of the river, then all of those views would be breathtaking breath, taking view.
Or if you've never been skiing before, and then you get up to the top of this mountain
at three or three and a half thousand metres. And there's a vast expanse of
white snow. Yeah, this sky is blue as it often is, the sun is shining.
So you could see wow, this is truly breathtaking. A breathtaking view,
a breathtaking experience, okay, so something that literally takes your breath away your you
can't think of words to say it's everything is quite surprising. Really, really, really
good experience for you is something that you haven't experienced before. Breathtaking.
And then finally, memorable. Well, memorable is all connected with the memory, what are you
going to remember in the future, so we all go on holidays, some of them could be forgettable
because they weren't so interesting. Or they were just average holidays, nice to get away.
But nothing so memorable. So memorable means something that will last for a long time.
It could be your honeymoon. I guess it was a memorable holiday, we really, really pushed the
boat out with, with our location, we spent a lot of money but you know, it was wonderful, really
memorable. Those memories will last for a long time you went hiking, you climbed over a mountain,
you visited places that you hadn't never expected to see. And perhaps you'll never see them again.
So these all add to the experience. All of them would be memorable, memorable experiences,
memorable occasion, a dinner that was memorable because it was the first one of the holiday
or the last one of the holiday. Or perhaps it was one of these restaurants that are on these
revolving restaurants at the top of towers. So you, you go up in a tower and an elevator,
you go on this revolving tower. So as you're eating your meal, the tower
revolves very slowly, but they can be memorable because if it's a clear night,
you can see different places at different times and really, really enjoy it and you can't wait
until we get home to tell your friends about it. So memorable experiences.
Okay, so these are all adjectives, they're advanced English adjectives,
all connected to describing travel or travel experiences. So we can have impressive views
and impressive hotel. We can have a remarkable experience in a certain museum or gallery.
Superb service, superb wine list. Astonishing views, stunning views.
Dramatic journey, a dramatic experience, a dramatic event. Exotic fruits, exotic animals,
exotic trees, whatever. Unique experience, a unique show, a unique event, a unique country
to visit. Something you have never experienced that probably never will experience again.
Breathtaking again, breathtaking views breathtaking scenery from the balcony of your
hotel looking out on that sunset beach with the the water that's hardly rippling at all yet
turquoise colour really, really breathtaking, and then memorable. Overall, the little holiday was
memorable, or that final dinner that you took me to at the top of that tower really
memorable. I will remember that for a long, long time. I'm glad we have all those photographs.
Okay, so advanced English adjectives all to do with travel, and all to do with travel
experiences. Okay, well hopefully you can get to use some of those that tried to practice them
if you need any more help than you know where I am, and I really appreciate you
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