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Coast-to-coast trip

Coast-to-coast trip

Date: May 21 2007

Topic: Reading

Author: phoogoo

Lesson

 Introduction

I am writing about a 1-week trip I am going to take. I will be going to both New York and LA. 

Reading

Well, I'm just about to head out on my coast-to-coast trip.  Tonight, I am taking the red eye to New York.  My brother is planning on meeting me at La Guardia tomorrow morning when I get in.  We'll probably drop off my stuff and then cruise around town.  I love walking around New York.  There is so much to see and do and so many cool restaurants and bars to explore.  We're going to pick a rendevouz point so I can meet up with some other friends who live there.  We'll probably do some bar hopping.  If we get sloshed we can always hop in a cab although I don't want to burn through my whole budget in one night. I'll be in New York until Friday.

From there I will head to LA to meet my friend Matt. Matt is a stand up comedian, so it's possible that we might hit a comedy club.  I know he doesn't have any gigs scheduled, but he has a lot of other friends in the comedy biz.  Matt said he might be able to score some Dodgers tickets.  That would be a blast since I haven't been to a Major League game since the Giants played at Candlestick.  

I'll only be gone a week so I'll have to do my best to see and do as much as I can.   

Vocabulary:

head out - (v.) to depart

coast-to-coast  - (adj.)  from one coast (of the United States) to the other, the entire country

red eye - (n. slang) an all-night flight

plan on - (v.) intend to do something

La Guardia - (n.) One of New York's airports

get in - (v.) arrive

drop off - (v.) to leave something somewhere, to deliver

stuff - (n.) things, posessions, (in this case) baggage

cruise around - (v.) to wander around leisurely without a specific destination

rendevouz - (n.) meeting

meet up - (v.) meet

bar hopping - (n. slang) to go from bar to bar

sloshed - (adj. slang) drunk, inebriated

hop in - (v.) get into a car

burn through - (v.) use something up very fast

stand up comedian - (n.) someone who tells jokes in a club

hit - (v. slang) to go to

gig - (n. slang) a show or a temporary job

comedy biz - (n. slang) comedy business, comedy industry

score - (v. slang) to win something, to get something valuable

Dodgers - (n.) Los Angeles' professional baseball team

blast - (n.) a fun time, n exciting experience

Giants - (n.) San Francisco's professional baseball team

Candlestick - (n.) San Francisco's previous baseball stadium until 1999

 

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Comments

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mandzhi

mandzhi

Russian Federation

In this lesson there are a lot of slangwords which i don’t know. Thanks a lot.

11:44 AM Oct 26 2015 |

Tohir

Tohir

Uzbekistan

It is so good. I think it will help me in the future. I was very surprised when I read it. Because i never read about this theme. It’s so good.

06:12 AM Apr 04 2008 |

dnzz

dnzz

Turkey

it shold be both exhausting and hilarious and i want to have an experiment like that Innocent

07:31 PM Mar 04 2008 |

trustfundbaby

Ukraine

goooood

08:09 AM Mar 03 2008 |

sheeda

sheeda

Serbia and Montenegro

it is nice to learn so many slang word

09:49 AM Jan 21 2008 |

tangle8000

tangle8000

China

let me practise it !

 

08:45 AM Dec 13 2007 |

tangle8000

tangle8000

China

i'm  reaing at  once.

 

08:41 AM Dec 13 2007 |

tangle8000

tangle8000

China

both my parents also like touring

08:37 AM Dec 13 2007 |

momokoo

momokoo

Mongolia

i like it

its very interesting

 

 

04:04 AM Dec 11 2007 |

Elizabeth Qi

Hong Kong

Good! That's very interesting! I like it very much!Smile

04:31 AM Dec 08 2007 |

lili_call

lili_call

China

Have a good trip….....

09:51 AM Dec 07 2007 |

sandeep_sahu2@rediffmail.com

India

good

04:22 PM Dec 05 2007 |

meiyinxia

meiyinxia

China

That's evry interesting,i like it!My MSN is  ,i hope to talk with you.

11:57 PM Nov 29 2007 |

kklvjj

kklvjj

China

Wow. thatz a lot of stuff to learn.

Appreciate!~

10:19 PM Nov 27 2007 |

memeira4

memeira4

Indonesia

nice but there are too many slangs

09:19 AM Oct 08 2007 |

rockprincess

Slovakia

it is very very good

01:38 PM May 31 2007 |

susan2008

China

very useful. Hope you have a good trip.

09:15 AM May 31 2007 |

deonna

Philippines

it's good~i love it

07:50 AM May 31 2007 |

erniem

Zambia

Cool I like it, it's everyday English, do some more my man

08:02 AM May 30 2007 |

papsoum

papsoum

Mali

Its nice even wit the slangs.

04:55 AM May 30 2007 |

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