VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

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Vocabulary

water park: water theme amusement park

human trafficking: the crime of buying and selling people 人口贩卖

dowry: in some societies, an amount of money that a woman’s parents give to the man she marries 嫁妆

scam: tricking people for money 诈骗

eg. Old people are likely to fall for telephone scams.

eg. His friend fell for an insurance scam last year.

smuggle: to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally 偷度

eg. She was caught trying to smuggle a suitcase of pork into the country.

eg. Many young girls were smuggled into Vietnam.

tell the difference/differentiate

It’s like a kind of blind date. It’s realistic.

They know each other and they introduce you. It’s interesting that everything has a price tag. It’s difficult to accept it but it’s realistic.

I remember the case the case is about Vietnam woman marry a Chinese man and the Vietnam woman went back.

Before getting married you have to go to your grandma to ask about your blood relations.

Revised: 

It’s like a kind of blind dating/It’s like speed dating. It’s realistic.

They know each other/they are acquaintances and they introduce you. It’s interesting that everything has a price tag. It’s difficult to accept it but it’s realistic.

I remember there was a case in Vietnam where a woman married a Chinese man and the Vietnamese woman went back/ran back to Vietnam.  

Before getting married you should go to your grandma to ask about your blood relations.