VIP Class Notes (Raph)[R][S]

Spain To Replace USA As Second Most Popular Tourism Location
(Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1801/180118-spain.html)

Spain is set to replace the USA as the world’s second most popular tourist destination. This is according to statistics from the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The number of international tourists arriving in Spain grew by over 7 per cent in 2017. Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy corroborated the figures. He said the country had a record year in 2017, with more than 82 million international visitors. The growing number of international arrivals continues a growing trend. The figure for 2017 broke Spain’s tourist arrival records for the fifth straight year. This is despite the terror attack on Barcelona in August, and demonstrations and unrest in Spain’s Catalonia region for independence.

There was an 8 per cent increase in tourism to Europe in 2017. The UNWTO said: “Led by Mediterranean destinations, Europe recorded extraordinary results for such a large and rather mature region.” Africa is increasingly becoming an established and attractive destination and tourism there also went up by 8 per cent. Asia and the Pacific saw growth of 6 per cent, the Middle East recorded 5 per cent, and tourism to the Americas grew by 3 per cent. The UNWTO added: “International travel continues to grow strongly, consolidating the tourism sector as a key driver in economic development.” France retained its position as the world’s top tourist destination.

Original:

There was one thing interesting happened today about two colleagues of mine. Both of them went to lunch together. When they came back from the food court, they wanted to cross the street directly, and when they did so one police stopped the female Chinese colleague of mine and accused her to cross the street illegally and the police tried to check her ID card and warned her not do that again. While my female Chinese colleagues talked to the police, another male colleague just left, because he was afraid of accusing any illegal behavior by the police, which may put him in trouble.

Edited:

Something interesting happened today to two colleagues of mine. They went to lunch together and when they were heading back from the food court, they wanted to cross the street directly. When they did so, a policeman stopped my female Chinese colleague and accused her of crossing the street illegally. The police officer checked her ID card and warned her not to do that again. While she was talking to the police, my other colleague just left, because he was afraid of being accused of some kind of illegal behavior by the police, which could have put him in trouble.

Grammar

They can custody you. – They can take you into custody.

They tried to persuade her giving up. – They tried to persuade her to give up.

Pronunciation

Mature: /məˈtʊr/

Extraordinary: /ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/

Pacific: /pəˈsɪf.ɪk/

Record (adj): /ˈrek.ɚd/

Record (v): /rɪˈkɔːrd/