VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

at the beginning the center reopened there are few teachers available.
no available airplanes seat.
At the end of the January, the beginning of the virus spreading many countries cancelled the available visas of Chinese, many chinese people have the 3 year visa of Japan but they cancelled them.
Many foreigners said the Chinese visa is the hardest one of the worldwide visa.
Many other countries offer the long term visa or the long term residence but actually we don’t have the policy like these long term residence before.
I knew that the Chinese government do not recognize the marriage legally if you register in another country.
I think the Singapore visa is not easy for us the list is very long and restricted.
We have to get the visa before we go there

the price of the hotel per night is at most 50 % of the than usual.
the sea park has declared bankruptcy but it is so big deal so the government offers financial support.
the people are much fewer than before

the US occurred a much big scope of spreading than china so students won’t want go back to US. and the students who didn’t go back to China because of the Coronavirus tried to go back.
The feeling, at the beginning you urge to go back and then you will feel unfortunately that they cannot go back
The government arranged the airplane to pick the students in England.

there is few news about the violent protest occurred among the Asia people.
Our special method we have so many cameras on every corner.
The cameras are normal so for police it is easy to track some people so it is hard for criminals to hide.

conferences always cost the most time on Monday. / take most of our day / occupy most of the day
the efficiency of the meeting is not very high / is quite low / meetings are quite inefficient.

Everyone seems have their own opinion but with different opinions and a big  group decision are hard to make / but the bigger the group , the more opinions you have and the harder it is to reach a decision
We have an agenda but leaders sometimes ignore the agenda

I just had one class last week / I cancelled one class last week

at the beginning when the center reopened there were only a few teachers available.
there are no available airplanes seats / it is hard to book a plane.
At the end of January, the beginning of the virus spreading, many countries / when the virus began to spread, many country  cancelled the available visas of Chinese citizens , many Chinese people had the 3 year visa to Japan but they cancelled them.
Many foreigners said the Chinese visa is the hardest one worldwide / the hardest one in the world
Many other countries offer long term visas or long term residence permits but actually we didn’t have a policy like these in the past / a similar policy.
I knew that the Chinese government does not recognize the marriage legally if you register in another country.

I think the Singapore visa is not easy for us the list of documents is very long and restrictive.
We have to get the visa before we go there / prior to our arrival

the price of the hotel per night is at most 50 % of the usual rate. / It is half the usual rate.
the sea park has declared bankruptcy but it is such a big deal that the government offered financial support to avoid it.
there are fewer people than before

the epidemic  in the US was much worse than in China  so students won’t want to go back to the US. and the students who didn’t go back to China because of the Coronavirus tried to go back.

at the beginning you are urged to go back and then you will feel unfortunately that you cannot go back
The government arranged an airplane to pick the students in England. / the government used a plane to repatriate citizens.

there is few news about violent protests occurring among asian people.
we have a dissuasive special method, we have so many cameras on every corner that criminals are scared.
The cameras are everywhere / common so for it is easy for the police to track some people so it is hard for criminals to hide.

Vocabulary

Special Economic Zone : (SEZ) : place which offers lower taxes and incentives for new companies
Shanghai’s SEZ is located in Pudong.

Headquarter (HQ) : main base
Our HQ is located in Shanghai

to dissuade (v) : talk out of / make you feel you don’t want to do something
Tom dissuaded me of becoming a policeman because it is dangerous

dissuasion (n)
Dissuasion is their main weapon.

dissuasive (adj)
We have cameras everywhere it is very dissuasive, criminals are scared so they don’t do anything.

to loot  (v/n)  to get goods / valuable things
Some of the protesters looted the shops
I did the hard work but he got the loots.

violent (adj) : leading to fights / easily getting into fights
There was a violent protest last night
Tom is very violent

to repatriate (v)  : send back to home country
China arranged for a plane to repatriate Chinese citizens stuck in the US.

repatriation (n)
The insurance policy covers reputation

patriot(n) : someone who loves his country
Tom is a patriot.

demonstration (n) : protest in the street
there was a demonstration yesterday

affection (n) : feeling of caring / love
I have a lot of affection for my friends

to urge : to push strongly
The boss urged us to send the report before Monday if we wanted to keep our job.

effect (n) : influence on something
Covid had a terrible effect on the economy

to affect (v) : to have influence on
Covid affected the economy tremendously

visa on arrival : when you can get a visa when you land
Visa on arrival is possible for Chinese citizens.

destination (n) : place where people go
Japan is one of the hottest destination for Chinese tourists.

origin (n) place you leave from
What’s the origin of the flight ?

scale (n) : extent of a crisis / unit of magnitude
The virus grew to a bigger scale in the US
I bought a 1/100 scaled Ferrari.

scope : the extent of a subject
The scope of our research is limited to pandas

Pronunciation

resort