2VIP Class Notes (Li)

Buy and bring the book.

Write a short paragraph to practice reporting statistics from the tipping culture video

Pig butchering scam documentary

Vocabulary

scam – to trick people for bad intentions

pose – pretend to be another person

butcher – slaughter/kill

attorney – lawyer (US way)

entrepreneur – business person

remote – far away from the centre of the city

terminal illness/cancer – cannot be cured

bribe – give money in exchange for some benefit

human trafficking – when people are illegally transported to another place

A type of scam that involves pretending to be someone’s lover in order to scam money off them.

An anti-scam organisation that aims to track down the scammers and help the victims of the scam.

The location of the compound is very remote and the prisoners are not able to contact the outside world.

She was given the chance to win money in the first couple of investments.

They bribe government officials in exchange for their protection.

She’s a successful entrepreneur but she went to the hospital and found out that she has this disease that is hard to cure. Also, her husband left her.

She might pay more attention to friends online.

She probably would pay more attention to making friends online.

Kind, lucky and it is brave of him to take a chance.

He’s kind, lucky and it is brave of him to take a chance.

Brave and she has a meaningful life

He isn’t satisfied with money he get so he tried to negotiate, but he failed.

He isn’t satisfied with the money he earned so he tried to negotiate, but he failed.