Online Class Notes (JJ)

Vocabulary

Everything on your body serves a purpose.

purpose: 目标，目的

principle: 原理，道理

to score：得分

prime minister: 首相

victim: 受害者

legitimate: 正规的

claim: 声明

scam: v.

scammers: people who scam others

envious: 羡慕

Ex: I am envious of her work schedule.

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He talks a lot of victims who have been scammed in their investments/while making investments. He would introduce companies that would disguise themselves as legitimate financial corporations that are strictly regulated. And then he introduced his own company, which he claims to be truthfully legitimate. He promised his clients that they will earn around 5% profit each month. Then he would post his company wire accounts and he claims that their accounts were registered and set up at the central bank in order to prove its authenticity. There are lots of ways to photoshop fake graphs or to buy them from Taobao. Once they collect enough money from their clients, they will most likely withdraw the entire sum of that account and close the account once for all.  It’s not only easy to open an account for this purpose but it’s also worth it for scammers who are hoping to gain even more profits using this type of account. But there’s no such thing as free dinner. And knowing that you are so very intelligent, I am confident that you will not believe in this. In the recent years, there has been an increase in the number of financial scams/frauds in South East Asia. You should be careful.

Some people thought that they were at the rock bottom and were hoping for it to rise but in reality, they were at the top and it only continued to drop.

Pronunciation

Asia: A-zh-啊