VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

North Korea 朝鲜
South Korea 韩国

Korean singer/pop culture/TV show
Korean (n)
I speak Korean very well.

Korean Peninsula 朝鲜半岛

aid (v) 协助，帮助
first aid 急救，紧急救助

pyramid scheme (n) 传销骗局

scam (v/n) 骗，骗局
Everyone could have been scammed.
That scam couldn’t be more obvious.

jail (n) 监狱 = prison

prisoner 囚犯

transfer (v) 转换，转给，换乘
I will transfer 100 yuan to you on wechat.
I need to transfer to Line 2 at Jing’An temple.

realize (v) 意识到
I realized (that) I was wrong.

release (v) 释放，发行
He was released from the jail lats week.
TW released a new album 3 months ago.

bail (v) 保释: to bail sb out 把某人保释出来

lie (v) lie to sb about sth
I lied to my dad about my phone.

cheat (v) 欺骗，作弊 – cheater
You should never cheat during an exam.

An old man was answer a phone, that person said that his grandchild was in the jail. He need to pay 10,000 dollar to take his grandson out, so he went to the bank and give the person 10,000 dollars. But when he saw his grandchildren was playing football on the playground, he thought he was scammed.

An old man picked up his ringing phone, the person on the other side of the phone said that his grandchild was in jail. He needed to pay 10,000 dollar to bail his grandson out, so he went to the bank and transferred 10,000 dollars to the man. But when he saw his grandchild playing football, he realized he was scammed.