VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Maybe I will go to Macao next month
I don’t like gambling.
there are good hotels and resorts and some European style buildings / European architecture

architecture

Before it was a Shanghai symbol but Shanghainese never been there, I went to there once with my customer to a moving restaurant
it is a buffet restaurant and it cost more than 380.

Chinese tourists rarely visit Portugal. We often to Italy , France , Spain, Switzerland, England…

Recently some European countries are not very safe / tourists go to there often get targeted by thieves  / some tourist have some of their things stolen

There are so many  illegal immigrants who rob tourists and some asians because foreigners cannot speak French or Spanish so they cannot report

I had 2  things stolen in Spain. / I was robbed twice in Madrid

They had a knife to my stomach and I gave some money to them and they went away.
It happened 15 years ago. I knew the police couldn’t  find them because there were no camera and no witness
They often steal credit cards for example if I go to a small shop and use a credit card this machine will copy the card.

before I went to Madrid I planned to stay for a long time but then I changed my mind

before the pandemic started I planned to go to Japan on a holiday

we can get points from the bank and use these points to get free things

you should get many many points to get a good things. it is not worth it.

I got 200,000 points in total in 10 years.

in some special restaurants if you use this bank’s card and you can get a discount  / if you use a specific bank card you can get a discount

Vocabulary

rewards (n) 报偿
I flew a lot last year and uses my miles/points to get some rewards

witness (n/v) 目击者
There were may witnesses
The child witnessed what happened

Portugal (n) 葡萄牙
I went to Spain but I have never been to Portugal

Portuguese (adj)
There are many Portuguese buildings in Macao

Colony (n)殖民地
Macao was a Portuguese colony

to colonize (v)
Portugal colonized Macaocasino (n) 赌场
I went to the casino

to watch a/the view / scenery
I like to go to mountain and watch the view

buffet (n) 自助
Many restaurants have a buffet for a fixed fee

symbol (n) 象征
The Great Wall is a Chinese symbol

to symbolize (v)
A white flag symbolizes surrender

Macao (n) 澳门
I will travel to Macao

architecture (n) 建筑
I like the Portuguese architecture

pearl tower (n) 东方明珠
I ate in a moving restaurant of the Peal Tower