VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

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she might have to replace her leg with a prothesis

her ankle is twisted 

when she had some hurt the host didn’t know and it will be more serious

it always connected with some politicics -> it is always connected with sone political issues
the livestream platforms are more responsible and will tell companies to tweak their content
The supervision is more serious than before.

the voice of normal people is more and more influential

Vocabulary

to alarm (v) warn of the danger
I don’t want to alarm you but our bank account is almost empty…

to supervise  (v)
The manager supervises the team

supervision (n)
The platform has supervision over the content published

showing muscles : show your strength to deter people from attacking you / doing what you don’t allow
North Korea launched a new missile, they are showing their muscles.

to make an example (v) To punish someone very hard so that other people do not copy this behavior
They sent him to jail for life to make an example out of Tom

to aggravate (v) to get worse / make worse
If you do not treat it in time it will aggravate the illness

vicious cycle (n) something getting worse and worse
Covid triggered a vicious cycle for some people

virtuous cycle (n) something getting better and better
As he got more healthy he entered a virtuous cycle and had more energy to excercice and get even healthier

prothesis (n) 假体
He lost his leg during the war and now he has a prothesis

brochure (n) small document with pictures and info / leaflet / flyer
Let me give you a brochure on the product and if you are interested you can give me a call

to expose (v) to reveal
She exposed some of the secret documents of facebook

to enable (v) : allow / make possible
The internet enables us to work from anywhere

to be able (v) have the possibility
I am not able to access your data because I don’t work in the bank

national soccer team (n) : team representing the country
Our national soccer team is very bad

typo (n) spelling mistake
I made a typo

tutorial (n) explanation on a subject / a practical course teaching you how to use or make something
I am following a photoshop tutorial because I want to improve my PS skills

documentary (n) movie or report presenting factual info
I watched a documentary about global warming

native American (n) Indians / people who lived in America because the colonies
Many native Americans haven’t joined the big cities

stuff (n) casual / oral word
I have to work on a few stuff

At the beginning, it was a game platform focused singularly on young people aged below 13. According to the explanation of its prospectus / IPO brochure  over 50% of the users / the majority of the users of Roblox are teenagers.

It is very normal for some kinds of platforms to aim at teenagers / target teenagers，but what surprised me is that many users simultaneously as game developers are able to be profitable from Roblox / Roblox enables players to also make money . In some cases, many teenagers said they saw some big games and also saw the developers getting money in a way that looked easy.

That is to say, Roblox is not only a game platform for teenagers to submerge themselves in some interesting virtual game but it also can cultivate these users into successful developers.Except for some usual game resources, the platform also establishes such a learning environment for r&d to young users.For example, its accessible for users to zillions of developing tutorial / how to   by browsing Roblox’s YouTube channel. The tabs at the top of Roblox.com are basically to start making stuff yourself / to start producing content .If kids or teenagers click on that, they see:”make anything”,”reach millions of players”,”earn serious cash”,”are getting paid for what they love to do”.All of these strategies are effective encouragement, after all, many developers are sprung from the platform.

what’s more, some teenagers who are submerged in the game of Roblox even can be/become entrepreneurs,

Actually, Roblox PR department loves shining a light on the game‘s younger success story.As far as I am concerned it may be because its mainstream users are kids and teenagers, its necessary for Roblox to package itself as a positive educational company so that it can circumvent some risks of supervision / to escape the potential for supervision .Besides, to be a kind of educational platform may distinguish itself with other game company by highlighting “educate youth how to earn money in here” / educative content. / provide an environment for growth.

The down side is that its encouragement of youth to earn money as a developer may be suspected to exploit users. Some critics doubt that they puff the advantages of doing developing work and ignore some disadvantages intendedly / on purpose.

Topic：Is there any suitable environment for talk show performers to cultivate their target audience and culture?

Maybe not, but it can develop by a kind of new variation which is suited to local conditions.

It’s important to first know a little bit about the tortured history of talk shows in China. With an oppressive political life（one-party system), different civic culture and huge gap between different provinces, its hard for talk shows in China to have a rapid development.

Generally speaking, the core of talkshow is its satire, and what’s more, talkshows are rooted in American civil culture, and are suited to some specific site such as underground club. However you cannot find any of the given above /any of those in China.

A famous American male talkshow actor was well-known for his ironic criticism of the national government. In another word/ in other words , talkshow imply political element in its content.

Actually, satire is very popular in the western world, you can find this type of representation everywhere.Instead, in the Chinese society, political satire is totally a taboo under any circumstances.

As it is known to all, in the western world, talk show originated from some problems caused by migration in the last century in America. At that time, a large amount of migrations/migrants came from Europe and Asia lead to an xenophobic emotion（panic）of locals / and fueled a feeling a xenophobia (n) among locals  . For defending their basic living rights and maintaining their sense of security, local citizens fight against the foreign culture brought by invaders.Its urgent that locals find a new kind of cultural theme to protect themselves. / a new common activity / theme to cement the society

However in China, except DongBei region, other region didn’t
experience / undergo such a a phenomenon.In the majority of Chinese’s provinces, it hardly forms a stable civic culture but a street culture / is only focused on normal life. Unlike civic culture, the street culture usually doesn’t have a specific core of culture and spirit, it is more preferable to reveal the true living conditions in the city / cities. Even the concept of modern city in China had not emerged until modern China came, it was behind the western world  by at least 50 years.
Is there any suitable environment for talk show performers to cultivate their target audience and culture?

In recent years, it is a vogue/trend in China to tweak the show’s format while maintaining its humor and satire.And the secret of success of adaptation is how to represent the satire while avoiding any content of politics / political content .For example, Rock&Roast is the most successful TV program which truly introduced talk show to Chinese people.But unlike other shows such as “I can I BB”, “Jingxing show” and so on,Rock&Roast cultivates a group of excellent performers assembled in this TV show.It is conducive for the show acting as a stream pool to spread many ideas and cultural things of talk show.Admittedly, Chinese talk shows are more circumspect and it also works in Rock&Roast. Although their hosts and participants are often every bit as eloquent, witty, and telegenic as their American counterparts, they don’t ask their participants to take anything seriously or stake out real positions.