VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Shanghai will be the most travelled city / first destination during labour day holiday according to the tickets bought.

Shanghai is the most developed city in China so many people from the other places.

When I was in my HW I wanted to have a trip to SH.

You hear about the car show and e-sport competitions

before the epidemic TZF was popular, I went there twice before the epidemic , at that time I liked it but now I went there again and it is different.
Many store closed, and it seems abandoned

My boss went to Universal studios in BJ.

It is not as good as a expected  / I was disappointed.
It was so so.
I was only familiar with HP.

In the past 3 years I often went there but this year not really.

I have been to many cities in China but not in other countries / abroad.
I want to go but 3 years I didn’t have the chance

2 months ago there was a Japanese company CEO who was arrested

A lot of people stayed in Japan illegally and this happened so it is even harder.

They ask for financial / bank statements

When HK people talk with British people it is easy to understand.

we cannot stay more than 7 days

If you want to go to HK you need to have this card and it is similar to a visa. / it works like a visa

If it expires you need to replace it.

you can only go once every 3 months.

They do a draw to select car plate buyers in BJ. / In BJ buyers have to enter a draw to get a plate.

if your family has not been in SH for 3 generations then they consider you are only a new Shanghainese.

the bund is a must go

Vocabulary

financial statements : document from the bank
The visa center asked for financial statements

work contract (n) work agreement
they gave me the visa based on my work contract

slang (n) local language / words
I can’t speak the slang

saying (n)
We have many Chinese sayings

integration (n) fitting in
Their integration was difficult because they couldn’t speak English well

integrate (v) make part of
It is easy to integrate in HLJ

to discriminate (v) treat people differently
People in SH discriminate a lot

discrimination (n)
He sued the company for discrimination

visa on arrival (n) you can get a visa when you arrive
I can get a visa on arrival when I got to Malaysia

visa free: no need for visa
I can go to many countries visa free

e-visa (n) visa you can get on the internet
He applied for an e-visa to go to India

car plate (n)
Getting a Shanghainese car plate is difficult

mixed (adj)
Tom is mixed , his mother is Japanese and his father is American

the bund (n) 外滩
I liked the bund in the past

e-sport (n) game competitions
He likes to watch e-sport

mandarin (n) standard Chinese
They speak mandarin

Cantonese (n) dialect in Guandong
I can speak a little cantonese