VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

I went there for a concert, at night that day, there was a scandal. / a scandal came out
He slept with one girl and made her pregnant / got her pregnant and forced her to abort.

He is an idol so he can’t fall in love with someone.  -> Idols usually cannot openly get in a relationship as it would damage their career.

it is an expression to describe Chinese idols who get exposed in scandals 

Now he is on the weibo hot news but he cannot perform in China. / now due to that he can’t really work in China / no one wants to work with him in China.

A famous TV show in China stopped the last 2 episodes because he joined the cast.

This week end he will perform at a concert in SG/ he will hold a concert in SG, it will be as usual but in China he may not perform as before.

He is the only one I liked for 3 years and it was the first time I could attend his concert because of Covid.

A lot of friends asked me what I thought about it and laughed at me / made jokes.

it is bad for his reputation

He encourages people to be themselves and to work hard.
it damaged the image I had of him. I like the person, not only the music.

I like him because I voted for him to make his debut. / we supported him.

I went to a famous tourist spot
on the second and the third day we relaxed and went to the bars and shopping.
There are some good Thai indie brands.

the highlight were the bars. half of the people were Thai and the other half Asian.
We talked with strangers. Westerners  / caucasians mostly go to Phuket and Asians go to BKK.

Asians are not good at speaking English / have a broken English but they try to communicate with each other in broken English.

One Korean asked for my contact but they don’t use Wechat there and he spent 1h just to download the app.
You need a wechat friend to confirm to make sure you are not a bot

Vocabulary

Caucasian (n) white people 白种人的
A lot of caucasians like to go to Phuket

tourist spot (n) place tourists like to go to
I went to a famous tourist spot

merchandize (n) all the various products sold with a picture on it  / IP
They decided to offer merchandize to the fans

scandal (n) big news which damage the reputation of someone or a company
There was a scandal which came out, it seems he made a girl pregnant

paparazzi (n) media which follow celebrities to find scandals
The paparazzis took pictures of the two as they entered the hotel

consent (n/v)  do something willingly
She did not consent to sleep with him
He did not give his consent for the divorce

rape (v) forcing sleeping with someone without consent
He was convicted for rape

Pronunciation

concept

concert

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