day 42cause and effect
unit 6 · ideas & debatecause and effect
Explain causes and effects, make guesses and suppositions, and read the written 因 “because of”.
today’s words
- 因 yīn · because of (written)
- 动机 dòngjī · motive
- 动力 dònglì · motivation, driving force
- 引发 yǐnfā · to trigger, set off
- 激发 jīfā · to spark, arouse
- 加剧 jiājù · to worsen, intensify
- 减弱 jiǎnruò · to weaken
- 伴随 bànsuí · to go along with
- 涉及 shèjí · to involve, touch on
- 关联 guānlián · to be connected
- 联想 liánxiǎng · to be reminded of, associate
- 前提 qiántí · precondition
- 假设 jiǎshè · to suppose; hypothesis
- 设想 shèxiǎng · to imagine; idea, plan
- 推测 tuīcè · to infer, deduce
- 猜测 cāicè · to guess, speculate
- 代价 dàijià · price, cost (of doing sth)
- 被动 bèidòng · passive
- 被迫 bèipò · to be forced to
- 本能 běnnéng · instinct; instinctively
- 间接 jiànjiē · indirect
- 之所以 zhīsuǒyǐ · the reason why … is
- 为此 wèicǐ · for this reason, to this end
- 出于 chūyú · out of, stemming from
sentences
- 航班因天气原因取消了。 · The flight was cancelled because of the weather.
- 他因病没来上班。 · He was off work because he was ill.
- 我之所以迟到，是因为路上堵车。 · The reason I was late is that the traffic was bad.
- 假设明天下雨，我们怎么办？ · Suppose it rains tomorrow: what do we do?
- 这次失败的代价太大了，谁也没有预料到。 · This failure came at too high a price, and nobody saw it coming.