day 71crime and conflict
unit 11 · society & the newscrime and conflict
Spot a scam and talk about crime, war films and morals, explain a term with 所謂……就是, and agree strongly with 可不是！
today’s words
- 殺 shā · kill
- 戰爭 zhànzhēng · war
- 道德 dàodé · morals, ethics
- 犯 fàn · commit (an error, crime); break (rules)
- 騙子 piànzi · swindler, con artist
- 自殺 zìshā · suicide; take one’s own life
- 軍隊 jūnduì · army, armed forces
- 混亂 hùnluàn · chaotic, in chaos
- 上當 shàngdàng · be fooled, be taken in
- 天下 tiānxià · the world, everywhere
- 打仗 dǎzhàng · fight a war
- 革命 gémìng · revolution; revolt
- 欺負 qīfù · bully, pick on
- 犧牲 xīshēng · sacrifice
- 空軍 kōngjūn · air force
- 所謂 suǒwèi · so-called; what is called
- 外邊 wàibiān · outside
- 變更 biàngēng · change (plans, dates)
sentences
- 所謂「孝順」，就是好好照顧父母。 · What we call 孝順 means taking good care of your parents.
- 所謂「上當」，就是相信了騙子的話。 · Being 上當 means believing what a con artist tells you.
- 今天好熱！——可不是！ · It’s so hot today! — You can say that again!
- 學校很重視學生的心理健康，希望避免自殺的問題。 · The school takes students’ mental health seriously, to help prevent suicide.
- 颱風以後，軍隊也來幫忙了。 · After the typhoon, the army came to help too.