day 72young people and elections
unit 11 · society & the newsyoung people and elections
Talk about safety in your neighbourhood, young people and elections, and give or ask for an opinion with 我看 / 你看.
today’s words
- 國內 guónèi · domestic, in the country
- 國外 guówài · abroad
- 青少年 qīngshàonián · teenagers, young people
- 小偷 xiǎotōu · thief
- 毒品 dúpǐn · drugs (illegal)
- 強盜 qiángdào · robber
- 吸毒 xīdú · take drugs
- 選舉 xuǎnjǔ · election
- 安定 āndìng · stable, settled
- 人們 rénmen · people
- 人人 rénrén · everyone
- 市長 shìzhǎng · mayor
- 殖民地 zhímíndì · colony
- 腐敗 fǔbài · corrupt; rotten
- 想到 xiǎngdào · think of, occur to
- 況且 kuàngqiě · besides, moreover
- 里 lǐ · li (neighbourhood ward)
sentences
- 我看，今天會下雨。 · I think it’s going to rain today.
- 你看，我們幾點出發比較好？ · What do you think: what time should we leave?
- 我看他不會來了。 · I don’t think he’s coming.
- 臺灣以前是日本的殖民地。 · Taiwan used to be a Japanese colony.
- 我們今年在國內旅行，明年去國外。 · This year we’re travelling at home, and next year abroad.