day 208democracy and protest
unit 31 · people & societydemocracy and protest
Talk about elections, policies and public debate in a neutral way, and generalise with 一般而言.
today’s words
- 民主 mínzhǔ · democracy; democratic
- 衝突 chōngtú · conflict, clash
- 公開 gōngkāi · public, open
- 官員 guānyuán · official
- 政策 zhèngcè · policy
- 口號 kǒuhào · slogan
- 團結 tuánjié · united
- 處罰 chǔfá · punish
- 警告 jǐnggào · warning; warn
- 暴力 bàolì · violence; violent
- 欺騙 qīpiàn · deceive
- 當選 dāngxuǎn · be elected
- 國旗 guóqí · national flag
- 聯合國 liánhéguó · the United Nations
- 縮 suō · shrink
- 一般而言 yībān'éryán · generally speaking (written)
- 企圖 qìtú · attempt; try to (usually bad)
- 掩蓋 yǎngài · cover up, conceal
sentences
- 一般而言，臺灣的選舉都很熱鬧。 · Generally speaking, Taiwan’s elections are very lively.
- 她以高票當選了市長。 · She was elected mayor by a wide margin.
- 民主社會可以有不同的意見。 · In a democratic society, people can disagree.
- 意見不同沒關係，可是不能用暴力。 · It’s fine to disagree, but never with violence.
- 聯合國成立於1945年。 · The United Nations was founded in 1945.