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day 209history and conflict

unit 31 · people & society

    history and conflict

    Talk about history, battles and how conflicts end, and say “in fact” with 事實上.

    today’s words

    • 槍 qiāng · gun
    • 民間 mínjiān · among the people, folk, private
    • 命令 mìnglìng · order, command
    • 恐怖 kǒngbù · terrifying, horror
    • 投票 tóupiào · vote
    • 外交 wàijiāo · diplomacy, foreign affairs
    • 對抗 duìkàng · oppose, resist, confront
    • 勢力 shìlì · power, force(s), influence
    • 抵抗 dǐkàng · resist
    • 發動 fādòng · launch, start (an engine; a campaign)
    • 箭 jiàn · arrow
    • 率領 shuàilǐng · lead (a group)
    • 犯罪 fànzuì · commit a crime
    • 搖擺 yáobǎi · sway, swing; waver
    • 事實上 shìshíshàng · in fact, actually
    • 曲折 qūzhé · winding, complicated
    • 妥當 tuǒdàng · appropriate, proper

    sentences

    • 事實上,這段歷史很曲折。 · In fact, this period of history is complicated.
    • 古代的人用箭,後來才有槍。 · People in ancient times used bows and arrows; guns came later.
    • 他率領一百個人來到這裡。 · He led a hundred people here.
    • 這部電影太恐怖了。 · This film is too scary.
    • 明天大家都要去投票。 · Everyone is going to vote tomorrow.