day 211disasters and measures

disasters and measures

Talk about typhoons, disasters and the measures taken, and say “not only…, even…” with 非但……還…….

today’s words

• 消滅 xiāomiè · wipe out, eliminate
• 占有 zhànyǒu · possess, hold, occupy
• 災害 zāihài · disaster, calamity
• 災難 zāinàn · catastrophe, disaster
• 遭受 zāoshòu · suffer, sustain (a loss, damage)
• 遭遇 zāoyù · (bad) experience, what someone went through
• 維護 wéihù · maintain, protect, uphold
• 違反 wéifǎn · violate, break (a rule)
• 老百姓 lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people, the common folk
• 措施 cuòshī · measure, step (taken)
• 實施 shíshī · implement, put into effect
• 補償 bǔcháng · compensate, make up for
• 新興 xīnxīng · emerging, new
• 號召 hàozhào · call on, appeal to (people)
• 彎腰 wānyāo · bend down, bend over
• 整潔 zhěngjié · clean and tidy
• 合算 hésuàn · worthwhile, good value
• 記性 jìxìng · memory (ability to remember)
• 非但 fēidàn · not only (非但…還…)

sentences

• 颱風帶來了很大的災害。 · The typhoon caused great damage.
• 很多農民遭受了很大的損失。 · Many farmers suffered heavy losses.
• 政府已經準備了很多措施。 · The government has already prepared many measures.
• 非但沒下雨，還出了太陽。 · Not only did it not rain, the sun even came out.
• 他違反了交通規則，被罰了錢。 · He broke the traffic rules and was fined.