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day 214rights and prisons

unit 32 · law, safety & the news

    rights and prisons

    Talk about rights, justice and detective stories, and sum up with 換句話說 and 簡言之.

    today’s words

    • 投降 tóuxiáng · surrender, give in
    • 解除 jiěchú · lift, remove, relieve
    • 人權 rénquán · human rights
    • 偵探 zhēntàn · detective
    • 非法 fēifǎ · illegal
    • 監視 jiānshì · watch, monitor
    • 保衛 bǎowèi · defend, protect
    • 享有 xiǎngyǒu · enjoy (rights, benefits)
    • 須知 xūzhī · notice, things you need to know
    • 冤枉 yuānwǎng · wronged; accuse wrongly
    • 監獄 jiānyù · prison
    • 走私 zǒusī · smuggle
    • 侵害 qīnhài · infringe, violate (rights)
    • 審查 shěnchá · examine, review
    • 擲 zhí · throw, hurl
    • 簡言之 jiǎnyánzhī · in short, to put it briefly
    • 般 bān · like, -like (written)
    • 具 jù · have, possess (written)

    sentences

    • 美玲最喜歡看偵探小說。 · Meiling loves detective novels more than anything.
    • 他被冤枉,在監獄裡住了十年。 · He was wrongly convicted and spent ten years in prison.
    • 在這裡賣東西是非法的。 · Selling things here is illegal.
    • 每個人都享有受教育的權利。 · Everyone enjoys the right to education.
    • 簡言之,我們需要更多時間。 · In short, we need more time.