day 215marches and treaties
unit 32 · law, safety & the newsmarches and treaties
Talk about marches, protests and treaties in history, and draw parallels with 正如.
today’s words
- 抗議 kàngyì · protest
- 同志 tóngzhì · comrade; (Taiwan) gay, LGBTQ
- 遊行 yóuxíng · parade, march
- 風氣 fēngqì · general mood, ethos, practice
- 貧窮 pínqióng · poor, poverty-stricken
- 歧視 qíshì · discriminate (against)
- 壓迫 yāpò · oppress
- 機關 jīguān · (government) agency, body; mechanism
- 落實 luòshí · put into practice, implement
- 示威 shìwēi · demonstrate (in the street)
- 政黨 zhèngdǎng · political party
- 接見 jiējiàn · receive (a visitor, officially)
- 領土 lǐngtǔ · territory
- 條約 tiáoyuē · treaty
- 得了 déle · that’s enough; OK, fine
- 片面 piànmiàn · one-sided
- 之類 zhīlèi · and so on, and the like
- 削減 xuèjiǎn · cut, reduce (budget, staff)
sentences
- 工人抗議公司削減薪水。 · The workers are protesting against the company cutting wages.
- 今天下午有遊行，路上車很多。 · There’s a parade this afternoon, so the roads are busy.
- 我們不應該歧視任何人。 · We shouldn’t discriminate against anyone.
- 兩個國家簽了一個條約。 · The two countries signed a treaty.
- 正如老師說的，學歷史可以了解現在。 · Just as the teacher said, studying history helps us understand the present.