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day 216strikes and public offices

unit 32 · law, safety & the news

    strikes and public offices

    Talk about strikes, post and public offices, and say “it depends on” with 視……而定 / 視……決定.

    today’s words

    • 郵差 yóuchāi · postman, postal worker
    • 種族 zhǒngzú · race, ethnic group
    • 罷工 bàgōng · go on strike
    • 對付 duìfù · deal with, cope with
    • 案子 ànzi · (legal) case; project
    • 身分 shēnfèn · identity, status
    • 部長 bùzhǎng · (government) minister
    • 犯法 fànfǎ · break the law
    • 廢水 fèishuǐ · waste water
    • 掛號信 guàhàoxìn · registered letter
    • 國會 guóhuì · parliament, congress
    • 壞蛋 huàidàn · bad guy, villain
    • 禍 huò · disaster, trouble
    • 補助 bǔzhù · subsidy; subsidise
    • 視 shì · depending on (視…決定)
    • 鋼 gāng · steel
    • 破爛 pòlàn · worn-out, tattered
    • 幢 chuáng · (measure word for buildings)

    sentences

    • 英國的郵差正在罷工。 · The postal workers in the UK are on strike.
    • 媽媽寄了一封掛號信給我。 · Mum has sent me a registered letter.
    • 去不去,視天氣決定。 · Whether we go depends on the weather.
    • 這個案子警察還在調查。 · The police are still investigating this case.
    • 在這裡吸菸是犯法的。 · Smoking here is against the law.