day 217fires and floods

fires and floods

Talk about fires, floods and safety drills, and correct a mistake with 不是 A，而是 B.

today’s words

• 救火 jiùhuǒ · put out a fire, fight a fire
• 軍 jūn · army, troops
• 強人 qiángrén · strongman, powerful leader
• 人心 rénxīn · public feeling, people’s hearts
• 市立 shìlì · municipal, city-run
• 水災 shuǐzāi · flood
• 圖章 túzhāng · seal, stamp
• 出事 chūshì · have an accident, something goes wrong
• 犯人 fànrén · prisoner, criminal
• 管制 guǎnzhì · control, regulate
• 起火 qǐhuǒ · catch fire
• 侵入 qīnrù · break into, invade
• 議會 yìhuì · council, assembly
• 光亮 guāngliàng · bright, shiny
• 升高 shēnggāo · rise, go up
• 慣 guàn · be used to
• 花色 huāsè · design and colours, pattern
• 省得 shěngde · so as not to, to save (trouble)
• 蓋住 gàizhù · cover (up)

sentences

• 救火的人很快就到了。 · The firefighters arrived very quickly.
• 這次的水災很嚴重。 · This flood is very serious.
• 他不是不想來，而是太忙了。 · It’s not that he doesn’t want to come: he’s just too busy.
• 廚房起火了，大家快出去！ · The kitchen’s on fire, everyone out!
• 這條路現在交通管制。 · This road is closed to traffic at the moment.