day 139the cost of war
unit 20 · war, peace & the worldthe cost of war
Talk about the cost of war (rationing, air raids, exile, the atomic bomb) with care, leave out words the listener already knows, and still build long linked sentences.
today’s words
- 放逐 fàngzhú · exile, banish
- 火藥 huǒyào · gunpowder
- 軍備 jūnbèi · armaments, arms
- 戰火 zhànhuǒ · flames of war
- 戰亂 zhànluàn · chaos of war
- 戰線 zhànxiàn · front (line)
- 重鎮 zhòngzhèn · key town, important centre
- 大隊 dàduì · large group; brigade
- 國境 guójìng · a country’s border, territory
- 火力 huǒlì · firepower; all-out effort
- 擊落 jíluò · shoot down
- 立國 lìguó · found a nation; build a country on
- 特區 tèqū · special zone
- 統制 tǒngzhì · control (supplies, the economy)
- 原子彈 yuánzǐdàn · atomic bomb
- 戰機 zhànjī · fighter plane
- 居 jū · live, reside (written)
- 夢見 mèngjiàn · dream of, see in a dream
- 清幽 qīngyōu · quiet and secluded
- 損 sǔn · make digs at, tease; damage
- 相配 xiāngpèi · well matched, go well together
- 予 yǔ · give (written)
- 自制 zìzhì · control oneself, show restraint
sentences
- 火藥本來不是為了打仗發明的。 · Gunpowder wasn’t originally invented for war.
- 那幾年，米和糖都由政府統制。 · In those years, rice and sugar were controlled by the government.
- 這個公園很清幽，予人平靜的感覺。 · This park is quiet and secluded: it gives you a feeling of calm.
- 我昨天夢見自己上臺的時候忘了詞。 · Last night I dreamt I forgot my words when I went on stage.
- 你的衣服跟鞋子很相配。 · Your clothes and shoes go together really well.