https:\/\/www.economist.com\/china\/2022\/08\/03\/nancy-pelosi-has-left-taiwan-the-real-crisis-may-be-just-beginning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u5be6\u7528\u55ae\u5b57<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
materialise \/m\u0259\u02c8t\u026a\u0259.ri.\u0259.la\u026az\/ verb – If an object materializes, it appears suddenly.
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Suddenly a lorry appeared in front of her – it seemed to materialize out of nowhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
confrontation \/\u02cck\u0252n.fr\u028cn\u02c8te\u026a.\u0283\u0259n\/ noun – a fight or argument
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Some couples seem to like confrontation, but Josh and I hardly ever argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ominously \/\u02c8\u0252m\u026an\u0259sli\/ adverb – in a way that suggests that something bad is going to happen in the future
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Thunder rumbled ominously overhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
territorial \/\u02ccter.\u026a\u02c8t\u0254\u02d0.ri.\u0259l\/ adjective – relating to territory
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a territorial dispute<\/p>\n\n\n\n
customary \/\u02c8k\u028cs.t\u0259.m\u0259r.i\/ adjective – usual
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She’s not her customary cheerful self today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
agricultural \/\u02cc\u00e6\u0261.r\u026a\u02c8k\u028cl.t\u0283\u0259r.\u0259l\/ adjective – used for farming or relating to farming
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The world’s supply of agricultural land is shrinking fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
jingoistic \/\u02ccd\u0292\u026a\u014b\u0261\u0259\u028a\u02c8\u026ast\u026ak\/ adjective – showing a strong belief that your own country is best, especially when this is expressed in support of war with another country
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\u5be6\u7528\u53e5\u578b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- For more than a decade, first as vice-president and now as president, Joe Biden has told the Chinese that the only thing worse than an intended conflict is an unintended one.
\u9019\u53e5\u8a71\u53ef\u4ee5\u7576\u4f5c\u662f\u958b\u5834\u767d\u6216\u662f\u958b\u982d\uff0c\u53ef\u4ee5\u7528\u4f86\u8868\u660e\u73fe\u5728\u7f8e\u570b\u653f\u5e9c\u7684\u7acb\u5834\uff0c\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u7528\u4f86\u8aaa\u660e\u6211\u5011\u81ea\u5df1\u5c0d\u9019\u4ef6\u4e8b\u60c5\u6574\u9ad4\u7684\u7406\u89e3\u3002<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n- A visit by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, to the self-governing island of Taiwan has enraged the rulers of mainland China, who claim it.
\u9019\u53e5\u8a71\u5c31\u662f\u5f88\u6e05\u695a\u7684\u628a\u9019\u6574\u4ef6\u4e8b\u60c5\u4ea4\u4ee3\u5f97\u5f88\u5b8c\u6574\u4e86\u3002<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n- The Chinese armed forces said the exercises would begin on August 4th, the day after Ms Pelosi\u2019s departure, and last for four days.
\u9019\u53e5\u8a71\u5c31\u662f\u5728\u8b1b\u4e2d\u570b\u5728\u81fa\u7063\u6cbf\u6d77\u6240\u8981\u8209\u884c\u7684\u8ecd\u6f14\u548c\u76f8\u95dc\u7684\u4e8b\u60c5\u3002<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n- Separately, the mainland announced a ban on imports from Taiwan of agricultural goods, fish and many other products.
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