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Nov 2020
15m 15s

Terrorism 恐怖主义

JACK
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恐怖分子 terrorist kǒngbùfènzǐ 恐怖主义 terrorism kǒngbùzhǔyì 现象 phenomenon xiànxiàng 世界 world shìjiè 厉害 very bad; amazing lìhai 首先 first shǒuxiān (different to 第一), often followed by 其次或者然后 大型 large-scale dàxíng 小型 small-scale xiǎoxíng 事件 incident shìjiàn 九幺幺 9/11 jiǔyāoyāo (it is never referred to as 九一一 or 9月11号) 纽约 New York niúyuē 世贸中心 The World Trade Centre shì ... Show More
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