Online Class Notes (Phil)

talked about military service and society in china

Vocabulary

roots – where a person comes from, family background

Military – Army, navy, Air Force

Floods –

stranded – when a person is stuck in a location

during the floods many people were stranded.

immersed – covered in something

the house was immersed in water

to drown – when a person dies in water usually from not being able to swim

to recover a body – to find a body and remove it

during the floods my role was to recover bodies.

conscription – legal requirement for all men to serve in the military for a period of time.