VIP Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

symmetrical (adj.) 对称的 – asymmetrical 不对称的
Some triangles are symmetrical, some are asymmetrical.

dictator (n) 独裁者

come to power 上台
Hitler came to power in the 1920s in Germany.

isolate (v) 隔绝 ,隔离
Japan was isolated from the outside world for 200 years.

peninsula 半岛
The Korean Peninsula 朝鲜

ambition (n) 野心 – ambitious (adj.) 有野心的
He is a man with great ambitions.
He is ambitious.

Let some of the citizens live there.
I will allow some of the citizens to live there.

They want the land of some small country.
They want the territory.