The old witch Pelosi made it at last by landing on the Chinese soil Taiwan island safe and sound. Instead the response from the Chinese side is a far cry from the eager expectations of the general public. Routinely, a barrage of strong-worded oral protests and a series of military exercises serve as the counter measures against the outrageous provocations from the US side. Why didn't the PLA military aircrafts follow Pelosi into the Taiwan airspace? Why didn't the Su-35 fighter jets fly over the Taiwan island? We can't deter the old witch from landing Taiwan, but we should at least make some gestures to mess her up and harass her a little. Why not?

【Day-19】

#核心表达#

* appear to be superficial, over-eager and manipulative.
显得浅薄无知、操之过急，而且爱摆布人

* ...small white flowers which appear in early summer.
初夏时绽放的白色小花

* before symptoms appear
在症状出现前

* Local authorities
地方当局

* ...the main check-in area located in Terminal 1.
位于1号候机厅的主检票区

* welcome the action with open arms...
热烈欢迎这一举动

* Arming the police does not deter crime.

仅仅靠给警察配备武器是无法制止犯罪的。

* arm oneself with all the knowledge she could gather
获取了所有能学到的知识

* to take up arms against the government
就要以武力抵抗政府。

* if their demands were not met.
如果他们的要求得不到满足

* ...a village with a rocky river, a ruined castle and hills all around.
有一条多石的河流、一座破败的城堡并且四面环山的村庄

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
《佩涅洛佩》Penelope 1864

Penelope, Queen of Ithaca, was the wife of King Odysseus (Ulysses) who was presumed dead after he did not return from the Trojan Wars. Penelope, a skilled and beautiful woman, was besieged by suitors who wanted to become her husband and ascend to the throne of Ithaca. But Penelope was loyal to her husband and to deter her suitors she proclaimed that she would only marry after she had finished the woven funeral shroud for her father-in-law.