最近钓鱼岛事件沸沸扬扬，大家都进行Anti-Japanese protests——“反日游行”活动。我们也要跟着时代的步伐，多掌握一些时事托福词汇。这样就更加跟紧时代脚步，对大家参加托福考试也会有很大帮助。一起和北京新航道小编去看一看关于钓鱼岛及其相关的词汇吧。

　　The boat collision is once again bringing attention to the Diaoyu Islands issue. The Diaoyu islands have a long history as part of China's territory, belonging to the country since ancient times.

　　The islands are 200 nautical miles east of China's mainland and 200 nauticalmiles west of Japan's southernmost island Okinawa.

　　China's claim over the Diaoyu Islands dates back to the early 15th century. The ImperialMap of the Ming Dynasty included them as part of Ming Empire's territory.

　　After the Ming Dynasty, documents show the islands remained as part of China.

　　That was until 1895, when Japan forced China to give up Taiwan and the islands surrounding it to Japan, the Diaoyu islands included.

　　The Diaoyu islands have a long history as part of China's territory, belonging to the country since ancient times. The islands are 200 nautical miles east of

　　China's mainland and 200 nautical miles west of Japan's southernmost island Okinawa.

　　After World War II, international documents recognized Taiwan and the islands around it as falling under Chinese territory. But the administration of the islands fell into Japanese hands in 1972.来源：北京新航道托福培训

　　Also in the 1970's, large reservoirs of oil were discovered under the continental shelfbelow the Diaoyu Islands. This increased the tension between China and Japan over the islands.

　　Over the past decades, protesters from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan made repeated efforts to declare China's sovereigntyover the Diaoyu Islands.

　　In March 2004, seven Chinese activists landed on the Diaoyu Islands as a gesture of protest and were arrested by the Japanese for illegal entry.

　　In 2008, the Taiwan fishing boat Lien Ho was sunk by a Japanese frigate. The Taiwan authority and public protested strongly.

　　Other border conflicts include Japan's complaint about China's routine naval drillin the East China Sea in April 2010.

　　托福词汇点拨：

　　collision n.碰撞;突，抵触

　　claim vt.声称;索取;需要

　　The matter claimed our serious attention.

　　这件事需要我们认真注意。

　　territory n.领土，版图;领域，范围

　　reservoir n.水库，蓄水池;(人才等的)储藏，汇集

　　frigate n.护卫舰, 驱逐舰, 三帆战舰

　　conflict n.突，争论;战斗(争) vi.突，抵触

　　上面，我们和大家一起学习了有关“钓鱼岛”的托福词汇，大家可以自己补充相关的词汇来充实和更新自己的单词库。词汇就是要靠积累和储备的，大家要努力呀。

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