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 shìmàozhōngxīn袭击 surprise attack xíjī教科书 textbook jiàokēshū频繁 frequent pínfán记载 to record; a record (of something) jìzǎi涉及 touch upon shèjí谈论 debate; discuss tánlùn全球 whole world quánqiú范围 scope fànwéi重大 major; significant zhòngdà中东 The Middle East  zhōngdōng石油 oil shíyóu胡乱 messy (of clothes and society); reckless húluàn管理 to deal with guǎnlǐ严格 strict yángé (the 格 is often omitted)缺乏 lack quēfá不能够 unable to bùnénggòu携带 carry; take with you xiédài 枪支 firearms qiāngzhī合法 legal héfǎ居民 resident jūmín权利 right (eg. human right) quánlì民主 democracy mínzhǔ民主转正 democratic reform (China's form of democracy so to speak) mínzhǔzhuǎnzhèng自由 freedom zìyóu崇尚 uphold; advocate chóngxiàng崇拜 worship; adore chóngbài自由女神像 Statue of Liberty zìyóunǚshénxiàng人权 Human Rights rénquán掌握 know well; to master zhǎngwò砍掉 chop off kǎndiào比喻 analogy bǐyù抢劫 rob qiǎngjié穆斯林 Muslim mùsīlín从事 to engage in cóngshì有组织的 organised yǒuzǔzhīde有规划的 planning (adj) yǒuguīhuàde犹太教 Judaism yóutàijiào犹太人 Jew yóutàirén宗教 religion zōngjiào教堂 Church jiàotáng预言家 prophet yùyánjiā耶稣 Jesus yēsū穆罕默德 Mohammed mùhǎnmòdé画画 draw/ paint a picture (i should have said 画 which just means draw/ paint) huàhuà教授 professor jiàoshòu鼓励 encourage gǔlì动机 motivation; motive dòngjī平等 equal; equality píngděng尊重 respect zūnzhòng企图 attempt (to do something bad) qǐtú起因 cause; originate in; be caused by qǐyīn二战 Second World War èrzhàn进行 conduct; carry out jìnxíng赶尽杀绝 wipe out jǐnjǐnshājué种族灭绝 genocide zhǒngzúmièjué 残忍 cruel; brutal cánrěn反抗 to resist fǎnkàng穷 poor (of money) qióng生存 subsist; exist shēngcún可能性 probability kěnéngxìng偷 steal tōu抢 rob qiǎng伤害 hurt; to injure; to harm shānghài证明 proof; prove zhèngmíng在乎 care about zàihu震惊 shock/ed zhènjīng撞向（某地方） crash into... zhuàngxiàng流量 flow liúliàng造成 cause zàochéng生命 life shēngmìng之类的 ...type of thing zhīleìde恐慌 panic kǒnghuāng反应 react; reaction fǎnyìng时代 era shídài联合国 United Nations liánhéguó立马 immediately lìmǎ作出反应 respond zuòchūfǎnyìng倡导 intitiate; propose chàngdǎo和平 peace/ful hépíng派出 send out (a person) pàichū维和部队 peace-keeping force wéihébùduì新疆 Xinjiang (Muslim area in Northwest China) xīnjiāng