托福词汇训练：中国钓鱼岛.doc

托福词汇训练：中国钓鱼岛 小马过河为大家准备了“托福词汇训练：中国钓鱼岛”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　The boat collision is once again bringing attention to the Diaoyu Islands issue. The Diaoyu islands have a long history as part of Chinas territory, belonging to the country since ancient times. 　　The islands are 200 nautical miles east of Chinas mainland and 200 nauticalmiles west of Japans southernmost island Okinawa. 　　Chinas claim over the Diaoyu Islands dates back to the early 15th century. The ImperialMap of the Ming Dynasty included them as part of Ming Empires 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 Chinas territory, belonging to the country since ancient times. The islands are 200 nautical miles east of 　　Chinas mainland and 200 nautical miles west of Japans 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. 　　Also in the 1970s, 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 Chinas 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 Japans complaint about Chinas routine naval drillin the East China Sea in April 2010. 　　托福词汇点拨： 　　collision n.碰撞;冲突，抵触