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·HSK 3July 22

General Motors
Tōngyòng Qìchē
通用汽车
second quarter / Q2
dì èr jìdù
第二季度
results / performance
yèjì
业绩
beat expectations
chāo yùqī
超预期
，
raised / revised upward
shàngtiáo
上调
full-year
quánnián
全年
profit
lìrùn
利润
guidance
zhǐyǐn
指引
。

Tōngyòng Qìchē

market expectations

shìchǎng yùqī

structural particle

earnings report

tiáozhěng hòu

at the same time

èr líng èr liù nián

forecast / guidance

HSK 4July 22

China
zhōng
中
nation
guó
国
integrated
jí
集
circuit
chéng
成
electric
diàn
电
circuit
lù
路
export
chū
出
export
kǒu
口
set
chuàng
创
history
lì
历
history
shǐ
史
new
xīn
新
high
gāo
高
growth
zēng
增
extent
fú
幅
88.7 percent
88.7%
88.7%
。

HSK 4July 20

BYD
Bǐyàdí
比亚迪
plans
jìhuà
计划
intensify
jiāqiáng
加强
European
Ōuzhōu
欧洲
expansion
kuòzhāng
扩张
。

HSK 4July 20

China
Zhōngguó
中国
pig farming
yǎngzhū
养猪
companies
qǐyè
企业
losses
kuīsǔn
亏损
18.3 billion yuan
183 yì yuán
183亿元
。

18.3 billion yuan

HSK 5July 20

China
Zhōngguó
中国
economy
jīngjì
经济
growth rate
zēngsù
增速
slows
fàngruǎn
放缓
to
zhì
至
4.3 percent
4.3%
4.3%
。

(possessive particle)

HSK 6July 18

Eli Lilly (pharmaceutical company)
Lǐlái Zhìyào
礼来制药
for / at (a price)
yǐ
以
up to / at most
zuìgāo
最高
$3.8 billion
38 yì měiyuán
38亿美元
to acquire / acquisition
shōugòu
收购
psychoactive drug / psychedelic medicine
jīngshén huóxìng yàowù
精神活性药物
company
gōngsī
公司
，
to trigger / to spark
yǐnfā
引发
industry
hángyè
行业
overall / as a whole
zhěngtǐ
整体
revaluation / repricing
chónggū
重估
。

Eli Lilly (pharmaceutical company)

Lǐlái Zhìyào

will (future marker)

for / at (a price)

up to / at most

38 yì měiyuán

psychoactive compound / psychedelic compound

jīngshén huóxìng huàhéwù

精神活性化合物

biotechnology company

shēngwù jìshù gōngsī

生物技术公司

AtaiBeckley (biotech company)

within the industry

traditional / conventional

large-scale / major

pharmaceutical capital

zhìyào zīběn

to enter / to advance into

this field / this domain

structural particle

signal / indicator

deal news / transaction news

jiāoyì xiāoxi

to announce / to release

in the same field / sector

multiple / many

listed company / public company

shàngshì gōngsī

stock price / share price

significantly / by a large margin

to rebound / to bounce back

psychoactive drug / psychedelic

jīngshén huóxìng yàowù

精神活性药物

sector / segment

overall / as a whole

to face / to confront

repricing / to be repriced

chóngxīn dìngjià

HSK 4July 18

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)
Táijīdiàn
台积电
second quarter / Q2
dì èr jìdù
第二季度
profit
lìrùn
利润
to set / to break a record
chuàng
创
all-time high / historical record
lìshǐ xīn gāo
历史新高
，
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to add / to further invest
zhuījiā
追加
$100 billion
1000 yì měiyuán
1000亿美元
in the United States
zài Měi
在美
investment
tóuzī
投资
。

to announce / to release results

second quarter / Q2

financial report / earnings report

to grow / to increase

402 yì měiyuán

five consecutive quarters

liánxù wǔ jì

to refresh / to break a record

at the same time / simultaneously

will (future marker)

the United States

to add / to further invest

1000 yì měiyuán

total US investment amount

zǒng zài Měi tóuzī é

总在美投资额

to raise to / to increase to

2650 yì měiyuán

HSK 4July 17

China
zhongguo
中国
first half
shangnian
上半年
GDP
GDP
GDP
growth rate
zengsu
增速
4.7%
4.7%
4.7%
。

69.57 trillion yuan

69.57 wanyi yuan

HSK 3July 17

Changxin Memory
changxin cunchu
长鑫存储
fundraising
rongzi
融资
$10 billion
100 yi meiyuan
100亿美元
。

Changxin Memory

changxin cunchu

changxin cunchu

nearly $10 billion

jin 10yi meiyuan

jin 10yi meiyuan

HSK 5July 17

US-Iran
Měi Yī
美伊
conflict
chōngtú
冲突
to drive / to push
tuīdòng
推动
international
guójì
国际
oil price
yóujià
油价
single day
dān rì
单日
to rise
zhǎng
涨
nearly
jìn
近
10 percent
yī chéng
一成
，
Brent crude oil
Bùlúntè yuányóu
布伦特原油
to touch / to reach
chùjí
触及
per barrel
měi tǒng
每桶
$87
87 měiyuán
87美元
。

military conflict

jūnshì chōngtú

to climb / to surge

Brent crude oil

Bùlúntè yuányóu

布伦特原油

to break through

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Guójì Néngyuán Shǔ

国际能源署

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

(possessive particle)

freight transport

zuì yánzhòng

(possessive particle)

gōngyìng wēijī