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·HSK 4March 29

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to shut down
guānbì
关闭
video
shìpín
视频
application
yìngyòng
应用
Sora (AI video model)
Sora
Sora
Disney
Díshìní
迪士尼
one billion US dollars
shí yì měiyuán
十亿美元
investment
tóuzī
投资
plan
jìhuà
计划
consequently / as a result
suízhī
随之
to fall through / to collapse
gàochuī
告吹

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
scheduled for / will be on
jiāngyú
将于
April 26, 2026
2026 nián 4 yuè 26 rì
2026年4月26日
officially
zhèngshì
正式
to shut down
guānbì
关闭
under the brand / subsidiary
qíxià
旗下
artificial intelligence
AI
AI
video
shìpín
视频
generation / generating
shēngchéng
生成
application
yìngyòng
应用
Sora (AI video model)
Sora
Sora
reason
yuányīn
原因
is
shì
operations
yùnyíng
运营
cost
chéngběn
成本
excessively high
guògāo
过高
users
yònghù
用户
number / quantity
shùliàng
数量
significantly
dàfú
大幅
to decline / to slide down
xiàhuá
下滑
this / the (referring to previous subject)
gāi
decision
juédìng
决定
to lead to / to cause
dǎozhì
导致
Disney
Díshìní
迪士尼
to abandon / to give up
fàngqì
放弃
toward
xiàng
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
possessive particle
de
one billion US dollars
shí yì měiyuán
十亿美元
investment
tóuzī
投资
plan
jìhuà
计划
both parties
shuāngfāng
双方
partnership / cooperation
hézuò
合作
immediately / thereupon
suíjí
随即
to declare
xuāngào
宣告
to terminate / termination
zhōngzhǐ
终止

hacker
hēikè
黑客
to hack into / to intrude
rùqīn
入侵
European Union
Ōuméng
欧盟
Executive Commission
zhí wěi huì
执委会
cloud account
yún zhànghù
云账户
to steal away
dào zǒu
盗走
92 gigabytes
92GB
92GB
data
shùjù
数据

late March
sān yuè xià xún
三月下旬
hacker
hēikè
黑客
organization / group
zǔzhī
组织
to hack into / to intrude
rùqīn
入侵
(completion particle)
le
European Union
Ōuméng
欧盟
Executive Commission
zhíxíng wěiyuánhuì
执行委员会
in / on
zài
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
cloud service
yún fúwù
云服务
on / upon
shàng
(possessive particle)
de
account
zhànghù
账户
to steal
qièqǔ
窃取
approximately
yuē
92 gigabytes
92GB
92GB
(possessive particle)
de
compressed
yāsuō
压缩
data
shùjù
数据
stolen (passive)
bèi dào
被盗
data
shùjù
数据
to include
bāokuò
包括
European Union
Ōuméng
欧盟
official
guānyuán
官员
(possessive particle)
de
personal information
gèrén xìnxī
个人信息
email
diànzǐ yóujiàn
电子邮件
content
nèiróng
内容
and / as well as
confidential / classified
jīmì
机密
document / file
wénjiàn
文件
European Union
Ōuméng
欧盟
cybersecurity
wǎngluò ānquán
网络安全
agency / institution
jīgòu
机构
(action marker)
jiāng
this (occasion)
cǐ cì
此次
attack
gōngjī
攻击
to attribute to
guī yīn yú
归因于
named / called
míng wéi
名为
TeamPCP (hacking group)
TeamPCP
TeamPCP
(relative clause marker)
de
criminal
fànzuì
犯罪
organization
zǔzhī
组织

Japan
Rìběn
日本
three major
sān dà
三大
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
companies / enterprises
qǐyè
企业
to sign
qiānshǔ
签署
memorandum of understanding
yìxiàngshū
意向书
plans to / intends to
to integrate / to consolidate
zhěnghé
整合
power (electrical)
gōnglǜ
功率
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
business / operations
yèwù
业务

ROHM (Japanese semiconductor company)
ROHM
ROHM
Toshiba
Dōngzhī
东芝
and
Mitsubishi Electric
Sānlíng Diànjī
三菱电机
to sign
qiānshǔ
签署
memorandum of understanding
liàngjié bèiwànglù
谅解备忘录
formally
zhèngshì
正式
to initiate
qǐdòng
启动
three-party
sān fāng
三方
power semiconductor
gōnglǜ bàndǎotǐ
功率半导体
business
yèwù
业务
consolidation / integration
zhěnghé
整合
negotiations
tánpàn
谈判
merger
hébìng
合并
after
hòu
expected to
yǒuwàng
有望
to become
chéngwéi
成为
global
quánqiú
全球
second-largest
dì èr dà
第二大
power semiconductor
gōnglǜ bàndǎotǐ
功率半导体
supplier
gōngyìngshāng
供应商

Indonesia
Yìndùníxīyà
印度尼西亚
to ban
jìnzhǐ
禁止
minors
wèi chéngnián rén
未成年人
to use
shǐyòng
使用
social media
shèjiāo méitǐ
社交媒体

from
cóng
March 28
sān yuè èrshíbā rì
三月二十八日
onward
Indonesia
Yìndùníxīyà
印度尼西亚
(structural particle)
de
under 16 years old
shíliù suì yǐxià
16岁以下
children
háizi
孩子
are not allowed to
bù kěyǐ
不可以
to use
yòng
social media
shèjiāo méitǐ
社交媒体
this
zhè
is
shì
Southeast Asia
Dōngnán Yà
东南亚
the first
dì yī gè
第一个
such
zhèyàng de
这样的
regulation
guīdìng
规定

ByteDance (tech company)
Zìjié Tiàodòng
字节跳动
and
Alibaba (tech company)
Ālǐbābā
阿里巴巴
to plan
jìhuà
计划
in large quantities
dàliàng
大量
to order / purchase
dìnggòu
订购
Huawei (tech company)
Huáwéi
华为
new-type / latest model
xīnxíng
新型
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
950PR (AI chip model name)
950PR
950PR

according to reports
jù bàodào
据报道
ByteDance (tech company)
Zìjié Tiàodòng
字节跳动
and
Alibaba (tech company)
Ālǐbābā
阿里巴巴
to plan
jìhuà
计划
in large quantities
dàliàng
大量
to order / purchase
dìnggòu
订购
Huawei (tech company)
Huáwéi
华为
latest
zuìxīn
最新
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
950PR (AI chip model name)
950PR
950PR
this move / this action
cǐjǔ
此举
reflects / shows
fǎnyìng chū
反映出
under / in
zài
Nvidia (chip company)
Yīngwěidá
英伟达
chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
restricted / limited
shòuxiàn
受限
possessive particle
de
under the backdrop of
bèijǐng xià
背景下
China
Zhōngguó
中国
tech enterprises / companies
kējì qǐyè
科技企业
to accelerate
jiāsù
加速
to shift toward / turn to
zhuǎnxiàng
转向
domestic
guónèi
国内
chip products
xīnpiàn chǎnpǐn
芯片产品
possessive particle
de
trend
qūshì
趋势

Waymo (autonomous taxi company)
Waymo
Waymo
every week / weekly
měi zhōu
每周
to carry passengers
zài kè
载客
to surpass / to break through
tūpò
突破
500,000 rides
50 wàn cì
50万次
plan to / intend to
to expand
kuòzhǎn
扩展
to
zhì
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
more than / over
20 cities
20 chéng
20城

Waymo (autonomous taxi company)
Waymo
Waymo
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
every week / weekly
měi zhōu
每周
paid
fùfèi
付费
to carry passengers
zài kè
载客
number of trips
cìshù
次数
already
to reach
500,000 rides
50 wàn cì
50万次
compared to
jiào
recent / past
jìn
two years ago
liǎng nián qián
两年前
to grow
zēngzhǎng
增长
tenfold / ten times
shí bèi
十倍
and / also
bìng
to complete
wánchéng
完成
$16 billion
160 yì měiyuán
160亿美元
financing / fundraising
róngzī
融资
to plan
jìhuà
计划
will
jiāng
driverless taxi / robotaxi
wúrén chūzūchē
无人出租车
service
fúwù
服务
to expand
kuòzhǎn
扩展
to
zhì
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
more than / over
twenty
èrshí
20
(measure word for cities)
cities
chéngshì
城市

Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
under / affiliated with
qíxià
旗下
new AI model
xīn móxíng
新模型
Mythos (model code name)
Mythos
Mythos
accidentally
yìwài
意外
leaked / disclosed
xièlù
泄露
cybersecurity
wǎngluò ānquán
网络安全
experts
zhuānjiā
专家
to issue / to raise
fāchū
发出
unprecedented
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
前所未有
risk
fēngxiǎn
风险
warning
jǐnggào
警告

Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
due to
yīn
data storage
shùjù cúnchǔ
数据存储
oversight / security gap
shūlòu
疏漏
accidentally
yìwài
意外
particle introducing the object
jiāng
a new
yī kuǎn
一款
performance
xìngnéng
性能
far surpassing
yuǎn chāo
远超
existing
xiànyǒu
现有
models
móxíng
模型
possessive particle
de
new type of
xīnxíng
新型
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
Mythos (AI model)
Mythos
Mythos
possessive particle
de
internal documents
nèibù wénjiàn
内部文件
to expose
bàolù
暴露
on / to
public
gōngkāi
公开
internet / network
wǎngluò
网络
the model
gāi móxíng
该模型
is considered to be
bèi rènwéi
被认为
to possess
jùbèi
具备
unprecedented
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
前所未有
possessive particle
de
cyberattack
wǎngluò gōngjī
网络攻击
capability
nénglì
能力
the news
xiāoxi
消息
coming to light
bàoguāng
曝光
after
hòu
to trigger
yǐnfā
引发
market
shìchǎng
市场
panic
kǒnghuāng
恐慌
multiple
duō jiā
多家
cybersecurity
wǎngluò ānquán
网络安全
companies
gōngsī
公司
stock prices
gǔjià
股价
in immediate response
yīng shēng
应声
to fall / to drop
xiàdiē
下跌

SoftBank
Ruǎnyín
软银
to obtain / to secure
huòdé
获得
$40 billion
sì bǎi yì měiyuán
400亿美元
loan
dàikuǎn
贷款
in order to
to increase / to expand
jiādà
加大
toward / regarding
duì
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
investment
tóuzī
投资

SoftBank
Ruǎnyín
软银
group / conglomerate
jítuán
集团
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to obtain / to secure
huòdé
获得
$40 billion
sì bǎi yì měiyuán
400亿美元
transitional / bridge
guòdù
过渡
loan
dàikuǎn
贷款
to be used for
yòng yú
用于
to additionally invest
zhuījiā
追加
toward
duì
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
company
gōngsī
公司
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
structural particle
de
investment
tóuzī
投资
this move
cǐ jǔ
此举
is
shì
SoftBank
Ruǎnyín
软银
historically
lìshǐ shàng
历史上
scale
guīmó
规模
largest
zuìdà
最大
structural particle
de
US dollar
měiyuán
美元
financing
róngzī
融资
loan
dàikuǎn
贷款
term / duration
qīxiàn
期限
is (formal)
wéi
12 months
shí èr gè yuè
12个月
analysts
fēnxī rénshì
分析人士
to expect / to anticipate
yùjì
预计
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
will
jiāng
in / during
this year
jīnnián
今年
within
nèi
to complete
wánchéng
完成
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
initial public offering (IPO)
gōngkāi mùgǔ
公开募股

Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
will / is going to
jiāng
to launch / to release
tuīchū
推出
specially for / designed for
zhuān wèi
专为
to wear
dài
prescription glasses
chǔfāng yǎnjìng
处方眼镜
users
yònghù
用户
to design
shèjì
设计
(structural particle)
de
new model
xīn kuǎn
新款
Ray-Ban (eyewear brand)
Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban
smart glasses
zhìnéng yǎnjìng
智能眼镜

Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
will / is going to
jiāng
to launch
tuīchū
推出
two models
liǎng kuǎn
两款
specially for
zhuān wèi
专为
prescription
chǔfāng
处方
users
yònghù
用户
to design
shèjì
设计
(structural particle)
de
new type
xīnxíng
新型
Ray-Ban (eyewear brand)
Ray-Ban
Ray-Ban
smart glasses
zhìnéng yǎnjìng
智能眼镜
code name
dàihào
代号
being / as
wéi
Scriber (product code name)
Scriber
Scriber
and
Blazer (product code name)
Blazer
Blazer

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
in
zài
Denmark
Dānmài
丹麦
to open / to establish
kāishè
开设
new
xīn
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
waste heat / surplus heat
yúrè
余热
can
for
wèi
6,000 households
liùqiān hù
6000户
families
jiātíng
家庭
to provide heating
gōngnuǎn
供暖

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
on
March 26th
sān yuè èrshíliù rì
3月26日
in
zài
Denmark
Dānmài
丹麦
officially
zhèngshì
正式
to open
kāishè
开设
(completed action particle)
le
new
xīn de
新的
cloud computing
yúnjìsuàn
云计算
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
region
qūyù
区域
adopting / using
cǎiyòng
采用
zero water consumption
líng hào shuǐ
零耗水
cooling
lěngquè
冷却
technology
jìshù
技术
this
gāi
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
can
to recover
huíshōu
回收
surplus / excess
duōyú
多余
(particle)
de
heat
rèliàng
热量
to provide
gōng
approximately
yuē
6,000 households
liùqiān hù
6000户
local
dāngdì
当地
families
jiātíng
家庭
to use
shǐyòng
使用
and
bìng
using
renewable energy
kě zàishēng néngyuán
可再生能源
to operate
yùnyíng
运营