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kē jì
科技
·HSK 4May 4

Novo Nordisk (pharmaceutical company)
Nuòhé Nuòdé
诺和诺德
with
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to cooperate / partnership
hézuò
合作
will (future marker)
jiāng
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to integrate into / to embed in
róngrù
融入
drugs / medicine
yàowù
药物
research and development / R&D
yánfā
研发
entire process / end-to-end workflow
quán liúchéng
全流程

Denmark
Dānmài
丹麦
pharmaceutical / drug manufacturing
zhìyào
制药
company
gōngsī
公司
Novo Nordisk
Nuòhé Nuòdé
诺和诺德
with
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to reach / to achieve
dáchéng
达成
strategic / strategy
zhànlüè
战略
cooperation / partnership
hézuò
合作
will (future marker)
jiāng
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to integrate into / to embed in
róngrù
融入
drug research and development
yàowù yánfā
药物研发
production / manufacturing
shēngchǎn
生产
and
supply chain
gōngyìng liàn
供应链
entire process / end-to-end workflow
quán liúchéng
全流程
cooperation / partnership
hézuò
合作
key focus / priority
zhòngdiǎn
重点
is / to be
shì
to accelerate / to speed up
jiāsù
加速
to discover / discovery
fāxiàn
发现
obesity
féipàngzhèng
肥胖症
and
diabetes
tángniàobìng
糖尿病
new treatments / new therapies
xīn liáofǎ
新疗法
full / comprehensive
quánmiàn
全面
deployment / to deploy
bùshǔ
部署
plan / planned
jìhuà
计划
by (formal time marker)
end of 2026
2026 nián dǐ
2026年底
to complete / to finish
wánchéng
完成

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to release / to announce
fābù
发布
new
xīn
(attributive particle)
de
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
model
móxíng
模型
GPT-5.5 (AI language model)
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
on (time marker)
April 23rd
sì yuè èrshísān rì
四月二十三日
to release / to announce
fābù
发布
(completion marker)
le
new
xīn
(attributive particle)
de
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
model
móxíng
模型
GPT-5.5 (AI language model)
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5
this / this one
zhège
这个
model
móxíng
模型
compared to / than
before / previously
yǐqián
以前
(attributive particle)
de
model
móxíng
模型
smarter / more intelligent
gèng cōngmíng
更聪明
can / to be able to
kěyǐ
可以
to help / to assist
bāngzhù
帮助
users
yònghù
用户
to write
xiě
code / programming code
dàimǎ
代码
and
to do / to carry out
zuò
research / to research
yánjiū
研究

the United States
Měiguó
美国
Department of Defense / the Pentagon
guófángbù
国防部
with / together with
seven (companies)
qī jiā
七家
technology
kējì
科技
company / companies
gōngsī
公司
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议

the United States
Měiguó
美国
Department of Defense / the Pentagon
guófángbù
国防部
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
with
seven (companies)
qī jiā
七家
technology
kējì
科技
company / companies
gōngsī
公司
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
will (future marker)
jiāng
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
technology
jìshù
技术
to deploy
bùshǔ
部署
to / into
dào
classified / confidential
jīmì
机密
military
jūnshì
军事
network
wǎngluò
网络
within / inside
zhōng
to participate in
cānyù
参与
company / companies
gōngsī
公司
to include
bāokuò
包括
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
Google
Gǔgē
谷歌
Amazon
Yǎmǎxùn
亚马逊
Nvidia (chip company)
Yīngwěidá
英伟达
and others / et cetera
děng

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
failed to reach / did not meet
wèi dá
未达
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
and / as well as (formal)
user / users
yònghù
用户
target / goal
mùbiāo
目标
Chief Financial Officer / CFO
shǒuxí cáiwùguān
首席财务官
regarding / about
jiù
computing power / compute capacity
suànlì
算力
funds / capital
zījīn
资金
issue / problem
wèntí
问题
to issue / to send out
fāchū
发出
warning / to warn
jǐnggào
警告

according to
report / to report
bàodào
报道
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
failed to / unable to
wèi néng
未能
to complete / to fulfill
wánchéng
完成
monthly
yuèdù
月度
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
target / goal
mùbiāo
目标
and / as well as (formal)
weekly / every week
měi zhōu
每周
one billion
shí yì
十亿
active users
huóyuè yònghù
活跃用户
possessive / attributive particle
de
milestone
lǐchéngbēi
里程碑
to trigger / to cause
yǐnfā
引发
related / relevant
xiāngguān
相关
company / companies
gōngsī
公司
stock price / share price
gǔjià
股价
sharp drop / to plunge
dàdiē
大跌
Chief Financial Officer / CFO
shǒuxí cáiwùguān
首席财务官
to warn / warning
jǐnggào
警告
to state / to say (formal)
chēng
if / should
ruò
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to grow / to increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
cannot / unable to
bùnéng
不能
to accelerate / to speed up
jiāsù
加速
company
gōngsī
公司
may / might (formal)
huò jiāng
或将
to face / to confront
miànlín
面临
computing power / compute capacity
suànlì
算力
funds / capital
zījīn
资金
insufficient / lack of
bùzú
不足
possessive / attributive particle
de
risk
fēngxiǎn
风险

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
third quarter / Q3
dìsān jìdù
第三季度
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to grow / to increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
18 percent
18 bǎifēnzhī
18%
Azure (Microsoft cloud platform)
Azure
Azure
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
growth rate / rate of increase
zēngsù
增速
to reach / to hit
40 percent
40 bǎifēnzhī
40%

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce / to release
gōngbù
公布
fiscal year 2026
2026 cáinián
2026财年
third quarter / Q3
dìsān jìdù
第三季度
business results / performance
yèjì
业绩
total revenue
zǒng shōurù
总收入
$82.9 billion
829 yì měiyuán
829亿美元
year-over-year / compared to the same period
tóngbǐ
同比
to grow / to increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
18 percent
18 bǎifēnzhī
18%
Azure (Microsoft cloud platform)
Azure
Azure
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to grow / to increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
40 percent
40 bǎifēnzhī
40%
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
annual revenue
nián shōurù
年收入
to break through / to surpass
tūpò
突破
$37 billion
370 yì měiyuán
370亿美元

SoftBank
Ruǎn Yín
软银
to plan / to intend
to spin off
fēn chāi
分拆
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
robotics / robot
jīqìrén
机器人
company
gōngsī
公司
Roze (SoftBank AI robotics spinout)
Roze
Roze
to go to
the US
Měi
to list / to go public
shàngshì
上市
target
mùbiāo
目标
valuation
gūzhí
估值
at the highest / up to
zuì gāo
最高
to reach
USD 100 billion
qiān yì měiyuán
千亿美元

according to reports
jù bàodào
据报道
SoftBank
Ruǎn Yín
软银
group / conglomerate
jítuán
集团
to plan
jìhuà
计划
(introduces the object)
jiāng
under its umbrella / affiliated
qí xià
旗下
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
and
robotics
jīqìrén
机器人
business / operations
yèwù
业务
to integrate / to consolidate
zhěnghé
整合
to establish / to form
zǔjiàn
组建
independent
dúlì
独立
company
gōngsī
公司
Roze (planned spinout)
Roze
Roze
and / also
bìng
to seek
xúnqiú
寻求
in
zài
the United States
Měiguó
美国
to carry out
jìnxíng
进行
IPO / initial public offering
shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ
首次公开募股
target
mùbiāo
目标
valuation
gūzhí
估值
approximately
yuē
USD 100 billion
1000 yì měiyuán
1000亿美元
this / the current
cǐ cì
此次
spin-off
fēn chāi
分拆
plan
jìhuà
计划
at the earliest
zuì zǎo
最早
may / possibly
huò
in / during
the year 2026
2026 nián
2026年
second half of the year
xià bànnián
下半年
to put into action / to implement
fù zhū shíshī
付诸实施
but / however
dàn
specific / concrete
jùtǐ
具体
timeline / schedule
shíjiān biǎo
时间表
and
valuation
gūzhí
估值
target
mùbiāo
目标
still
réng
to exist / remain
cúnzài
存在
considerable / significant
jiào dà
较大
uncertainty
bù quèdìng xìng
不确定性

Tim Cook (Apple CEO)
Dìmǔ Kùkè
蒂姆·库克
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
September
jiǔyuè
九月
to step down / to retire from office
xièrèn
卸任
Apple (tech company)
Píngguǒ
苹果
will
jiāng
to welcome / to receive
yínglái
迎来
incoming / new
xīnrèn
新任
chief executive officer (CEO)
shǒuxí zhíxíng guān
首席执行官
John Ternus (Apple VP)
Yuēhàn Tènàsī
约翰·特纳斯

Apple Inc.
Píngguǒ Gōngsī
苹果公司
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
chief executive officer (CEO)
shǒuxí zhíxíng guān
首席执行官
Tim Cook (Apple CEO)
Dìmǔ Kùkè
蒂姆·库克
will
jiāng
on (formal)
September 1
jiǔ yuè yī rì
九月一日
to step down from office
xièrèn
卸任
by / succeeded by
yóu
hardware engineering
yìngjiàn gōngchéng
硬件工程
senior vice president
gāojí fù zǒngcái
高级副总裁
John Ternus (Apple VP)
Yuēhàn Tènàsī
约翰·特纳斯
to take over / to succeed
jiērèn
接任
Apple
Píngguǒ
苹果
on the same day
tóng rì
同日
to release / to publish
gōngbù
公布
second fiscal quarter
dì èr cáijì
第二财季
financial results
yèjì
业绩
Wall Street
Huáěr Jiē
华尔街
expects / forecasts
yùjì
预计
revenue
yíngshōu
营收
approximately
yuē wéi
约为
$109.5 billion
yī qiān líng jiǔshí wǔ yì měiyuán
一千零九十五亿美元

DeepSeek (Chinese AI company)
shēndù qiúsuǒ
深度求索
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
DeepSeek V4 (AI model)
DeepSeek V4
DeepSeek V4
Huawei (tech company)
Huáwéi
华为
Ascend (Huawei AI chip brand)
Shēngténg
昇腾
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
demand
xūqiú
需求
to surge significantly
dàzēng
大增

China
Zhōngguó
中国
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
company
gōngsī
公司
DeepSeek (Chinese AI company)
shēndù qiúsuǒ
深度求索
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
particle indicating completion
le
DeepSeek V4 (AI model)
DeepSeek V4
DeepSeek V4
this
zhè
is
shì
the first of its kind
shǒu gè
首个
specifically designed for
zhuān wèi
专为
Huawei (tech company)
Huáwéi
华为
chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
designed
shèjì
设计
particle
de
cutting-edge / frontier
qiányán
前沿
large AI model
dà móxíng
大模型
new model
xīn móxíng
新模型
price
jiàgé
价格
compared to / than
United States
Měiguó
美国
of the same type
tónglèi
同类
product
chǎnpǐn
产品
lower
ten times lower
shí bèi
十倍
ByteDance (tech company)
Zìjié Tiàodòng
字节跳动
Tencent (tech company)
Téngxùn
腾讯
and
Alibaba (tech company)
Ālǐbābā
阿里巴巴
immediately
suíjí
随即
in large quantities
dàliàng
大量
to order / to purchase
dìnggòu
订购
Huawei
Huáwéi
华为
Ascend 950 (Huawei AI chip)
Shēngténg 950
昇腾950
chip
xīnpiàn
芯片

University of Cambridge
Jianqiao Daxue
剑桥大学
to develop
yanfa
研发
brain-inspired
fang nao
仿脑
chip
xinpian
芯片
can make
ke shi
可使
artificial intelligence
rengong zhineng
人工智能
energy consumption
nenghao
能耗
to reduce
jiangdi
降低
70 percent
qi cheng
七成

United Kingdom
Yingguo
英国
University of Cambridge
Jianqiao Daxue
剑桥大学
(possessive particle)
de
researchers
yanjiu renyuan
研究人员
developed
kaifa chu
开发出
a type of
yi zhong
一种
to mimic
mofang
模仿
human brain
ren nao
人脑
to operate
yunzuo
运作
(modifying particle)
de
nano-
nami
纳米
electronic
dianzi
电子
device
qijian
器件
can reduce
ke jiang
可将
artificial intelligence
rengong zhineng
人工智能
system
xitong
系统
energy consumption
nenghao
能耗
to reduce
jiangdi
降低
approximately
yue
70 percent
70%
70%

Google
Guge
谷歌
with / and
yu
the Pentagon
Wujiao Dalou
五角大楼
to sign (a deal)
qianshu
签署
classified / secret
jimi
机密
artificial intelligence
rengong zhineng
人工智能
contract
hetong
合同
employees
yuangong
员工
jointly / co-signed
lianming
联名
to oppose
fandui
反对

Google
Guge
谷歌
already
yi
with
yu
United States
Meiguo
美国
Department of Defense
guofangbu
国防部
to sign
qianshu
签署
agreement
xieyi
协议
to allow
yunxu
允许
its
qi
artificial intelligence
rengong zhineng
人工智能
to be used for
yongyu
用于
classified
jimi
机密
military
junshi
军事
work / operations
gongzuo
工作
nearly 950 (people)
jin 950 ming
近950名
employees
yuangong
员工
have already
yi
jointly
lianming
联名
signed
qianshu
签署
open letter
gongkai xin
公开信
to express
biaoda
表达
opposition
fandui
反对