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·HSK 4August 9

United States
Měiguó
美国
largest
zuìdà
最大
reservoir
shuǐkù
水库
Lake Mead
Mǐdé Hú
米德湖
water level
shuǐwèi
水位
to set yet another (record)
zài chuàng
再创
all-time record low
lìshǐ xīn dī
历史新低
，
western / the West
xībù
西部
water resources
shuǐ zīyuán
水资源
crisis
wēijī
危机
to worsen / to intensify
jiājù
加剧
。

on (formal preposition)

bāyuè qī rì

to drop to / to fall to

since records began

yǒu jìlù yǐlái

有记录以来

the lowest point

èr líng èr èr nián

二零二二年

structural particle

sustained / ongoing

snowpack / snowfall levels

HSK 3August 9

United States
Měiguó
美国
July
qīyuè
七月
employment
jiùyè
就业
number of people
rénshù
人数
unexpectedly / to one is surprise
yìwài
意外
to decrease / to decline
jiǎnshǎo
减少
，
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
to lay off workers
cáiyuán
裁员
to exceed / more than
chāoguò
超过
50,000
wǔ wàn
五万
people
rén
人
。

Bureau of Labor Statistics

to report / report

nonfarm payrolls

fēi nóng jiùyè

number of people

liǎng wàn sān qiān

departments / sector

laid off workers

unemployment rate

slightly / by a small margin

to fall / to decrease

bǎifēnzhī sì diǎn yī

百分之四点一

participation rate

at the same time

HSK 5August 9

New Mexico (US state)
Xīn Mòxīgē Zhōu
新墨西哥州
court / law court
fǎyuàn
法院
to rule / to adjudicate
cáidìng
裁定
Meta (social media company)
Meta
Meta
to pay
zhīfù
支付
$567 million
5.67 yì měiyuán
5.67亿美元
compensation / damages
péicháng
赔偿
children
értóng
儿童
mental health
xīnlǐ jiànkāng
心理健康
harm / damage
sǔnhài
损害
。

New Mexico (US state)

Xīn Mòxīgē Zhōu

新墨西哥州

court / law court

to rule / to adjudicate

Meta (social media company)

5.67 yì měiyuán

to resolve / to address

shèjiāo méitǐ

toward / against

adolescents / teenagers

qīngshàonián

xīnlǐ jiànkāng

to cause / to result in

structural particle

following / after

3.75 yì měiyuán

mínshì fákuǎn

after / following

Meta (social media company)

to face / to confront

structural particle

major / significant

compensation / damages

HSK 3August 8

France
Fǎguó
法国
Spain
Xībānyá
西班牙
wildfire / forest fire
shān huǒ
山火
to trend toward / begin to
qūyú
趋于
stable / stabilize
wěndìng
稳定
，
more than / exceeding
yú
逾
600 square miles
600 píngfāng yīnglǐ
600平方英里
land
tǔdì
土地
to be affected
shòu
受
to affect / reach
bōjí
波及
。

to sweep across / engulf

[modifier marker]

wildfire / forest fire

after / following

firefighting efforts

to trend toward

stable / stabilize

guòhuǒ miànjī

600 square miles

600 píngfāng yīnglǐ

600平方英里

tens of thousands of

shù wàn míng

the public / civilians

to be forced to

HSK 6August 8

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
public
gōngkāi
公开
prospectus / IPO filing
zhāogǔ shuōmíngshū
招股说明书
expected / projected
yùjì
预计
this month
běn yuè
本月
to release / publish
fābù
发布
，
valuation
gūzhí
估值
possibly / may
huò
或
to reach
dá
达
$852 billion
8520 yì měiyuán
8520亿美元
。

OpenAI (AI company)

the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Měiguó Zhèngquàn Jiāoyì Wěiyuánhuì

美国证券交易委员会

confidentially / secretly

to submit / file

draft / registration document

8520 yì měiyuán

mid-to-late August

8 yuè zhōng xià xún

to release / publish

Mógēn Shìdānlì

摩根士丹利

to serve as / act as

lead underwriters

zhǔ chéngxiāo shāng

HSK 2August 8

quantum computing
liàngzǐ jìsuàn
量子计算
company
gōngsī
公司
IonQ (quantum computing company)
IonQ
IonQ
second quarter / Q2
dì èr jìdù
第二季度
revenue
yínshōu
营收
to grow / increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
287 percent
287%
287%
。

quantum computing

liàngzǐ jìsuàn

IonQ (quantum computing company)

to announce / publish

second quarter / Q2

was / amounted to

8010 wàn měiyuán

to grow / increase

[disposal marker]

guidance / forecast

to raise / revise upward

2.9 yì měiyuán

HSK 3August 8

China
Zhōngguó
中国
this year
jīnnián
今年
first half of the year
shàng bànnián
上半年
coal-fired power
méi diàn
煤电
share / proportion
zhànbǐ
占比
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
to fall below / drop below
diē pò
跌破
50 percent
50%
50%
。

the National Energy Administration

Guójiā Néngyuán Jú

国家能源局

to show / indicate

first half of the year

shàng bànnián

coal-fired power

electricity generation

[possessive marker]

for the first time

below / lower than

marking / signifying

structure / mix

transition / transformation

HSK 5August 8

Palantir (data analytics company)
Pà lán tí ěr
帕兰提尔
second quarter / Q2
dì èr jìdù
第二季度
revenue
yínshōu
营收
year-over-year
tóngbǐ
同比
to surge significantly
dà zēng
大增
93 percent
93%
93%
，
share price / stock price
gǔjià
股价
single-day
dān rì
单日
to skyrocket / surge
biāoshēng
飙升
nearly / close to
jìn
近
30 percent
30%
30%
。

Palantir (data analytics company)

Pà lán tí ěr

to announce / publish

second quarter / Q2

financial results / performance

to grow / increase

19.4 yì měiyuán

to surge significantly

to surge sharply

HSK 4August 8

Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
to confirm / acknowledge
quèrèn
确认
under its banner / affiliated
qíxià
旗下
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
model
móxíng
模型
during / in
zài
在
security / safety
ānquán
安全
test / evaluation
cèshì
测试
in the course of
zhōng
中
to infiltrate / break into
qīnrù
侵入
third-party
dìsānfāng
第三方
system
xìtǒng
系统
。

Meta (technology company)

under its banner / affiliated

[possessive marker]

Muse Spark 1.1 (AI model)

wǎngluò ānquán

test / evaluation

in the course of

due to / because of

cèshì jīgòu

operation / to operate

error / mistake

[passive marker]

accidentally / unexpectedly

immediately afterward

to intrude into / break into

[possessive marker]

HSK 3August 8

the Congo
Gāngguǒ
刚果
Ebola
Āibólā
埃博拉
epidemic / outbreak
yìqíng
疫情
confirmed cases
quèzhěn
确诊
nearly / close to
jìn
近
4,000 cases
sìqiān lì
四千例
，
the WHO
Shìwèi Zǔzhī
世卫组织
to warn / warning
jǐnggào
警告
cases
bìnglì
病例
rapidly / quickly
kuàisù
快速
to increase
zēngjiā
增加
。

the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gāngguǒ Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó

刚果民主共和国

epidemic / outbreak

to continue / ongoing

to expand / to spread

cumulative / total