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·HSK 2February 3

Spain / Spanish
Xībānyá
西班牙
Santander (bank)
Sāngtǎndé
桑坦德
bank
yínháng
银行
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
for / at (a price of)
yǐ
以
$12.3 billion
123亿美元
123亿美元
to acquire / acquisition
shōugòu
收购
Webster (bank)
Wéibósītè
韦伯斯特
bank
yínháng
银行
。

Spain / Spanish

Santander (bank)

on (formal preposition)

èr yuè sān rì

will / plans to

for / at (a price of)

to acquire / acquisition

merger / to merge

to reach / to amount to

HSK 4February 3

Waymo (Alphabet autonomous vehicle subsidiary)
Waymo
Waymo
to complete
wánchéng
完成
$16 billion
yībǎi liùshí yì měiyuán
160亿美元
funding round
róngzī
融资
，
will
jiāng
将
driverless
wúrén
无人
taxi
chūzū chē
出租车
service
fúwù
服务
to expand
kuòzhǎn
扩展
to / reaching
zhì
至
London
Lúndūn
伦敦
and
hé
和
Tokyo
Dōngjīng
东京
。

driverless / autonomous driving

wúrén jiàshǐ

Waymo (Alphabet autonomous vehicle subsidiary)

yībǎi liùshí yì měiyuán

yīqiān èrbǎi liùshí yì měiyuán

and others / etc.

HSK 2February 2

2026
èr líng èr liù nián
二零二六年
Spring Festival travel rush
chūn yùn
春运
passengers
lǚ kè
旅客
total
zǒng liàng
总量
reached
dá
达
9.4 billion
jiǔ shí sì yì
九十四亿
trips
rén cì
人次
，
broke again
zài chuàng
再创
all-time record
lì shǐ xīn gāo
历史新高

èr líng èr liù nián

二零二六年

èr yuè èr rì

sān yuè shí sān rì

三月十三日

chū xíng zǒng liàng

jiǔ shí sì yì rén cì

九十四亿人次

chuàng lì shǐ jì lù

创历史纪录

HSK 2February 2

Bad Bunny (artist name)
Huài Pǐzi
坏痞子
to win
yíngdé
赢得
of the year / annual
niándù
年度
Album of the Year award
zuìjiā zhuānjí jiǎng
最佳专辑奖
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
Grammy (awards)
Gélái měi
格莱美
history
lìshǐ
历史
。

the 68th (edition)

dì liùshíbā jiè

Gélái měi jiǎng

February 1, 2026

èr líng èr liù nián èr yuè yī rì

2026年2月1日

to be held / to take place

singer / musician

Bad Bunny (artist name)

structural particle

Spanish-language

Album of the Year award

zuìjiā zhuānjí jiǎng

最佳专辑奖

for the first time

HSK 4February 1

Xiaomi Auto
xiǎo mǐ qì chē
小米汽车
January
yī yuè
一月
deliveries
jiāo fù
交付
exceeded
chāo
超
39,000 units
sān wàn jiǔ qiān liàng
三万九千辆
，
full year
quán nián
全年
target
mù biāo
目标
550,000
wǔ shí wǔ wàn
五十五万

xiǎo mǐ qì chē

jiāo fù liàng

sān wàn jiǔ qiān liàng

三万九千辆

èr líng èr wǔ nián

二零二五年

sì shí yī wàn yī qiān liàng

四十一万一千辆

HSK 6January 29

Apple
píng guǒ
苹果
Q1
yī jì dù
一季度
revenue
yíng shōu
营收
sets record
chuàng jì lù
创纪录
，
reaching
dá
达
$143.8B
yī qiān sì bǎi sān shí bā yì měi yuán
一千四百三十八亿美元

èr líng èr liù cái nián

二零二六财年

dì yī jì dù

beat expectations

dà zhōng huá qū

grew significantly

dà fú zēng zhǎng

HSK 4January 29

Samsung Electronics
Sānxīng Diànzǐ
三星电子
fourth quarter / Q4
dì sì jìdù
第四季度
profit / earnings
lìrùn
利润
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
all-time high
lìshǐ xīngāo
历史新高
，
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
demand
xūqiú
需求
strong / robust
qiángjìng
强劲
。

Samsung Electronics

Sānxīng Diànzǐ

to announce publicly

èr líng èr wǔ nián

fourth quarter / Q4

operating profit

yíngyè lìrùn

to reach / to attain

20.1 trillion Korean won (~$14 billion)

èrshí diǎn yī wànyì Hányuán

20.1万亿韩元

year-on-year growth of

tóngbǐ zēngzhǎng

bǎifēnzhī èrbǎi líng bā

to set (a record)

lìshǐ xīngāo

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

chip / semiconductor

to surge / to spike

to drive / to push forward

to rise / to increase

strong / robust

business performance / earnings

(possessive particle)

HSK 6January 29

Microsoft
wēi ruǎn
微软
Azure
Azure
growth rate
zēng sù
增速
reaches
dá
达
39%
bǎi fēn zhī sān shí jiǔ
百分之三十九
，
AI
AI
annualized revenue
nián huà shōu rù
年化收入
breaks
pò
破
$10B+
bǎi yì
百亿

èr líng èr liù cái nián

二零二六财年

dì èr jì dù

shuāng shuāng

beat expectations

HSK 6January 28

Tesla
tè sī lā
特斯拉
2025
èr líng èr wǔ nián
二零二五年
sales volume
xiāo liàng
销量
first time
shǒu cì
首次
declined
xià huá
下滑
，
Q4
Q4
net profit
jìng lì rùn
净利润
plunged
zhòu jiàng
骤降
61%
bǎi fēn zhī liù shí yī
百分之六十一

èr líng èr wǔ nián

二零二五年

jiāo fù liàng

bǎi fēn zhī bā diǎn liù

百分之八点六

dà fú suō shuǐ

HSK 4January 25

renewable energy
kě zàishēng néngyuán
可再生能源
the year 2025
èr líng èr wǔ nián
2025年
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
to surpass / to overtake
chāoyuè
超越
coal
méitàn
煤炭
to become
chéngwéi
成为
global
quánqiú
全球
the largest
zuìdà
最大
electricity
diànlì
电力
source
láiyuán
来源
。

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Guójì Néngyuánshǔ

国际能源署

èr líng èr wǔ nián

first half of the year

shàng bànnián

renewable energy

kě zàishēng néngyuán

可再生能源

electricity generation volume

for the first time

renewable energy

kě zàishēng néngyuán

可再生能源

structural particle

bǎifēnzhī sānshísì diǎn sān

while / whereas

bǎifēnzhī sānshísān diǎn yī