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·HSK 3August 1

Iceland
Bīngdǎo
冰岛
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
on (formal preposition)
yú
于
August 29th
bā yuè èrshíjiǔ rì
八月二十九日
on the matter of / regarding
jiù
就
to reopen / to restart
chóngqǐ
重启
the European Union
Ōuméng
欧盟
EU accession / joining the EU
rùméng
入盟
talks / negotiations
tánpàn
谈判
to hold / to conduct
jǔxíng
举行
referendum / public vote
gōngtóu
公投
。

will (future marker)

on (formal preposition)

bā yuè èrshíjiǔ rì

八月二十九日

to hold / to conduct

referendum / public vote

to reopen / to restart

the European Union

structural particle

to ask / inviting

voters / electorate

to express a position / to cast a vote

latest / most recent

poll / public opinion survey

to show / to indicate

approximately / about

structural particle

voters / electorate

to reopen / to restart

both sides / the two camps

gap / difference

very small / narrow

HSK 5August 1

Venezuela
Wěinèiruìlā
委内瑞拉
interim government
línshí zhèngfǔ
临时政府
and / with
yǔ
与
opposition (political)
fǎnduìpài
反对派
to open / to initiate
kāiqǐ
开启
the United States
Měiguó
美国
mediation / US-mediated
wòxuán
斡旋
structural particle
de
的
democratic / democracy
mínzhǔ
民主
transition
guòdù
过渡
talks / negotiations
tánpàn
谈判
。

Wěinèiruìlā

interim government

línshí zhèngfǔ

regarding / on the matter of

democratic / democracy

to open up / to launch

completion marker

the United States

supported / backed by

structural particle

negotiations / talks

major earthquake

causing / resulting in

more than / exceeding (formal)

to perish / to die in a disaster

after / following

structural particle

important / significant

progress / development

the United States

to commit / to promise

during / within

to play a role / to exercise

mediation / mediating role

role / function

reached / achieved

after / following

HSK 4August 1

SpaceX (rocket and satellite company)
SpaceX
SpaceX
to publicly reveal / to disclose
gōngkāi
公开
first model / inaugural product
shǒukuǎn
首款
orbital / in orbit
guǐdào
轨道
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
satellite
wèixīng
卫星
design
shèjì
设计
，
to advance into / to enter a market
jìnjūn
进军
outer space
tàikōng
太空
computing
jìsuàn
计算
market
shìchǎng
市场
。

SpaceX (rocket and satellite company)

to release / to announce

completion marker

AI1 (orbital compute satellite)

structural particle

computing / compute

the said satellite

will (future marker)

to run / to operate

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

workload / computing workload

gōngzuò fùzài

Anthropic (AI research company)

to sign / to sign off on

agreement / deal

SpaceX (company)

to purchase / to buy

computing power / compute resources

HSK 2August 1

Amazon (company)
Yǎmǎxùn
亚马逊
to receive / to get
shōudào
收到
$600 million
6 yì měiyuán
6亿美元
tax refund / tariff refund
tuìshuì
退税
，
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
a portion / part
bùfèn
部分
to return / to refund
fǎnhuán
返还
to / for
gěi
给
customers
gùkè
顾客
。

the United States

giant / major player

Amazon (company)

it (the company)

completion marker

approximately / about

6 yì měiyuán

structural particle

tariff / customs duty

refund / rebate

Amazon (company)

will (future marker)

affected / impacted

shòu yǐngxiǎng

structural particle

issue refunds / return money

remaining / leftover

to lower / to reduce

HSK 3August 1

China
Zhōngguó
中国
in July / for July
qīyuèfèn
七月份
manufacturing sector
zhìzàoyè
制造业
PMI (Purchasing Managers Index)
PMI
PMI
to drop to / fall to
diè zhì
跌至
49.2 (contraction territory)
49.2
49.2
，
five months
wǔ gè yuè
五个月
within the past period / since
lái
来
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
to contract / to shrink
wěisuō
萎缩
。

National Bureau of Statistics

guójiā tǒngjìjú

国家统计局

to announce / to release

official / government-issued

manufacturing sector

Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)

cǎigòu jīnglǐrén zhǐshù

采购经理人指数

50.3 (June reading, expansion territory)

49.2 (below the 50 expansion threshold)

marking result or status

since / within the past period

for the first time

contraction / to contract

to decrease / to decline

impact / disruption

to be considered as / regarded as

HSK 4July 31

France
Fǎguó
法国
Bordeaux (city in southwestern France)
Bōěrduō
波尔多
nearby / in the vicinity of
fùjìn
附近
wildfire / forest fire
shānhuǒ
山火
to continue / ongoing
chíxù
持续
to spread / to advance
mànyán
蔓延
，
burned area / fire-affected area
guòhuǒ miànjī
过火面积
to exceed / more than
chāoguò
超过
42,000 hectares
4.2 wàn gōngqǐng
4.2万公顷
。

Gironde department (southwestern France)

Jílúntè shěng

large-scale / massive

wildfire / forest fire

burned through / scorched

more than / over

more than 300,000 (people)

sānshí yú wàn míng

三十余万名

and / as well as

to be forced / compelled

to evacuate / to withdraw

multiple / several

Europe / European

to dispatch / to send

aircraft / planes

to assist / to help

to fight the fire / firefighting

HSK 5July 31

Bank of England
Yīnggélán yínháng
英格兰银行
by / with
yǐ
以
six votes to three
liù bǐ sān piào
六比三票
to maintain / to keep
wéichí
维持
base interest rate / benchmark rate
jīzhǔn lìlǜ
基准利率
3.75 percent
3.75%
3.75%
unchanged / constant
búbiàn
不变
。

Bank of England

Yīnggélán yínháng

英格兰银行

monetary policy

huòbì zhèngcè

on / at (indicating time)

qīyuè èrshíjiǔ rì

七月二十九日

six votes to three votes

liù piào duì sān piào

六票对三票

(structural particle)

to resolve / to vote

to maintain / to keep

base interest rate

jīzhǔn lìlǜ

to point out / to note

affected by / due to

the Middle East

situation / state of affairs

influence / impact

continuously / ongoing

to fluctuate / volatility

fourth quarter / Q4

tōngzhàng lǜ

to be expected / estimated

will / going to

to rise to / to climb to

approximately / around

HSK 3July 31

the United States
Měiguó
美国
second quarter / Q2
dì èr jìdù
第二季度
GDP (gross domestic product)
GDP
GDP
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
1.5 percent
1.5%
1.5%
，
lower than / below
dīyú
低于
market
shìchǎng
市场
expectations / forecast
yùqī
预期
。

the United States

Department of Commerce

to announce / to release

second quarter / Q2

economy / economic

zēngzhǎng lǜ

lower than / below

jīngjì xuéjiā

forecast / prediction

(structural particle)

consumption / spending

expenditure / spending

enterprises / businesses

to some extent / somewhat

to grow / growth

overall / in general

not as good as / below

HSK 6July 31

more than a thousand (people)
qiān yú míng
千余名
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
industry workers / practitioners
cóngyè zhě
从业者
to jointly sign / to co-sign
liánshǔ
联署
open letter
gōngkāi xìn
公开信
，
to call for / to appeal
hūyù
呼吁
to establish / to build
jiànlì
建立
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to slow down / to decelerate
jiǎnsù
减速
mechanism / system
jīzhì
机制
。

qīyuè èrshíbā rì

七月二十八日

from / coming from

OpenAI (AI company)

Anthropic (AI safety company)

Meta (technology company)

(structural particle)

more than / exceeding

qiān yī bǎi míng

employees / staff

to jointly sign / to co-sign

(completion marker)

titled / entitled

Pacing the Frontier (open letter title)

qiányán jiǎnsù

《前沿减速》

(structural particle)

to call for / to appeal

the United States

to build / to construct

corresponding / appropriate

means / tools / methods

governance / management

so as to / in order to

when necessary / if necessary

to be capable of / can

in an orderly manner / orderly

to slow down / to ease

frontier / cutting edge

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

(structural particle)

R&D / research and development

HSK 4July 31

Google
gǔgē
谷歌
DeepMind (Google AI research lab)
DeepMind
DeepMind
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
Gemini Robotics 2 (Google robot AI platform)
Gemini Robotics 2
Gemini Robotics 2
，
to achieve / to realize
shíxiàn
实现
humanoid / human-shaped
rénxíng
人形
robot
jīqìrén
机器人
whole body / full body
quánshēn
全身
coordinated / harmonized
xiétiáo
协调
control / to control
kòngzhì
控制
。

DeepMind (Google AI research lab)

on / at (indicating time)

qīyuè sānshí rì

七月三十日

to launch / to release

Gemini Robotics 2 (Google robot AI platform)

Gemini Robotics 2

Gemini Robotics 2

a set of / a suite of

containing / comprising

three (with classifier)

models / modules

(structural particle)

humanoid / human-shaped

intelligent / AI

to be capable of / can

from head to toe

cóng tóu dào jiǎo

(structural particle)

movements / actions

at the same time / simultaneously

to support / to enable

collaboration / teamwork