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·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

HSK 2August 8

South Korea
Hánguó
韩国
to suffer / to experience
zāoshòu
遭受
severe / serious
yánzhòng
严重
high temperature / extreme heat
gāowēn
高温
weather
tiānqì
天气
，
air temperature
qìwēn
气温
to set a new record
chuàngxià
创下
in 122 years
122 nián lái
122年来
new high / record high
xīn gāo
新高
。

currently / in the process of

zuì yánzhòng

structural particle

Liáng Shān Shì

air temperature

42.5 degrees Celsius

42.5 shèshìdù

has already caused

more than 20 people

èrshí duō rén

HSK 6August 8

China
Zhōngguó
中国
to posthumously award
zhuī shòu
追授
two (people)
liǎng míng
两名
coast guard
hǎijǐng
海警
martyr
lièshì
烈士
title / designation
chēnghào
称号
，
to confirm / to acknowledge
quèrèn
确认
South China Sea
Nán Hǎi
南海
standoff / confrontation
duìzhì
对峙
in / during
zhōng
中
own side / home side
jǐfāng
己方
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
to occur / to appear
chūxiàn
出现
casualties
shāngwáng
伤亡
。

formally / officially

to posthumously award

South China Sea

accident / incident

to be killed / to die in service

structural particle

title / designation

for the first time in decades

shùshí nián lái

for the first time

to acknowledge / to admit

South China Sea

standoff / confrontation

to occur / to happen

HSK 5August 8

Tesla (electric vehicle company)
Tèsīlā
特斯拉
and / together with
yǔ
与
SpaceX (rocket company)
SpaceX
SpaceX
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
in / at
zài
在
the state of Texas
Dékèsàsī Zhōu
德克萨斯州
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$16.8 billion USD
168 yì měiyuán
168亿美元
to build / to construct
jiànzào
建造
Terafab (semiconductor factory)
Terafab
Terafab
semiconductor chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
factory / manufacturing plant
gōngchǎng
工厂
。

Tesla (electric vehicle company)

and / together with

SpaceX (rocket company)

jointly / together

will / future auxiliary

the state of Texas

Dékèsàsī Zhōu

德克萨斯州

Gélái Mǔsī Xiàn

格莱姆斯县

$16.8 billion USD

168 yì měiyuán

to build / to establish

factory / plant

Terafab (semiconductor factory)

for / in order to

under the umbrella of

autonomous driving

zìdòng jiàshǐ

projects / programs

to provide / to supply

semiconductor chips

HSK 4August 8

AMD (semiconductor company)
AMD
AMD
to publicly announce
gōngbù
公布
record-breaking
chuàng jìlù
创纪录
quarterly
jìdù
季度
revenue
yíngsōu
营收
，
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
business segment
yèwù
业务
year-over-year
tóngbǐ
同比
to double
fānbèi
翻倍
。

AMD (semiconductor company)

to publicly announce

$11.5 billion USD

115 yì měiyuán

to grow / increase

shùjù zhōngxīn

business segment

growth rate / increase margin

reaching as high as