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·HSK 4April 3

United Nations
Liánhéguó
联合国
Security Council
Ānlǐhuì
安理会
to postpone / to delay
tuīchí
推迟
on / regarding
jiù
就
Strait of Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá
霍尔木兹海峡
use of force
shǐyòng wǔlì
使用武力
to conduct
jìnxíng
进行
vote
tóupiào
投票
。

Security Council

to postpone / to delay

completed action particle

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

shǐyòng wǔlì

attributive particle

Yēsū Shòunàn Jié

耶稣受难节

draft resolution

juéyì cǎo àn

shǐyòng wǔlì

attributive particle

content / provisions

HSK 2April 3

United States
Měiguó
美国
March
sānyuè
三月
newly added
xīnzēng
新增
jobs / employment
jiùyè
就业
178,000 jobs
shí qī diǎn bā wàn gè
17.8万个
，
unemployment rate
shīyèlǜ
失业率
to fall to
jiàng zhì
降至
4.3 percent
bǎifēnzhī sì diǎn sān
4.3%
。

shí qī diǎn bā wàn gè

unemployment rate

bǎifēnzhī sì diǎn sān

industry / sector

HSK 4April 3

scientist / researcher
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to discover / to find
fāxiàn
发现
schizophrenia
jīngshén fēnlièzhèng
精神分裂症
key / crucial
guānjiàn
关键
gene
jīyīn
基因
mutation
tūbiàn
突变
mechanism
jīzhì
机制
。

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Máshěng Lǐgōng Xuéyuàn

麻省理工学院

Broad Institute

Bódé Yánjiūsuǒ

博德研究所

(attributive particle)

scientist / researcher

to discover / to find

grin2a (gene name)

to damage / to impair

prefrontal cortex

qián é yè pícéng

前额叶皮层

(attributive particle)

shénjīng tōnglù

to cause / to make

patient / sufferer

difficult to / hard to

based on / according to

new information

to update / to renew

cognition / perception

researcher / research team

yánjiū rényuán

through / by means of

animal experiment

dòngwù shíyàn

to verify / to confirm

(completion particle)

to state / to indicate

jīngshén fēnlièzhèng

精神分裂症

new therapy / new treatment

to provide / to offer

(completion particle)

target / drug target

HSK 2April 3

women
nǚzǐ
女子
Final Four semifinal
sì qiáng sài
四强赛
tonight
jīn wǎn
今晚
in / at
zài
在
Phoenix
Fēiníkèsī
菲尼克斯
to be held
jǔxíng
举行
，
UConn (University of Connecticut)
UConn
UConn
to face off against
duìzhèn
对阵
South Carolina
Nán Kǎluólái nà
南卡罗来纳
。

college / university

Final Four semifinal

sì qiáng sài

to open / to begin

UConn (University of Connecticut)

to face off against

Nán Kǎluólái nà

南卡罗来纳

UCLA (University of California Los Angeles)

to face off against

HSK 4April 3

Burkina Faso
Bùjīnàfǎsuǒ
布基纳法索
military
jūnshì
军事
leader
lǐngdǎorén
领导人
stated / said
chēng
称
the country
gāi guó
该国
should
yīng
应
to forget
wàngjì
忘记
democracy
mínzhǔ
民主
，
to prioritize
yōuxiān
优先
to address
jiějué
解决
security
ānquán
安全
issue / problem
wèntí
问题
。

Bùjīnàfǎsuǒ

布基纳法索

the international community

guójì shèhuì

HSK 4April 3

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
toward
duì
对
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
yī bǎi yì měiyuán
100亿美元
，
to deepen
shēnhuà
深化
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
and
yǔ
与
cybersecurity
wǎngluò ānquán
网络安全
cooperation
hézuò
合作
。

fù dǒngshìzhǎng

Brad Smith (Microsoft President)

Bùlādé Shǐmìsī

布拉德·史密斯

sì yuè sān rì

èr líng èr liù nián

èr líng èr jiǔ nián

yī bǎi yì měiyuán

to expand / build out

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

jīchǔ shèshī

more than one million

(measure word for persons)

gōngchéngshī

HSK 6April 3

Japan
Rìběn
日本
Daifuku (Japanese company)
Dàfú
大福
to complete
wánchéng
完成
new
xīn
新
clean room
jiéjìng shì
洁净室
construction expansion
kuòjiàn
扩建
，
in order to
yǐ
以
to meet / to satisfy
mǎnzú
满足
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
demand
xūqiú
需求
。

equipment maker

Daifuku (Japanese company)

sì yuè sān rì

production line

shēngchǎn xiàn

production capacity

to address / to cope with

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

surge / sharp increase

brought about by

HSK 4April 3

research / study
yánjiū
研究
to show / to reveal
xiǎnshì
显示
，
single / one-time
dān cì
单次
gene therapy
jīyīn zhìliáo
基因治疗
injection
zhùshè
注射
can / is able to
kě
可
to make / to enable
shǐ
使
congenital / hereditary
xiāntiānxìng
先天性
deafness
ěrlóng
耳聋
patients
huànzhě
患者
to recover / to restore
huīfù
恢复
hearing
tīnglì
听力
。

Karolinska (Swedish medical university)

Kǎluólínsīkǎ

卡罗林斯卡

to show / to indicate

gene therapy approach

jīyīn liáofǎ

xiāntiānxìng

within six months

liù gè yuè nèi

(directional particle)

clear / obvious

HSK 3April 3

Liberation Day (tariff announcement)
Jiěfàng rì
解放日
tariff
guānshuì
关税
one-year anniversary
yī zhōu nián
一周年
，
investor
tóuzī zhě
投资者
again / anew
chóngxīn
重新
to regard / to reassess
kàndài
看待
United States
Měiguó
美国
assets
zīchǎn
资产
。

one-year anniversary

yī zhōu nián

global / worldwide

to regard / to reassess

to fall / to drop

(completion particle)

funds / capital

to flow to / to move towards

and other / etc.

HSK 6April 3

Nature Medicine journal
Zìrán Yīxué
《自然医学》
study
yánjiū
研究
：
fasting-mimicking
fǎng jìn shí
仿禁食
diet
yǐnshí
饮食
can
kě
可
significantly
xiǎnzhù
显著
relieve
huǎnjiě
缓解
Crohn disease
Kèluóēn bìng
克罗恩病
symptoms
zhèngzhuàng
症状
。

Nature Medicine

Zìrán Yīxué

《自然医学》

structural particle

for five consecutive days

liánxù wǔ tiān

fasting-mimicking

fǎng jìn shí

structural particle

Kèluóēn bìng

approximately 69 percent