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·HSK 2April 18

Haikou (city in Hainan, China)
Hǎikǒu
海口
Consumer Products Expo
xiāo bó huì
消博会
to exhibit / to display
zhǎnchū
展出
flying car
fēixíng qìchē
飞行汽车
and
hé
和
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
smart glasses
zhìnéng yǎnjìng
智能眼镜
。

the sixth edition
dì liù jiè
第六届
China International Consumer Products Expo
Zhōngguó Guójì Xiāofèipǐn Bólǎnhuì
中国国际消费品博览会
from (time)
yú
于
April 13
4 yuè 13 rì
4月13日
to
zhì
至
the 18th
18 rì
18日
in / at
zài
在
Haikou
Hǎikǒu
海口
to be held
jǔxíng
举行
,
more than 3,400
3400 duō gè
3400多个
global
quánqiú
全球
brands
pǐnpái
品牌
to participate in the expo
cānzhǎn
参展
,
exhibits
zhǎnpǐn
展品
including
bāokuò
包括
flying car
fēixíng qìchē
飞行汽车
and
hé
和
AI
AI
AI
smart glasses
zhìnéng yǎnjìng
智能眼镜
and so on
děng
等
more than 200 models
200 duō kuǎn
200多款
global premiere
quánqiú shǒufā
全球首发
new products
xīnpǐn
新品
。

the European Commission
Ōuméng Wěiyuánhuì
欧盟委员会
to / toward
xiàng
向
four (companies)
sì jiā
四家
European
Ōuzhōu
欧洲
service providers
fúwùshāng
服务商
to award / to grant
shòuyǔ
授予
180 million euros
1.8 yì ōuyuán
1.8亿欧元
sovereign cloud
zhǔquán yún
主权云
contract
hétong
合同
。

the European Commission
Ōuméng Wěiyuánhuì
欧盟委员会
April 17
4 yuè 17 rì
4月17日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
,
has already awarded to
yǐ xiàng
已向
four
sì jiā
四家
European
Ōuzhōu
欧洲
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
provider
tígōngshāng
提供商
to award
shòuyǔ
授予
total value
zǒng jiàzhí
总价值
180 million euros
1.8 yì ōuyuán
1.8亿欧元
、
lasting six years
wéiqī liù nián
为期六年
(structural particle)
de
的
sovereign cloud
zhǔquán yún
主权云
service contract
fúwù hétong
服务合同
,
in order to
yǐ
以
to reduce
jiǎnshǎo
减少
EU institutions
Ōuméng jīgòu
欧盟机构
toward
duì
对
the United States
Měiguó
美国
technology companies
kējì qǐyè
科技企业
(structural particle)
de
的
dependence / reliance
yīlài
依赖
。

Meta (tech company)
Meta
Meta
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to raise (a price)
shàngtiáo
上调
Quest (VR headset brand)
Quest
Quest
VR headset
tóu xiǎn
头显
price
jiàgé
价格
,
because of / due to
yīn
因
memory chip
nèicún
内存
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
cost
chéngběn
成本
to rise / to increase
shàngzhǎng
上涨
。

the United States
Měiguó
美国
technology
kējì
科技
company
gōngsī
公司
Meta (tech company)
Meta
Meta
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
,
will
jiāng
将
from
cóng
从
April 19
sì yuè shíjiǔ rì
4月19日
starting from
qǐ
起
to raise / to increase
tígāo
提高
Quest (VR headset brand)
Quest
Quest
VR headset
tóu xiǎn
头显
(structural particle)
de
的
price
jiàgé
价格
。
the company
gōngsī
公司
to say
shuō
说
,
this is
zhè shì
这是
because
yīnwèi
因为
memory chip
nèicún
内存
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
cost
chéngběn
成本
significantly / by a large margin
dàfú
大幅
to rise / to go up
shàngshēng
上升
,
with / related to
yǔ
与
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
(structural particle)
de
的
rapid / fast
kuàisù
快速
development / growth
fāzhǎn
发展
related to
yǒuguān
有关
。

Netflix (streaming platform)
Netflix
Netflix
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to launch / to release
tuīchū
推出
vertical screen
shù píng
竖屏
video
shìpín
视频
feature / function
gōngnéng
功能
,
and also
bìng
并
to use
shǐyòng
使用
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to recommend
tuījiàn
推荐
content
nèiróng
内容
。

streaming media
liú méitǐ
流媒体
platform
píngtái
平台
Netflix (streaming platform)
Netflix
Netflix
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
,
will
jiāng
将
in / at (formal)
yú
于
end of April
sì yuè dǐ
四月底
on
zài
在
mobile application
yídòng yìngyòng
移动应用
within
zhōng
中
to launch / to release
tuīchū
推出
similar to
lèisì
类似
TikTok (short video platform)
TikTok
TikTok
(structural particle)
de
的
vertical screen
shù píng
竖屏
video
shìpín
视频
feature / function
gōngnéng
功能
。
the company
gōngsī
公司
will also
hái jiāng
还将
to use
shǐyòng
使用
generative (AI type)
shēngchéng shì
生成式
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
for
wèi
为
user
yònghù
用户
to recommend
tuījiàn
推荐
content
nèiróng
内容
,
its (formal)
qí
其
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
revenue
yíngshōu
营收
year-on-year
tóng bǐ
同比
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
16.2 percent
bǎifēnzhī shíliù diǎn èr
16.2%
。

memory chips
nèicún xīnpiàn
内存芯片
shortage / shortfall
duǎnquē
短缺
to push up / to drive up
tuīgāo
推高
costs
chéngběn
成本
,
Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to raise / to adjust upward
shàngtiáo
上调
Quest (VR headset brand)
Quest
Quest
VR headset / head-mounted display
tóuxiǎn
头显
price
jiàgé
价格
。

Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
under the brand / subsidiary
qíxià
旗下
Quest 3 (VR headset)
Quest 3
Quest 3
and
hé
和
Quest 3S (VR headset)
Quest 3S
Quest 3S
VR headset
tóuxiǎn
头显
price
jiàgé
价格
will on / starting from
jiāng yú
将于
April 19
4 yuè 19 rì
4月19日
starting from
qǐ
起
to raise
shàngtiáo
上调
,
Quest 3
Quest 3
Quest 3
from
cóng
从
$500
500 měiyuán
500美元
to rise to
zhǎng zhì
涨至
$600
600 měiyuán
600美元
,
the reason is
yuányīn shì
原因是
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
demand
xūqiú
需求
to drive
dàidòng
带动
memory chips
nèicún xīnpiàn
内存芯片
price
jiàgé
价格
to soar / to spike
biāoshēng
飙升
。

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
and / with
yǔ
与
Cerebras (AI chip company)
Cerebras
Cerebras
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
exceeding / more than
chāo
超
$20 billion
200 yì měiyuán
200亿美元
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
,
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
to obtain / to receive
huòdé
获得
equity / shareholder rights
gǔquán
股权
to subscribe for shares
rèngòu
认购
warrant (financial instrument)
quánzhèng
权证
。

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
will
jiāng
将
within
zài
在
the future
wèilái
未来
within three years
sān nián nèi
三年内
to / toward
xiàng
向
Cerebras (chip company)
Cerebras
Cerebras
to pay
zhīfù
支付
exceeding / more than
chāoguò
超过
$20 billion
200 yì měiyuán
200亿美元
,
for the purpose of
yòngyú
用于
to purchase
gòumǎi
购买
server (computing)
fúwùqì
服务器
capacity
róngliàng
容量
。
furthermore / in addition
cǐwài
此外
,
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
will
jiāng
将
to obtain
huòdé
获得
Cerebras (chip company)
Cerebras
Cerebras
at most / maximum
zuìgāo
最高
10 percent
bǎifēnzhī shí
10%
(structural particle)
de
的
equity / shareholder rights
gǔquán
股权
to subscribe for shares
rèngòu
认购
warrant (financial instrument)
quánzhèng
权证
,
and also
bìng
并
to provide
tígōng
提供
approximately
yuē
约
$1 billion
10 yì měiyuán
10亿美元
to support
zhīchí
支持
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
construction / development
jiànshè
建设
。

Iran
Yīlǎng
伊朗
to announce / declare
xuānbù
宣布
the Strait of Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá
霍尔木兹海峡
to be open / accessible
kāifàng
开放
,
international
guójì
国际
oil prices
yóujià
油价
to plunge sharply
bàodiē
暴跌
more than / exceeding
yú
逾
10 percent (one-tenth)
yī chéng
一成
。

Israel-Lebanon (abbreviation)
Yǐ Lí
以黎
ceasefire agreement
tínghuǒ xiéyì
停火协议
on (date marker)
yú
于
April 17
4 yuè 17 rì
4月17日
to take effect
shēngxiào
生效
,
Iran
Yīlǎng
伊朗
immediately / right away
suíjí
随即
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
the Strait of Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá
霍尔木兹海峡
toward / for
xiàng
向
commercial vessel
shāngchuán
商船
fully / completely
quánmiàn
全面
to open
kāifàng
开放
,
Brent crude oil
Bùlúntè yuányóu
布伦特原油
that same day
dāngrì
当日
to fall / drop
xiàdiē
下跌
11 percent
bǎifēnzhī shíyī
11%
to / reaching
zhì
至
approximately $89 per barrel
měi tǒng yuē 89 měiyuán
每桶约89美元
,
but / however
dàn
但
the United States
Měiguó
美国
to state
biǎoshì
表示
blockade
fēngsuǒ
封锁
measures
cuòshī
措施
will still
réng jiāng
仍将
to continue
chíxù
持续
。

scientist
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to discover / to find
fāxiàn
发现
hormone
jīsù
激素
FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21)
FGF21
FGF21
by means of / through
tōngguò
通过
to activate
jīhuó
激活
hindbrain (brain region)
líng nǎo
菱脑
circuit / pathway
huílù
回路
can / is able to
kě
可
to reverse
nìzhuǎn
逆转
mouse / mice (lab animal)
xiǎo shǔ
小鼠
obesity
féipàng zhèng
肥胖症
。

United States
Měiguó
美国
scientist
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to discover / to find
fāxiàn
发现
,
natural
tiānrán
天然
hormone
jīsù
激素
FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21)
FGF21
FGF21
can / is able to
kě
可
by means of / through
tōngguò
通过
to activate
jīhuó
激活
brain
dànǎo
大脑
hindbrain (brain region)
líng nǎo
菱脑
region / area
qūyù
区域
structural particle
de
的
specific / particular
tèdìng
特定
neural circuit
shénjīng huílù
神经回路
in order to
lái
来
to reverse
nìzhuǎn
逆转
mouse / mice (lab animal)
xiǎo shǔ
小鼠
obesity
féipàng zhèng
肥胖症
。
this / such a
zhè yī
这一
discovery / finding
fāxiàn
发现
to reveal / to uncover
jiēshì
揭示
aspect particle (completed action)
le
了
a kind of / a type of
yī zhǒng
一种
compared to / unlike
yǔ
与
GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1)
GLP-1
GLP-1
type / class
lèi
类
drug / medication
yàowù
药物
fundamentally different / completely unlike
jiérán bùtóng
截然不同
structural particle
de
的
weight loss / weight reduction
jiǎn zhòng
减重
mechanism
jīzhì
机制
,
for / providing
wèi
为
new type / novel
xīn xíng
新型
obesity
féipàng
肥胖
therapy / treatment
liáofǎ
疗法
structural particle
de
的
research and development
yánfā
研发
to provide
tígōng
提供
aspect particle (completed action)
le
了
new
xīn
新
direction / avenue
fāngxiàng
方向
。

Trump (US President Donald Trump)
Tè lǎng pǔ
特朗普
to threaten
wēixié
威胁
will / shall
jiāng
将
in / at (a time)
yú
于
May
wǔ yuè
五月
to remove from office
miǎnqù
免去
the US Federal Reserve
Měi Lián chǔ
美联储
chair / chairman
zhǔxí
主席
Powell (Jerome Powell, Fed Chair)
Bào wēi ěr
鲍威尔
structural particle
de
的
position / post
zhíwù
职务
。

US President
Měiguó zǒngtǒng
美国总统
Trump (US President Donald Trump)
Tè lǎng pǔ
特朗普
once again / for another time
zài dù
再度
to threaten
wēixié
威胁
,
to say / to state
chēng
称
if / should
ruò
若
Powell (Jerome Powell, Fed Chair)
Bào wēi ěr
鲍威尔
not
bù
不
after
zài
在
chair
zhǔxí
主席
term of office
rènqī
任期
to expire / to come to an end
jiè mǎn
届满
after / following
hòu
后
on one own initiative / voluntarily
zhǔdòng
主动
to leave office / to resign
lízhí
离职
,
will / shall
jiāng
将
in / at (a time)
yú
于
May
wǔ yuè
五月
to subject him to
jiāng qí
将其
removal from office
miǎnzhí
免职
。
Powell (Jerome Powell, Fed Chair)
Bào wēi ěr
鲍威尔
structural particle
de
的
the Federal Reserve
lián chǔ
联储
chair / chairman
zhǔxí
主席
term of office
rènqī
任期
will / shall
jiāng
将
in / at (a time)
yú
于
May 15
wǔ yuè shíwǔ rì
五月十五日
to expire / to come to an end
jiè mǎn
届满
,
but / however
dàn
但
his / its
qí
其
the Federal Reserve
lián chǔ
联储
board member / governor
wěiyuán
委员
status / identity
shēnfèn
身份
can / may
kě
可
to continue / to extend
yánxù
延续
until / to
zhì
至
January 2028
2028 nián yī yuè
2028年一月
。

AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
programming / coding
biānchéng
编程
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Factory (AI coding startup)
Factory
Factory
to obtain / to receive
huòdé
获得
$150 million
1.5 yì měiyuán
1.5亿美元
fundraising / to raise capital
róngzī
融资
,
valuation
gūzhí
估值
to reach / to amount to
dá
达
$1.5 billion
15 yì měiyuán
15亿美元
。

AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
programming / coding
biānchéng
编程
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Factory (AI coding startup)
Factory
Factory
currently / in the process of
zhèngzài
正在
to carry out / to conduct
jìnxíng
进行
a new round
xīn yī lún
新一轮
fundraising
róngzī
融资
negotiation / talks
tánpàn
谈判
,
to plan
jìhuà
计划
to raise / to collect (funds)
chóují
筹集
$150 million
1.5 yì měiyuán
1.5亿美元
,
by / led by
yóu
由
Khosla Ventures (venture capital firm)
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures
to lead (an investment round)
lǐngtóu
领投
,
company
gōngsī
公司
valuation
gūzhí
估值
will / shall
jiāng
将
to reach / to attain
dádào
达到
$1.5 billion
15 yì měiyuán
15亿美元
。