Session 1

Question 1

雇佣

Answer 1

(Gu4yong1) - Employ, hire

没有银行雇佣我.
（也可以说：我没在银行找到工作。

Question 2

专业对口

Answer 2

Job in one’s field

Question 3

深造

Answer 3

(Shen1zao4) - pursue one’s studies / further studies
继续学习深造

Question 4

童话故事

Answer 4

Fairy tales

Question 5

贸易

Answer 5

(Mao4yi4) - [commercial] trade
贸易赤字

Question 6

赤字

Answer 6

(Chi4zi4) - deficit

Question 7

贸易赤字

Answer 7

(Mao4yi4 chi4zi4) - trade deficit

Question 8

本科

Answer 8

(Ben3ke1) - undergraduate/ undergrad courses
这和你的本科专业很有关系。

Question 9

流行

Answer 9

(Liu2xing2) - popular
在菲律宾，春节不是很流行。

Question 10

押韵

Answer 10

(Ya1yun4) - rhyme
中国的古诗词讲究押韵。

Question 11

讲究

Answer 11

(Jiang3jiu) - pay particular attention to, emphasise
(动词）

Question 12

传统

Answer 12

(Chuan2tong3) - traditional, conventional, convention)
传统习俗
（形容词，名词）

Question 13

元宵节

Answer 13

(Yuan2xiao1jie2) - Lantern Festival
(在正月十五1月15）

Question 14

团圆饭

Answer 14

也是叫年夜饭 -> 跟家庭一起吃
-> 家人团圆 (family reunion)

Question 15

俄罗斯

Answer 15

(E2luo2si1) - Russia
(Ngo4lo4si1)

Question 16

电视台

Answer 16

(Dian4shi4tai2) - television station

Question 17

报道

Answer 17

(Bao4dao4) - report (news), cover (动词)
-> news report (名词）

Question 18

据称 / 据 … 称

Answer 18

(Ju4cheng1) - it is said, allegedly, according to reports, or so they say

Question 19

乌克兰

Answer 19

(Wu1ke4lan2) - Ukraine

Question 20

遭受

Answer 20

(Zao1shou4) - to suffer, to sustain (losses)
（动词）

Question 21

波

Answer 21

(Bo1) - 量词 wave, ripple, storm （声波 - sound wave）
-> Ball (slang) 打波

Question 22

巨大

Answer 22

(Ju4da4) - huge, immense, very large

Question 23

规模

Answer 23

(Gui1mo2) - scale, scope, extent
-> 巨大规模 - huge scale

Question 24

空袭

Answer 24

(Kong1xi2) - air raid
-> 空袭警报 - air raid alarm

Question 25

包括

Answer 25

(Bao1kuo4) - to comprise, include, consisting of …
房租每月四百元，水电费包括在内。- Rent is 400 yuan a month, including water and electricity.

Question 26

基辅

Answer 26

(Ji1fu3) - Kiev
(Gei1fu6)

Question 27

能源

Answer 27

(Neng2yuan2) - energy, power source

Question 28

设施

Answer 28

(She4shi1) - facilities, installation
能源设施 - energy installations/facilities

Question 29

炸

Answer 29

(Zha4) - to burst, explode, blow up (fig.) fly into a rage
-> 人口爆炸 - population explosion
(… bao4zha4)