Session 2

Question 1

火灾

Answer 1

(Huo3zai1) - serious fire (in a city, forest, etc)
-> 可能会引起火灾

Question 2

灾难

Answer 2

(Zai1nan4) - disaster, catastrophe
-> 俄罗斯和乌克兰的战争给两个国家的人民带来了－场大灾难。

Question 3

自然灾难：

Answer 3

地震，洪水，台风，高温

Question 4

地震

Answer 4

(Di4zhen4) - earthquake
-> 地震测报 - earthquake prediction and reporting
( …ce4bao4)

Question 5

洪水

Answer 5

(Hong2shui3) - flood, deluge
-> 洪水为患 - suffer from floods
( … wei2huan4)

Question 6

人为

Answer 6

(Ren2wei2) - man-made cause or origin
-> 有人放鞭炮引起火灾，这个火灾是人为的。

Question 7

房顶

Answer 7

(Fang2ding3) - roof of a house/ housetop
-> 2021年菲律宾大台风，我家们的房子房顶漏了一个洞，半夜我们要拿桶接水。
-> 房顶走水了。- The roof is leaking.

Question 8

漏

Answer 8

(Lou4) -to leak, to divulge, to leave out by mistake
-> 我家的房子一个洞。

Question 9

签子

Answer 9

(Qian1zi4) - label, sticker; slender pointed piece of bamboo or wood
-> 标签 - (biao1qian1) label, tag
-> 牙签 - toothpick
-> 把小猪/羊绑在签子/架子上，放在火上烤。

Question 10

绑

Answer 10

(Bang3) - to tie, bind, or fasten together, to kidnap
-> 把小猪绑在签子上

Question 11

架子

Answer 11

(Jia4zi) - shelf, frame
-> 把小猪绑在架子上，放在火上烤

Question 12

哈萨克斯坦

Answer 12

(Ha1sa4ke4si1tan3) - Kazakhstan

Question 13

接壤

Answer 13

(Jie1rang3) - contiguous, border
-> 哈萨克斯坦和中国新疆接壤。

Question 14

中亚五国

Answer 14

5 Central Asian countries surrounding China - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

Question 15

世代

Answer 15

(Shi4dai4) - for many generations
-> 中国和中亚五国的关系非常世代友好。- China has had very good relations with Central Asian countries for many generations.

Question 16

理由

Answer 16

(Li3you2) - reason, grounds, justification
-> 假造理由 - invent an excuse

Question 17

污染

Answer 17

(Wu1ran3) - pollution, contamination
-> 噪音污染 - noise pollution

Question 18

噪音

Answer 18

(Zao4yin1) - rumble, noise, static (in a signal)

Question 19

损伤

Answer 19

(Sun3shang1) - to harm, damage, injure, impairment, loss, disability
-> 避免损伤 - avoid injury, avert damage, keep out of harm’s way
-> 听力损伤 - hearing loss

Question 20

杀伤力

Answer 20

(Sha1shang1li4) - destructive power, harmfulness

Question 21

吵醒

Answer 21

To wake up with noise

Question 22

处于

Answer 22

(Chu3yu2) - to be in (some state, position, or condition
-> 长时间处于一个高噪音的状态，听力下降。

Question 23

状态

Answer 23

(Zhuang4tai4) - state of affairs, state, mode, situation
-> synonyms: 环境，地方

Question 24

下降

Answer 24

(Xia4jiang4) - to decline, drop, fall, go down, descend (plane)
-> synonym: 减少

Question 25

不仅…而且
不但…而且

Answer 25

Not only, but also
The difference between the two is: 不仅 = from more extreme to less extreme, while 不但 = from less extreme to more extreme/ progressively larger in extent and degree

Question 26

受伤

Answer 26

To sustain injuries, wounded (in an accident etc)
-> 每年都有很多由于／因为放鞭炮受伤去医院的人。

Question 27

除夕夜

Answer 27

New Year’s Eve

Question 28

紧急

Answer 28

(Jin3ji2) - urgent, emergency
-> 在除夕夜的时候，医生不能休息。因为医院会来很多紧急的病人，鱼刺卡喉。

Question 29

鱼刺

Answer 29

(Yu2ci4) - fish bone

Question 30

卡喉

Answer 30

(Qia3hou2) - get stuck in the throat
-> 鱼刺卡喉 - fishbone stuck in the throat

Question 31

规定

Answer 31

(Gui1ding4) - to stipulate (regulation), to decree (a law)
-> 学校规定不许抽烟. - School rules forbid smoking.

Question 32

救援

Answer 32

(Jiu4yuan2) - to save, support, help, assist
-> 有一些城市，他们规定了一些地方，有消防员和医生护士在那里准备救援。

Question 33

山火

Answer 33

Wildfire, forest fire (like the Australia one)