Session 3

Question 1

大多数

Answer 1

(Great) majority

Question 2

本国

Answer 2

One’s own country
-> 本国人 - natives of one’s own country
-> 本国资源 - national resources
( … zi1yuan2)

Question 3

特产

Answer 3

(Te4chan3) - special local product; specialty

Question 4

感受

Answer 4

Be affected by, catch / experience, feeling
-> 感受风寒 - catch a cold
( … feng1han2)
-> 感受很深 - have a deep impression; be deeply impressed

Question 5

触发

Answer 5

(Chu4fa1) - spark, trigger (动词）
-> 触发乡思 - provoke nostalgic longing
-> 触发相思的特点 - trigger that special feeling (正式：思念家乡）

Question 6

柴米油盐酱醋茶

Answer 6

(Chai2mi3you2yan2jiang4cu4cha2) - life’s daily necessities
-> firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea
每个人生活必备的：衣食住行

Question 7

每个人生活必备的：衣食住行

Answer 7

(Yi1shi2zhu4xing2) - food, clothing shelter and transportation - basic necessities of life
-> people’s basic needs

Question 8

住宿

Answer 8

(Zhu4su4) - stay, put up, get accommodation
-> 给客人安排住宿 - Arrange accommodation for the visitors

Question 9

高速铁路

Answer 9

(Gao1su4 tie3lu4) - high-speed railway
-> 高铁

Question 10

外汇

Answer 10

(Wai4hui4) - foreign (currency) exchange; forex
-> 赚外汇 - trading with countries&raquo_space; you earn international currency/ foreign currency

Question 11

北朝鲜

Answer 11

(Bei3 Chao2xian3) - North Korea
-> 朝鲜族 - Chinese Koreans (ethnic minority)

Question 12

游牧民族

Answer 12

(You2mu4 min2zu2) - nomads
->养牛羊马

Question 13

受追捧

Answer 13

(Shou4zhui1peng3) - to be eagerly sought after

Question 14

小范围

Answer 14

(Xiao3fan4wei2) - small-scale, local

Question 15

遍地开花

Answer 15

(Bian4di4 kai1hua1) - blossom everywhere; spring up all over the place, flourish on a large scale

Question 16

渐渐

Answer 16

(Jian4jian4) - gradually, by degrees, little by little

Question 17

数量

Answer 17

(Shu4liang4) - quantity, amount

Question 18

几乎

Answer 18

Almost, nearly, practically
-> 几乎完全 - almost completely, almost entirely

Question 19

三倍

Answer 19

(San1bei4) - triple
(倍 after a number denotes how much more)

Question 20

骑在羊背上的国家

Answer 20

澳大利亚

Question 21

惠灵顿

Answer 21

(Hui4ling2dun4) - Wellington, capital of New Zealand

Question 22

金融资本中心

Answer 22

(Jin1rong2 zi1ben3) - financial capital/ financial center

Question 23

奧克兰

Answer 23

(Ao4ke4lan2) - Auckland (NZ)/ Oakland (California)

Question 24

绿化

Answer 24

(Lü4hua4) - make (a place) green by planting trees, flowers, etc
-> 绿化城市 - plant trees in and around the city
-> 城市绿化非常好。

Question 25

风景如画

Answer 25

(Feng1jing3 ru2hua4) - picturesque scenery/ landscape
-> 风景如画的地方

Question 26

动植物

Answer 26

(Dong4zhi2wu4) - plants and animals; flora and fauna
-> 新西兰的动植物比人口多。

Question 27

尤其

Answer 27

Especially; particularly
-> 它们的菜大部分有肉，尤其是牛羊肉。

Question 28

大洋洲

Answer 28

(Da4yang2zhou1) - Oceania
-> 大洋洲的原住民是毛利人。- Oceania’s indigenous people are the Māori.

Question 29

原住民

Answer 29

Indigenous peoples

Question 30

印第安人

Answer 30

（Yin4di4an1ren2) - American Indian, Native American
-> 美洲的原住民是印第安人。

Question 31

残忍

Answer 31

(Can2ren3) - cruel, ruthless
-> 政策很残忍。- The government policy is very cruel.

Question 32

赔偿

Answer 32

(Pei2chang2) - reparations (by a defeated state)（名词), compensate (动词）
-> 政府要赔偿那些原住民。- The government has to compensate the indigenous peoples.
-> 战爭赔偿 - war reparations; war indemnity

Question 33

侵略

Answer 33

(Qīnlüè) - commit aggression; invade
-> 侵略别国

Question 34

啤酒厂

Answer 34

brewery

Question 35

制片人

Answer 35

(Zhìpiànrén) - film producer, filmmaker
-> 自然景色很棒，所以很多制片人选择在新西兰担电影。我巴去了拍《指环王》的地方。

Question 36

指环

Answer 36

(Zhi3huan2) - (finger) ring
-> 环指 - ring finger

Question 37

取景

Answer 37

（Qu3jing3) - find a view (to photograph, paint, etc)

Question 38

独生子女政策

Answer 38

（Du2sheng1zi3nü3 zheng4ce4) - one-child policy
-> 城市家庭一家只能有一个孩子

Question 39

农活

Answer 39

Farm work

Question 40

力气

Answer 40

Physical strength; effort
干农活需要男孩，男孩力气大。

Question 41

老龄化

Answer 41

Ageing (process)
-> 老龄化的问题

Question 42

精力

Answer 42

（Jing1li4) - energy, vigour, vim
-> 生活压力很大，所以我们没有精力给孩子。
-> 精力充沛 - be energetic, dynamic, exuberant
(Chong1pei4)

Question 43

质量

Answer 43

(Zhìliàng) - quality
-> 生活质量更高
-> 把好质量关 - guarantee the quality (of products, etc.)