Topic 6: Poverty and Education Flashcards
一般
yī bān: generally, same, ordinary
无论
wú lùn: regardless of whether…, no matter what/how
接触
jiē chù: to contact, be in touch with, access
穷乡僻壤
qióng xiāng pì rǎng: remote and desolate place
穷: poor
乡: country, rural
僻: remote
壤: soil, earth
沿海
yán hǎi: coastal
经济
jīng jì: economy, economic
内陆
nèi lù: inland, interior
扩大
kuò dà: to expand, extend, enlarge
误导
wù dǎo: to mislead, misguide, misguidance
扶贫脱困
fú pín tuō kùn: poverty alleviation
扶贫: assistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
脱: to take off, escape
困: to trap, surround
工厂
gōng chǎng: factory
m. word 家/座
致富
zhì fù: to become rich
意义
yì yì: sense, meaning, significance
治标
zhì biāo: to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
贫穷
pín qióng: poor, poverty
小康
xiǎo kāng: well-off, moderately affluent
富裕
fù yù: prosperous, well-off, well-to-do
闭塞
bì sè: isolated, inaccessible, to stop up, close up
固然
gù rán: admittedly (it’s true that…)
校园里的爱情固然每秒: Love at school is no doubt wonderful, but…
无知
wú zhī: ignorant, ignorance
偏远
piān yuǎn: remote, far from civilization
培养
péi yǎng: to cultivate, breed, foster, nurture, educate
失学
shī xué: to be unable to go to school, an interruption to one’s education
失: to lose, miss, fail
辍学
chuò xué: to drop out of school, leave off studying
辍: to stop (before completion), cease, suspend
忽略
hū lüè: to neglect, overlook, ignore
不可缺少
bù kě quē shǎo: to be indispensable
沟通
gōu tōng: to join, connect, link up, communicate
支持
zhī chí: to be in favor of, support, stand by
环境
huán jìng: environment, circumstances, surroundings
移民
yí mín: to immigrate, migrate
牺牲
xī shēng: to sacrifice life/something valued
建立
jiàn lì: to establish, set up, found
保持
bǎo chí: to keep, maintain, hold, preserve
背景
bèi jǐng: background, backdrop, context
m. word 种
运气
yùn qi: luck (good or bad)
真的我还是说我运气好： Truly, I’d say I’m quite fortunate.
