Topic 6: Poverty and Education

Question 1

一般

Answer 1

yī bān: generally, same, ordinary

Question 2

无论

Answer 2

wú lùn: regardless of whether…, no matter what/how

Question 3

接触

Answer 3

jiē chù: to contact, be in touch with, access

Question 4

穷乡僻壤

Answer 4

qióng xiāng pì rǎng: remote and desolate place

穷: poor
乡: country, rural
僻: remote
壤: soil, earth

Question 5

沿海

Answer 5

yán hǎi: coastal

Question 6

经济

Answer 6

jīng jì: economy, economic

Question 7

内陆

Answer 7

nèi lù: inland, interior

Question 8

扩大

Answer 8

kuò dà: to expand, extend, enlarge

Question 9

误导

Answer 9

wù dǎo: to mislead, misguide, misguidance

Question 10

扶贫脱困

Answer 10

fú pín tuō kùn: poverty alleviation

扶贫: assistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
脱: to take off, escape
困: to trap, surround

Question 11

工厂

Answer 11

gōng chǎng: factory

m. word 家/座

Question 12

致富

Answer 12

zhì fù: to become rich

Question 13

意义

Answer 13

yì yì: sense, meaning, significance

Question 14

治标

Answer 14

zhì biāo: to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause

Question 15

贫穷

Answer 15

pín qióng: poor, poverty

Question 16

小康

Answer 16

xiǎo kāng: well-off, moderately affluent

Question 17

富裕

Answer 17

fù yù: prosperous, well-off, well-to-do

Question 18

闭塞

Answer 18

bì sè: isolated, inaccessible, to stop up, close up

Question 19

固然

Answer 19

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…

Question 20

无知

Answer 20

wú zhī: ignorant, ignorance

Question 21

偏远

Answer 21

piān yuǎn: remote, far from civilization

Question 22

培养

Answer 22

péi yǎng: to cultivate, breed, foster, nurture, educate

Question 23

失学

Answer 23

shī xué: to be unable to go to school, an interruption to one’s education

失: to lose, miss, fail

Question 24

辍学

Answer 24

chuò xué: to drop out of school, leave off studying

辍: to stop (before completion), cease, suspend

Question 25

忽略

Answer 25

hū lüè: to neglect, overlook, ignore

Question 26

不可缺少

Answer 26

bù kě quē shǎo: to be indispensable

Question 27

沟通

Answer 27

gōu tōng: to join, connect, link up, communicate

Question 28

支持

Answer 28

zhī chí: to be in favor of, support, stand by

Question 29

环境

Answer 29

huán jìng: environment, circumstances, surroundings

Question 30

移民

Answer 30

yí mín: to immigrate, migrate

Question 31

牺牲

Answer 31

xī shēng: to sacrifice life/something valued

Question 32

建立

Answer 32

jiàn lì: to establish, set up, found

Question 33

保持

Answer 33

bǎo chí: to keep, maintain, hold, preserve

Question 34

背景

Answer 34

bèi jǐng: background, backdrop, context

m. word 种

Question 35

运气

Answer 35

yùn qi: luck (good or bad)

真的我还是说我运气好： Truly, I’d say I’m quite fortunate.