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Hi, friends, today I would like to offer you 3 sentences to review what we have learned about hurricane, energy price and spacecraft.
No.0014LISTEN-TEXT:
中国第二艘载人飞船返回地球,宇航员身心健康。 China's second manned spacecraft has returned to the Earth. The astronauts are in good health.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/17/content_485366.htm
New Words:
中国:zhong1 guo2 -- China 第二(艘):di4 er4 (so1)-- second (one) 载人(的):zai4 ren2 (de) -- manned 飞船:fei1 chuan2 -- spacecraft 返回:fan3 hui2 -- return 地球:di4 qiu2 -- earth 宇航员(航天员):yu3 hang2 yuan2(huang2 tian1 yuan2) -- astronaut 身心:shen1 xin1 -- body and mind 健康:jian4 kang1 -- health (Not: in the English sentence, it does not mention anything about body and mind, but, a healthy person should be healthy on body and mind, so, I translated it into Chinese with the two words)
CHINESE PRONUNCIATION:
Zhong1 Guo2 di4 er4 sou1 zai4 ren2 fei1 chuan2 fan3 hui2 di4 qiu2, yu3 hang2 yuan2 shen1 xin1 jian4 kang1.
No.0015LISTEN-TEXT:
格林斯潘认为,能源价格正在拖累全球经济的发展。 Greespan said that Energy Price is dragging the global economic expansion.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a2OXbtiT13ME&refer=home
New Words:
格林斯潘:ge2 li2 si1 pan1 -- Greenspan 认为(说):ren4 wei2 (shuo1)-- think, say 能源:neng2 yuan2 -- energy 价格:jia4 ge2 -- price 正在:zheng4 zai4 -- being 拖累:tuo1 lei4 -- drag 全球(世界):quan2 qu2 (shi4 jie4) -- global (world) 经济的:jing1 ji4 de -- economic 发展:fa1 chang3 -- expansion, development
CHINESE PRONUNCIATION:
Ge2 lin2 si1 pan1 ren4 wei2, nen2 yuan2 jian4 ge2 zheng4 zai4 tuo1 lei4 qiuan2 qiu2 jin1 ji4 fa1 zhang3.
No.0016LISTEN-TEXT:
威尔马是2005年最强的飓风。 Hurricane Wilma is the strongest one in 2005.
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-20T063356Z_01_ROB857009_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-WILMA.xml
New Words:
威尔马:Wei1 Er2 man3 -- Wilma 是:shi4 -- is, be 2005:lian3 qian1 ling2 wu3 年:nian2 -- year 最强的: zui4 qiang2 de -- the strongest 飓风: qu4 feng1 -- hurricane
CHINESE PRONUNCIATION:
Wei1 Er2 ma3 ju4 feng1 shi4 lian2 qian1 ling2 wu3 nian2 zui4 qiang2 de qu4 feng1.
Ok, That's all for today and hope it's helpful to your Chinese learning. If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or leave your message in the Forum, you are welcomed.
--Shirley Written and Edited On Thur., Oct 20, 2005 Recorded On Fri., Oct 21, 2005
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