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Vocabulary (82 words)

From Lesson: Lesson 14
得意
déyì
proud of oneself
new
地球
dìqiú
the earth
new
既然
jìrán
since
new
目的
mùdì
purpose
new
a
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
变暖
biànnuǎn
warming
不用
bùyòng
need not
cóng
from
参加
cānjiā
to participate
de
of
diàn
electric
duì
right
对了
duìle
Correct!
当然
dāngrán
only natural
dēng
lamp
都会
dūhuì
society
guān
mountain pass
关注
guānzhù
to pay attention to
individual
高兴
gāoxìng
happy
公司
gōngsī
(business) company
环保
huánbǎo
environmental protection
环境保护
huánjìngbǎohù
environmental protection
huì
can
活动
huódòng
to exercise
hái
still
jiào
to shout
节约
jiéyuē
to economize
就是
jiùshì
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
加班
jiābān
to work overtime
简单
jiǎndān
simple
kàn
to see
开始
kāishǐ
to begin
肯定
kěndìng
to be sure
le
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
了解
liǎojiě
to understand
ma
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
méi
(negative prefix for verbs)
门口
ménkǒu
doorway
明天
míngtiān
tomorrow
nián
year
年年
niánnián
year after year
那么
nàme
like that
you
气候
qìhòu
climate
其实
qíshí
actually
rén
man
人们
rénmen
people
说明
shuōmíng
to explain
shì
is
tiān
day
太好了
tàihǎole
very good
tìng
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
停电
tíngdiàn
power cut
提醒
tíxǐng
to remind
通知
tōngzhī
to notify
tǐng
to stick out
为了
wèile
in order to
为什么
wèishénme
why?
问题
wèntí
question
晚上
wǎnshang
evening
I
我们
wǒmen
we
小时
xiǎoshí
hour
新闻
xīnwén
news
希望
xīwàng
to wish for
原来
yuánlái
original
样子
yàngzi
appearance
yòng
to use
also
one
因为
yīnwèi
because
引起
yǐnqǐ
to give rise to
以为
yǐwéi
to believe
yǒu
to have
这个
zhège
this
这么
zhème
so much
zhēn
really
支持
zhīchí
to be in favor of
zuì
most
zǎo
early
早上
zǎoshang
early morning
Raw Text (Chinese / Pinyin / English)
Chinese

早上听新闻说明天有一个叫“地球一小时”的活动,你对这个活动了解吗? 这个活动年年都有,最早是从2007年开始的。明天晚上很多人都会关灯一小时,支持这个活动。你没看到门口的通知吗?我们公司也参加。 真的吗?太好了!既然明天晚上公司会关灯停电,那么我们肯定不用加班了。 看你得意的样子!还以为你高兴是为了支持环保,原来是因为不用加班啊! 环境保护我当然也支持了!对了,为什么会有这么一个活动啊? 其实目的挺简单的,就是提醒人们节约用电,希望引起人们对气候变暖问题的关注。

Pinyin

Zǎoshàng tīng xīnwén shuō míngtiān yǒu yígè jiào "dìqiú yī xiǎoshí" de huódòng, nǐ duì zhège huódòng liǎojiě ma? Zhège huódòng niánnián dōu yǒu, zuìzǎo shì cóng èr líng líng qī nián kāishǐ de. Míngtiān wǎnshàng hěn duō rén dōu huì guān dēng yì xiǎoshí, zhīchí zhège huódòng. Nǐ méi kàn dào ménkǒu de tōngzhī ma? Wǒmen gōngsī yě cānjiā. Zhēn de ma? Tài hǎo le! Jìrán míngtiān wǎnshàng gōngsī huì guān dēng tíngdiàn, nàme wǒmen kěndìng bú yòng jiābān le. Kàn nǐ déyì de yàngzǐ! Hái yǐwéi nǐ gāoxìng shì wèile zhīchí huánbǎo, yuánlái shì yīnwèi bùyòng jiābān a! Huánjìng bǎohù wǒ dāngrán yě zhīchí le! Duì le, wèishénme huì yǒu zhème yí gè huódòng a? Qíshí mùdì tǐng jiǎndān de, jiùshì tíxǐng rénmen jiéyuē yòngdiàn, xīwàng yǐnqǐ rénmen duì qìhòu biànnuǎn wèntí de guānzhù.

English

This morning I heard on the news that there will be an event called "Earth Hour" tomorrow, do you know about this event? This event happens every year, and it first started in 2007. Tomorrow night many people will turn off their lights for one hour to support this event. Didn't you see the notice at the entrance? Our company is also participating. Really? That's great! Since the company will turn off the lights and cut the power tomorrow night, then we definitely won't have to work overtime. Look how smug you are! I thought you were happy to support environmental protection, but it turns out it's because you don't have to work overtime! Of course I also support environmental protection! By the way, why is there such an event? Actually, the purpose is quite simple: to remind people to save electricity and to draw people's attention to the issue of global warming.

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