# New Practical Chinese Reader 5 - Lesson 55 # Published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2005 - ISBN 9787561914083 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 素食 [sùshí] /vegetarian diet/ 将 [jiāng] /would, to be going to/ 宗教 [zōngjiào] /religion/ …性 [...xìng] /nature/ 食品 [shípǐn] /food/ 信仰 [xìnyǎng] /faith, belief/ 扮酷 [bàn kù] /to play the part of a cool person/ 酷 [kù] /cool/ 腻 [nì] /oily; to be bored with/ 保留 [bǎoliú] /to keep, to retain/ 份 [fèn] /(measure word for certain abstract things)/ 心情 [xīnqíng] /frame of mind, mood/ 人类 [rénlèi] /mankind, humanity/ 其他 [qítā] /else, other/ 作为 [zuòwéi] /to regard as, to take for, as/ 基于 [jīyú] /because of, in view of/ 以及 [yǐjí] /along with, as well as/ 写字楼 [xiězìlóu] /office building/ 午餐 [wǔcān] /lunch/ 白领 [báilǐng] /white-collar/ 素菜 [sùcài] /vegetable dish/ 少数 [shǎoshù] /few, minority/ 毕竟 [bìjìng] /after all, all in all/ 不久 [bùjiǔ] /soon, before long, not long after/ 理由 [lǐyóu] /reason, ground, argument/ 保卫 [bǎowèi] /to defend, to safeguard/ 饮食 [yǐnshí] /food and drink, diet/ 生存 [shēngcún] /to exist, to live/ 肉食 [ròushí] /carnivorous, meat/ 产业 [chǎnyè] /industry/ 资源 [zīyuán] /resource, wealth/ 使用 [shǐyòng] /to use/ 使 [shǐ] /to use/ 粪便 [fènbiàn] /excrement and urine, night soil/ 造成 [zàochéng] /to create, to cause/ 严重 [yánzhòng] /serious, critical/ 具体 [jùtǐ] /concrete, specific/ 饲养 [sìyǎng] /to raise, to rear/ 家畜 [jiāchù] /domestic animal, livestock/ 家禽 [jiāqín] /domestic fowl, poultry/ 排放 [páifàng] /to discharge, to release/ 污水 [wūshuǐ] /foul (or polluted) water, sewage/ 水源 [shuǐyuán] /source of a rive, waterhead/ 气体 [qìtǐ] /gas/ 全球 [quánqiú] /whole world; global/ 土壤 [tǔrǎng] /soil/ 侵蚀 [qīnshí] /to corrode, to erode/ 大约 [dàyuē] /approximately, about/ 谷物 [gǔwǔ] /cereal, grain/ 超过 [chāoguò] /to exceed, to surpass/ 土地 [tǔdì] /land, soil/ 表层 [biǎocéng] /surface layer/ 表 [biǎo] /surface/ 消耗 [xiāohào] /to consume, to use up/ 干草 [gāncǎo] /hay/ 估计 [gūjì] /to estimate/ 灌溉 [guàngài] /to irrigate/ 升 [shēng] /liter/ 放养 [fàngyǎng] /put (cattle, etc.) in a natural place to breed/ 能源 [néngyuán] /energy resource/ 运输 [yùnshū] /to transport/ 杀害 [shāhài] /to murder, to kill/ 取得 [qǔdé] /to get, to obtain/ 数量 [shùliàng] /amount, quantity/ 工业化 [gōngyèhuà] /to industrialize/ 工业 [gōngyè] /industry/ 以 [yǐ] /in order to, so as to/ 积极 [jījí] /positive, active/ 满足 [mánzú] /to satisfy, to make content/ 消费 [xiāofèi] /to consume/ 黑熊 [hēixióng] /black bear/ 救命 [jiù mìng] /to save sb's life, (int.) Help!/ 冰 [bīng] /ice/ 封 [fēng] /to seal, to freeze/ 断裂 [duànliè] /to break, to crack/ 知觉 [zhījué] /consciousness/ 呜呜 [wūwū] /(cry of animals)/ 挣扎 [zhēngzhá] /to struggle/ 斧子 [fǔzi] /axe/ 缝 [fèng] /crack, chink/ 恋恋不舍 [liànliàn bù shě] /to be reluctant to part with/ 炕 [kàng] /kang (a heatable brick bed)/ 危险 [wēixiǎn] /dangerous, danger/ 减肥 [jiǎn féi] /to lose weight/ 发愁 [fāchóu] /to worry, to be anxious/ 脂肪 [zhīfáng] /fat/ 多余 [duōyú] /unnecessary, superflous, surplus/ 热量 [rèliàng] /quantity of heat/ 掉 [diào] /(indicates consequence of an act)/ 过渡 [guòdù] /excessive, over-/ 长寿 [chángshòu] /long life, longevity/ 寿命 [shòumìng] /life-span, life/ 捕鱼 [bǔ yú] /to catch fish, to fish/ 新鲜 [xīnxiān] /fresh/ 大爷 [dàye] /uncle (respectful term of address for an elderly man)/ 和睦 [hémù] /concord, harmony/ 心情 [xīnqíng] /frame of mind, mood/ 湖北省 [Húběi Shěng] /Hubei Province/ # end