中文听说读写 四 第十六课 IC4 L.16

two or three months

(zhújiàn) gradually; little by little

Nice and Warm (nuǎnhuo)

some are taking classes and some are looking for jobs

This structure is used to imply that everyone is occupied doing their own thing; no one is idle.

half a month (bàn ge yüè)

to meet up; to meet with (jiàn miàn) (跟....见面)

easily; relaxingly; relaxing (qīng qīng sōng sōng)

this kind of reduplication has a heightened effect.; usually does not appear in negative form.
The reduplication of adjectives with two characters can be - XYXY or XXYY form. When in XYXY (轻松轻松), it is used to indicate that someone wants to do something to realize the state indicated by the adjective. E.g. 今天是星期六，大家都想轻松轻松. Here 轻松轻松 indicates that everyone wants to do something in order to realize the state of being 轻松 - "to have fun" or "do whatever to make them feel more relaxed"

to climb a mountain; to mountaineer; hiking; mountaineering (pá shān)

to fight against; to oppose; to be opposed to; opposition (fǎn duì)

coincidentally (zhènghǎo)

bus (gōngjiāochē) (used in China. 公车 in Taiwan)

crowded; to push against; to squeeze (jǐ)

suggesting multiple alternatives. This is usually found in spoken Chinese. It is used to indicate that the speaker is in a dilemma and unable to make a decision among the alternatives.

come up with, figure out

idea, opinion (zhǔyi)

to exercise body (duàn liàn shēn tǐ)

to save money; to economize (shěng qián)

Be good for; do good to; benefit (yǒu yì yú) The preposition 于 is usually used in formal Chinese, often after a verb. 于 has many meanings. 有益于... has the same meaning as 对...有好处

environmental protection (huán jìng bǎo hù) When a two-syllable abstract verb and a two-syllable abstract noun are combined to form a four-character phrases in formal speech and writing, the noun usually comes before the verb. This is especially true when the phrase functions as the subject, object, or attributive in a sentence.

do some action earlier or sooner then the time indicated

section (of road) (yī duàn lù)

to get off (a bus, train, etc.) (xià chē)

to push (tuī)

air; atmosphere (kōngqì)

smog (wù mái)

not as severe or serious (严重 yán zhòng)

in all places; everywhere
(dào chù)

provision; to fix; to set; to formulate; to stipulate; to provide; regulation; rule;(guī dìng)

Raise your hands in favor (jǔ shuāng shǒu zàn chéng)

lift, raise, hold up (Jǔ)

both hands (shuāngshǒu)

to approve (zànchéng)

to remember (jì dé)

classroom (jiàoshì)

shirt (chènshān)

to sweat (chū hàn)

Isn't that so? How true!

to waste; to squander; wasteful (làngfèi)

quite a few people

bring...on one's own (zì jǐ dài)

eating utensils; tableware (cānjù)

Disposable; one-time (yícìxìng)

way of doing things; course of action (zuòfǎ)

otherwise (yào bù rán)

to cut; to chop (kǎn)

tree (shù)

to go to a restaurant (shàng cān guǎn) (or 上馆子）

chopsticks (kuàizi)

plastic bag (sù liào dài)

to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower (jiǎn shǎo)

white pollution / plastic pollution (bái sè wū rǎn)

pollution, to pollute (wūrǎn)

energy; energy source (néngyuán)

to cause... to something; to give rise to...造成 can be a very or adjective; is usually used for an undesirable or unfavorable result (duì...zào chéng)

be like us

to save energy (jiénéng)

the earth; globe; world (dì qiú)

protection, to protect, defend
(bǎo hù)

to start with; start from (cóng... zuò qǐ)

without extra effort or motion; conveniently (suí shǒu)

turn off the light (guān dēng)

to conserve the water usage (jié yuē yòng shuǐ)

already

trash recycling bin (lā jī huí shōu tǒng)

rubbish, garbage (lājī)

to recycle (huí shōu)

empty bottle (kōng píng zi)

casual; careless; to do as one pleases (suí biàn)

randomly; arbitrarily; messily (luàn)

bottled water (píng zhuāng shuǐ)

bright; shining (liàng liàng de)

solar energy; solar power (tài yáng néng) 能 is short for 能量, meaning power or energy, 能量 is often abbreviated and attached to another word indicating the source of energy, e.g. 太阳能，风能，水能

solar panels (tài yáng néng bǎn)

to see, catch sight of（kàn jiàn）

to generate electricity (fā diàn)

How cool!

energy crisis (néng yuán wēi jī)

crisis (wēijī)

every country in the world (shì jiè gè guó)

oil, petroleum ( shíyóu )

coal (méi)

office (bàn gōng shì)

public place (gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ)

heating system (nuǎnqì)

greater than, to exceed (gāo yú)

Celsius (shèshì)

Fahrenheit (huá shì)

air conditioning (kōngtiáo)

lower than, less than (dī yú)