Level 4
Drones Work to Combat Desertification in Gansu SAMPLE
Drones Work to Combat Desertification in Gansu
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无人机在甘肃防治荒漠化
无人机在甘肃防治荒漠化
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Keywords
无人机 - wúrénjī - drone / unmanned aerial vehicle
防治 - fángzhì - prevention and cure
荒漠化 - huāngmòhuà - desertification
消息 - xiāoxi - news / information
治理 - zhìlǐ - to govern / to administer / to manage / to control / governance
沙漠 - shāmò - desert
速度 - sùdù - speed / rate / velocity
派 - pài - clique / school / group / faction / to dispatch / to send / to assign
用场 - yòngchǎng - use / application
当地 - dāngdì - local
人力 - rénlì - manpower / labor power
运送 - yùnsòng - to transport / to carry
许多 - xǔduō - many / a lot of / much
固沙 - gùshā - sand fixation
亩 - mǔ - measure word for fields / unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
使用 - shǐyòng - to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of
亮点 - liàngdiǎn - highlight / bright spot
取得 - qǔdé - to acquire / to get / to obtain
综合 - zōnghé - comprehensive / composite / synthesised / to sum up / to integrate / to synthesise
任务 - rènwu - mission / assignment / task / duty
研究 - yánjiū - research / a study
技术 - jìshù - technology / technique / skill
材料 - cáiliào - material / data / makings / stuff
类型 - lèixíng - type / category / genre / form / style
示范 - shìfàn - to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example
周围 - zhōuwéi - surroundings / environment / to encompass
签 - qiān - to sign one's name
协议 - xiéyì - agreement / pact / protocol
共同 - gòngtóng - common / joint / jointly / together
Grammar
Noun / Adj. + 化 - Suffix added to the end of nouns or adj. to turn them into verbs with "Noun / Adj. + huà" (similar to adding "-ify / -ise / isation")
无人机在甘肃防治荒漠化
Subject + 被 + Verb Phrase - Expressing the subject meets with an action without mentioning the 'doer' of the action (either because it is unknown, obvious or for other reasons) with "bèi"
新浪网2024年12月3日消息，为了提高治理沙漠的速度，在甘肃省酒泉市的沙漠里，无人机被派上了用场。
据... - Expressing "according to..." with "jù..."
据当地工作人员介绍，过去，需要的草都是通过人力运送到沙漠的，有的人抬，有的人背，与用无人机相比，运草的速度要慢很多。
通过 + Agent / Method - Expressing "by means of / via (a certain process) with "tōngguò + Agent / Method" (figurative meaning of passing through a process to reach a desired outcome)
据当地工作人员介绍，过去，需要的草都是通过人力运送到沙漠的，有的人抬，有的人背，与用无人机相比，运草的速度要慢很多。
另外，甘肃省还和周围的其他省市一起签了治理沙漠的协议，希望通过各地方的共同努力，将附近的沙漠治理好。
和 / 跟 / 与...相比 - Expressing "to be compared with ..." with "hé / gēn / yǔ...xiāngbǐ"
据当地工作人员介绍，过去，需要的草都是通过人力运送到沙漠的，有的人抬，有的人背，与用无人机相比，运草的速度要慢很多。
不仅…，而且 / 还 / 也 … - Expressing "not only…but also..." with "bùjǐn...，érqiě / hái / yě…"
有了无人机之后，不仅运草速度提高了很多，治理沙漠的速度也因此变快了许多。
因此… - Expressing "therefore / thus / consequently..." with "yīncǐ..." (usually used in formal writing)
有了无人机之后，不仅运草速度提高了很多，治理沙漠的速度也因此变快了许多。
将 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "will / shall..." with "jiāng + Verb / Verb Phrase" (future tense)
到12月底，“三北”工程一些重要的地方将完成固沙13.54万亩。无人机的使用也成为了“三北”工程治理沙漠的新亮点。
另外，甘肃省还和周围的其他省市一起签了治理沙漠的协议，希望通过各地方的共同努力，将附近的沙漠治理好。
Group + 其中 - Expressing "within (it / them)..." with "Group + qízhōng..."
2024年，甘肃省在治理沙漠方面取得了很好的成绩，到10月底，“三北”工程一共已完成综合治理任务908.38万亩，其中种树169.78万亩，种草464.2万亩，治理沙漠274.4万亩。
Verb + 出(来) - Expressed after a verb to indicate completion of an action for "to come up with" or "to come into being" with "Verb + chu(lai)"
除了用无人机，近年来，甘肃省还研究出了一些治理沙漠的新技术和新材料，在不同的地方建了不同类型的沙漠治理示范区。
另外… - Expressing "in addition / besides..." with "lìngwài..."
另外，甘肃省还和周围的其他省市一起签了治理沙漠的协议，希望通过各地方的共同努力，将附近的沙漠治理好。
各 + (Measure Word) + Noun - Expressing "every / each…" with "gè + (Measure Word) + Noun"
另外，甘肃省还和周围的其他省市一起签了治理沙漠的协议，希望通过各地方的共同努力，将附近的沙漠治理好。
将… - Expression introduces the object of the main verb with "jiāng" (used in the same way as 把)
另外，甘肃省还和周围的其他省市一起签了治理沙漠的协议，希望通过各地方的共同努力，将附近的沙漠治理好。
Proper Nouns
新浪网 - Xīnlàng Wǎng - Sina (PRC technology company)甘肃省 - Gānsù Shěng - Gansu Province
酒泉市 - Jiǔquán shì - Jiuquan city (Gansu Province)
金塔县 - Jīntǎ xiàn - Jinta county (Gansu Province)
大墩门 - Dàdūnmén - Dadunmen (Ming dynasty beacon tower)
“三北”工程 - "Sān Běi" Gōngchéng - Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also known as the Great Green Wall (Chinese program to plant trees in northern China to combat desertification)
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