day 60mountain rescue
unit 8 · nature & disastersmountain rescue
Talk about mountains, plateaus and landscapes, ask for help in an emergency, and change topic with 至于.
today’s words
- 高原 gāoyuán · plateau, highland
- 草原 cǎoyuán · grassland, prairie
- 山顶 shāndǐng · mountaintop, summit
- 山峰 shānfēng · mountain peak
- 山坡 shānpō · hillside, slope
- 坡 pō · slope; sloping
- 沟 gōu · ditch, gully
- 地形 dìxíng · terrain, landform
- 地域 dìyù · region, territory
- 地质 dìzhì · geology
- 救命 jiùmìng · to save a life; help!
- 求救 qiújiù · to call for help
- 救援 jiùyuán · to rescue; rescue
- 救灾 jiùzāi · disaster relief
- 消防 xiāofáng · fire fighting, fire safety
- 灭 miè · to go out; put out (a fire)
- 扑灭 pūmiè · to put out (a fire)
- 伤亡 shāngwáng · casualties
- 伤员 shāngyuán · injured person
- 重建 chóngjiàn · to rebuild
- 融化 rónghuà · to melt
- 以免 yǐmiǎn · so as not to, in case
sentences
- 在高原上走路要慢一点儿，以免身体不舒服。 · Walk slowly on high plateaus so you don’t feel unwell.
- 中国地域广阔，有高原，也有草原。 · China is vast: it has plateaus and grasslands.
- 伤员已送到医院，至于伤得重不重，还要等检查。 · The injured are in hospital; as for how bad it is, we’ll have to wait for the tests.
- 消防队员很快就扑灭了山上突发的火灾。 · Firefighters quickly put out the fire that broke out on the hill.
- 灾区的房子很快就能重建，至于心里的伤，需要更久。 · Houses in the disaster area can be rebuilt quickly; the hurt inside takes longer.