Environmental reporting in Chinese uses a compact set of terms, and this sheet covers the core of it. 生态 (shēngtài, ecology) and 野生 (yěshēng, wild) describe the natural world, while 排放 (páifàng, emissions) and 二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn, carbon dioxide) explain what threatens it. Extreme weather appears as 洪水 (hóngshuǐ, flood) and 干旱 (gānhàn, drought), with typhoons on the list too. Pinyin sits over each word, and 田字格 (tián zì gé) grids give room to trace and write. Print the page or save it as a PDF. The four characters of 二氧化碳 are worth writing several times, since they show up in nearly every climate article. Words on this worksheet: 生态 (shēng tài) — ecology (the study of interactions between organisms and their environment); 土壤 (tǔ rǎng) — soil; 低碳 (dī tàn) — (attributive) low-carbon; 二氧化碳 (èr yǎng huà tàn) — carbon dioxide CO2; 排放 (pái fàng) — to arrange in order; 污水 (wū shuǐ) — sewage, slops, foul water, polluted water; 野生 (yě shēng) — wild, uncultivated, feral; 草原 (cǎo yuán) — grasslands, prairie; 高原 (gāo yuán) — plateau, highland, tableland; 洪水 (hóngshuǐ) — flood; 干旱 (gān hàn) — drought; 台风 (táifēng) — typhoon.
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