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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	experiment		实验	We did an experiment in chemistry today. I really like science.
2	field trip	Go outside the classroom for study	校外旅行考察	We went on a geography field trip to Sai Kung. We studied the beaches.
3	It's getting worse.	Things turn bad	转坏	The economy in Hong Kong is getting worse.
4	security guard		保安人员	The security guards in our building always say "Good morning" to me.
5	shaking		发抖、打颤	I was so cold and hungry, I was shaking!
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	allowance	Pocket money	零用钱	I give my son an allowance of $200 a week.
2	explosion	Blowing apart with force	爆炸	The old tower block was being taken down and we all waited for the explosion.
3	fertiliser	Added to soil. It makes crops grow faster	肥料	I put the fertiliser on my pot plants and they grew really tall.
4	insurance	This gives you money if something goes wrong, e.g. fire, car crash, illness	保险	My parents have fire insurance for the house and medical insurance if they get sick.
5	leftovers	Food cooked before. You will eat later	剩余物；尤其指残羹剩饭	Clark went to the refrigerator and ate the leftover pizza.
6	lunatic	Crazy person	疯子	My classmate is a lunatic. He climbed out of the classroom window to go to the toilet!
7	mineral	An inorganic substance	矿物质	There are a lot of minerals in the rock.
8	poisoning	Killing by a substance	施毒、中毒	The pollution is poisoning the fish in the river.
9	plant	A large factory	工厂	My father goes to work in the car plant everyday.
10	rescue	Save from a bad situation	搭救	Clark rescued his classmate from the fire.
11	What's going on?	What's happening?	发生甚么事？	The police are at the plant. What's going on?
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	How cool is this?	This is great!	妙极了	How cool is this? Faye Wong is coming to sing in my classroom.
2	Can I get a hand?	I need help.	可否帮我忙？	Can I get a hand to lift up the car, Clark?
3	I haven't the faintest idea.	I really don't know.	我一点也不知道	The Maths test was really hard. I hadn't the faintest idea of the answer to the last question.
4	last minute	Just in time	最后一刻	Clark always saves the day at the last minute.
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