南极现京剧脸谱 Peking opera faces appear in Antarctica!

The scientific researchers at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica(南极) painted(画) Peking opera faces and 12 Chinese zodiac animals(生肖) on new oil tanks(油箱).

Zhongshan Station is the second(第二) Chinese research(研究) station(站) in Antarctica. It is managed(管理) by the Polar Research Institute of China. The station is supplied by annual visits of the Chinese Antarctic support vessel Xuelong(雪龙) which means "dragon of snow".

词汇  Words: 

[huà] 画 paint
[guǎn lǐ] 管理 manage
[nán jí] 南极 Antarctica
[yóu xiāng] 油箱 oil tank
[yán jiū] 研究 research
[zhàn] 站 station
[dì èr] 第二 second

重点词汇 Key Word: 

极

• <名词 n.> pole
  E.g.  Kē xué jiā men zhèng zài jí dì jìn xíng kǎo chá。
  科学家们正在极地进行考察。
  Scientists are carrying out scientific research in the polar region.

• <名词 n.> utmost point; extreme
  E.g. Xiǎng dào zhè yě xǔ huì lìng tā shī wàng,wǒ tòng kǔ zhī jí。
  想到这也许会令她失望,我痛苦之极。
  The thought of letting her down made me almost sick. 

• <动词 v.> reach the limit; do one's utmost
  E.g. Wǒ jí lì rěn zhù bù kū。
  我极力忍住不哭。
  I fought down the desire to cry. 

• <形容词 adj.> extreme; of the highest degree
  E.g. ài yǔ hèn shì gǎn qíng de liǎng gè jí duān。
  爱与恨是感情的两个极端。
  Love and hate are extremes of passion.

• <副词 adv.> extremely; exceedingly;to the greatest extent
  E.g. Jià gé jí gāo 。
  价格极高。
  The price is sky-high.