2020年CRI 普京称不排除宪法修正案通过后再次竞选总统的可能

Beijing reported nine new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, the lowest daily increase of confirmed cases in a week.

This brings the total infections linked to a local market to over 230 since the first case was detected on June 11.

Of the new cases, five were reported in Fengtai, with the remaining in Haidian, Xicheng and Chaoyang.

Chinese authorities have suspended imports of poultry¹ from U.S. firm Tyson Foods.

Move came after COVID-19 cases were reported among the employees of that meat processor.

The General Administration of Customs says that meat products from the company that have already arrived in China will be temporarily sequestrated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not rule out the possibility of bidding for another presidential term if constitutional amendments² are adopted.

He made the remarks in a recent TV interview.

Russia will hold a referendum on a set of constitutional amendments on July 1.

One of them will allow Putin to seek two more six-year terms as president when his current mandate³ ends in 2024.

New York City will enter Phase 2 of reopening later today.

About 300,000 New Yorkers are expected to be able to return to work.

The city has recorded more than 200 thousand COVID-19 infections since March with over 17,000 deaths.

It started to ease pandemic restrictions⁴ two weeks ago.

The Iranian Deputy Minister of Justice says the country is ready to swap⁵ prisoners with other countries on humanitarian⁶ grounds amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mahmoud Abbasi says over 100 Iranian prisoners have returned from Georgia and a number of foreign prisoners have been sent to their home countries over the past couple of months.

Iran has also announced its readiness to extradite 44 Pakistani prisoners and is awaiting the country's response.

It has also swapped⁷ prisoners with the United States.

A top advisor⁸ to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says that Palestinians reject any annexation¹⁰ of the Jordan valley and West Bank settlements by Israel.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh says this is an issue of principle and that the Palestinian leadership will maintain and fight for this national position.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed¹² to annex⁹ the Jordon valley and all Israeli West Bank settlements.

Netanyahu's plan is in line with President Donald Trump's Middle East Plan, which has been rejected by the Palestinians.

The process could begin as early as July 1st.

European and Arab countries have warned that Israel's move would violate international law and threaten any hopes for a two-state solution.

China's e-commerce platforms registered record high sales during the mid-year online shopping festival amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alibaba's online marketplace, Tmall, saw deals reach new highs of nearly 700 billion yuan, roughly about 100 billion U.S. dollars.

JD.com recorded about 270 billion yuan in orders during the shopping festival, an increase of over 30 percent year-on-year.

Other major platforms such as Suning.com also set new sales records.

China's manufacturing sector¹³ saw a surge in new loans in the first five months as authorities strengthened financial support amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 1.4 trillion yuan, or around 200 billion U.S. dollars worth of new loans have flowed to Chinese manufacturers, up 10 percent year on year.

It's the highest growth since 2014.

The annular¹⁴ solar eclipse was seen across much of Asia and West Africa.

The phenomenon is often called a "Ring of Fire," because the moon doesn't fully¹⁵ cover the sun, leaving a rim¹¹ of golden sunlight still visible.

Annular eclipses occur about 66 times a century and can only be viewed by people in the narrow band along its path.

The last annular eclipse was in December, and the next is expected next June.

1 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

2 amendments   

（法律、文件的）改动( amendment的名词复数 )； 修正案； 修改； （美国宪法的）修正案

参考例句：

• The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
• Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。

3 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

4 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

5 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

6 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

7 swapped   

交换（工作）( swap的过去式和过去分词 )； 用…替换，把…换成，掉换（过来）

参考例句：

• I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped. 我喜欢她的外套，她喜欢我的外套，于是我们就交换了。
• At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 经理在半场时把几名队员换下了场。

8 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

9 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

10 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。

11 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

12 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

13 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

14 annular   

adj.环状的

参考例句：

• It was reported that there would be an annular eclipse tomorrow.据报道说，明天有日环食。
• The annular markings on a tree indicate its age.树的环形纹理显示其年龄。

15 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。