2020年CRI 报道称新冠病毒去年夏天或已在意传播 美国宣布减少阿富汗和伊拉克驻军

Chinese President is calling on BRICS countries to promote sustainable development across the world.

He made the call at the latest summit of the bloc¹ that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

President Xi Jinping has called for international solidarity² and cooperation in jointly³ coping with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He says China will more actively⁴ integrate into the global market and deepen international cooperation to create more opportunities and room for world economic recovery and development.

Tuesday's video meeting was hosted by Russia, which holds the rotating BRICS presidency⁵ this year.

The Chinese premier⁶ is calling for more effective and sustainable efforts to promote steady economic recovery.

Li Keqiang made the remarks when presiding over a symposium⁷ on the economic situation.

He says more targeted policies should be rolled out to support market entities⁸, especially to smaller firms and individual businesses.

He also calls on companies to adapt to the upgrades in economic structures and consumer spending to provide higher-end products and services that can meet county-level demands.

He says the country will also further boost its high-level opening up.

Authorities in Xinjiang have decided⁹ to downgrade Shufu County to low-risk for COVID-19.

This comes as the region has reported no new confirmed or asymptomatic cases for nine consecutive¹⁰ days.

Sixty-three patients have been discharged from hospitals and over 240 asymptomatic cases have been released from medical observation in Xinjiang since October 24th, when the latest cluster infections began.

Xinjiang has 15 existing confirmed cases and over 100 asymptomatic ones as of Monday.

The Chinese government is calling for global cooperation on tracing the origins of the novel coronavirus.

Foreign Ministry¹¹ spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks after reports said that the virus likely began spreading in Italy in September last year, before the first-known case emerged in China.

"The report once again proves that tracing the origin of the virus is a complicated scientific issue which should be solved by scientists via international research and cooperation to promote the understanding of the animal hosts and transmission routes of the virus. This will help better prevent the future risk of outbreaks as well as to protect the safety and health of people around the world."

The spokesperson is calling on all countries to strengthen cooperation with the World Health Organization on tracing the source of the virus.

He adds that China will continue to take part in that global process and contribute to global cooperation on COVID-19 control.

Acting¹² Defense¹³ Secretary Christopher Miller¹⁴ introduced plans to reduce U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"By January 15th, 2021, our forces, their size in Afghanistan will be two thousand five hundred troops. Our force size in Iraq will also be two thousand five hundred by that same date. This is consistent with our established plans and strategic objectives supported by the American people and does not equate¹⁵ to a change in US policy or objectives."

The United States currently has 4,500 troops in deployed¹⁶ Afghanistan and about 3,000 in Iraq.

French authorities say the daily increase in COVID-19 infections has begun to drop, urging a high level of vigilance to maintain the momentum¹⁷.

Health Minister Olivier Veran says a downward trend of daily new cases has been underway for two weeks.

The minister calls on the people to remain careful to prevent the situation from getting worse again.

He says it's still too early for shops to reopen and for people to make plans for Christmas holidays.

The country has so far confirmed about two million cases, including more than 45-thousand deaths.

Sao Paulo, Brazil has decided to extend its lockdown until Dec. 16, due to a rise in hospitalizations from COVID-19.

The most populous¹⁸ state in Brazil has been the hardest hit by the novel coronavirus, with more than 40,000 deaths.

The state's secretary of health has announced that more restrictive measures will be taken if the rates of infection, hospitalization and death keep rising.

1 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

2 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

3 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

4 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

5 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

7 symposium   

n.讨论会，专题报告会；专题论文集

参考例句：

• What have you learned from the symposium?你参加了这次科学讨论会有什么体会？
• The specialists and scholars present at the symposium come from all corners of the country.出席研讨会的专家学者们来自全国各地。

8 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

11 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

12 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

13 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

14 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

15 equate   

v.同等看待，使相等

参考例句：

• You can't equate passing examination and being intelligent.你不能把考试及格看成是聪明。
• You cannot equate his poems with his plays.你不可以把他的诗歌和他的剧本相提并论。

16 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

17 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

18 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。