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 The Beijing Hour Morning EditionPaul James with you on this Tuesday, May 12, 2015.

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese Capital.
Coming up on our program this morning...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has honored World War II veterans as part of his current state visit to Belarus.
A number of bilateral1 agreements are expected to be signed this week as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to China.
Nepalese authorities are attempting to speed up their relief efforts in the quake zone amid concerns about the impending3 monsoon4 season.
In Business.... retail5 fuel prices are once-again on the rise here in China.
In Sports.... the NFL comes down hard on Tom Brady for "deflategate."In entertainment... Fan Bingbing once-again tops the money list for Chinese celebrities7.
All of that coming up in the next hour.
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Top NewsXi meets Belarusian WWII veterans; attends trade forumChinese President Xi Jinping has met with a number of Belarusian World War II veterans as part of his current state visit to Belarus.
The Chinese leader, along with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, have awarded each veteran a medal to recognize their contributions to the victory in World War II at a museum in Minsk.
"When the new exhibition hall of the museum was opened in July 2014, President Lukashenko said the Belarusian people will never tolerate any attempts to tamper10 with the history of World War Two and whitewash11 the history of aggression12. I fully13 agree with that. We are ready to work with the Belarusian people and all other nations in the world to safeguard the outcome of WWII as well as fairness and justice in the world."11 of the 15 men honored were involved in China's fight against the Japanese in northeast China.
At the same time, Xi Jinping and Lukashenko have also attended a China-Belarus economic and trade cooperation forum9.
Chinese officials representing 8 different provinces are attending the event.
Xi Jinping says local-level cooperation between the two sides will be important for economic growth.
"Relevant authorities and local governments from both sides should dovetail their policies, explore new modes of cooperation and map out new projects, thus developing local-level economic and trade cooperation into a new growth engine for China-Belarus cooperation."For his part, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country holds the key to China's continued growth in Europe.
"Belarus has created favorable conditions for Chinese investors14. They will have a bright future in the European and Asian markets. To be frank, Chinese companies can still access the Eurasian Economic Union without the help of Belarus. But to better do this, they need support of Belarus. I truly believe Chinese companies will have more access to the European market with our help."Xi Jinping's time in Belarus is the last stop on his current 3-nation tour.
He has also made stops in Kazakhstan and Russia.
Modi's China Visit to Set a New Milestone15 in Sino-Indian Relationship: AmbassadorAnchorIndia's ambassador to China is suggesting several economic and investment projects are going to be signed as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit to China later on this week.
CRI's Huang Shan reports.
ReporterIndia's ambassador to China, Ashok K. Kantha, says that the Indian Prime Minister's Chinese visit will further enhance economic ties between the world's two largest developing countries.
"This time we can expect sound results. China is likely to intensify16 its investment in India. Meanwhile, India hopes to extend cooperation with China on economics, trade and investment. The two countries are expected to reach more than ten specific cooperation projects, and sign at least 20 economic and trade cooperation agreements. Our cooperation has been expanded from only taking place between the two capitals to include more regions and various levels. I believe Prime Minister Modi's visit will be a new milestone in the development of the Sino-India relationship."Among various cooperation platforms, the Indian Ambassador mentions that the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure17 Investment Bank would provide necessary financial support for the development of member countries, including India.
"The AIIB is an intergovernmental multilateral development institution in Asia. We hope the AIIB can fully respect and draw on member countries' successful experiences, and play its due role. We hold a positive attitude in regards to it."At the present stage, the cooperation between China and India is full of opportunities.
The number of China's outbound tourists to India climbed to nearly 200 thousand in 2014.
Kantha says India has made the visa application procedure simpler to attract more chinese tourists"We have already simplified procedures for visa application, including tourist visa and business visa. Currently, we can ensure that the visa processing time is within two workdays. Prime Minister Modi welcomes more Chinese people to visit India. He says that direct exchange between people is positive to the development of the Sino-India relationship."The Indian Prime Minister's three-day visit to China will begin on Thursday.
In order to have closer interaction with Chinese people, Modi opened an account on Sina Weibo earlier this month.
Ambassador Kantha gives more details on how the official account has been operated on the Chinese twitter-like platform.
"The microblog's content is written by the Prime Minister himself. We helped him to translate the words and then published them. The prime Minister has taken the importance of social media into consideration. Through this means, he hopes to have direct communication with Chinese people, thus enhancing friendship between the two countries."Modi is the first Indian political leader to open an account at the Chinese microblog, and now has some 45-thousand followers18.
For CRI, I'm Huang Shan.
Half-Chinese Indian woman come to China searching for half-sister after eight decadesAnchorAn Indian woman and her husband are now in China trying to locate her long-lost half-sister from her father's first marriage.
The elder-sister remained behind in Shanghai during the 1930s.
CRI's Niu Honglin has the story.
Reporter62-year-old Jennifer An says it's her father's wish to reunite with Roesai An.
She's the only surviving family member of her father's first marriage, which was broken up by the Japanese invasion of China.
Jennifer's husband Balaji says he and his wife made a promise to one-another when they got married to fulfill19 his father-in-law's wish.
"His last wish was to see his daughter, to get in touch with his daughter and meet up with his daughter, which he couldn't do. He couldn't fulfill his last wish. So that was also one reason when we got married, I said you see that was your father's last wish. Let me start. I will do it. Someday we will go to China and we will make an effort and see whether we can find the lady."The father, An Chi Pong, was a Chinese Marine20 Engineer.
During the war, the ship he was on ran into trouble while on a port-of-call in the then-Indian city of Bombay, now Mumbai.
As it was during the height of the war, An Chi Pong ended up settling in India, eventually moving to the city of Madras, now Chennai, and married a local.
An Chi Pong and his wife eventually had four children, including Jennifer.
But due to the travel restrictions21 at the time, it was virtually impossible for An Chi Pong and his family to return back to China, though Jennifer says this was always one of her father's desires.
An Chi Pong continued to hold Chinese citizenship22 until his death in 1982.
Jennifer says the family lived among the Chinese community in Madras, which gave her father an opportunity to make inquiries23 about his surviving daughter in Shanghai, who if still alive, will be in her 80s.
"He says he is keeping in touch with people who come in asking about her but it was difficult. He was also very busy. He was running a Chinese restaurant in Madras. And Monday is the holiday. On Mondays, he will be organizing all the Chinese people in Madras like burials and marriages because nobody knew English properly. So he was a busy man."Given that some 8-decades had passed since An Chi Pong left China, clues about Roesai's whereabouts were hard to come by.
But then, An Chi Pong received a letter through the Chinese embassy in New Delhi back in the early 1980's, saying that Roesai had been located.
Unfortunately, he died just 3-weeks later without being able to contact his long-lost daughter.
But now, with today's record-keeping, Balaji says he and his wife have high hopes they'll be able to find Roesai.
"Everyone is given an ID card. So I'm sure there must be some ID card because without that the Chinese embassy in Delhi could not have traced her, could not have sent letter to her. I'm not going start from 1944, I'm starting from 1982. And we will make all preparations."Before travelling to China, Balaji even wrote a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi just ahead of his visit to China, seeking his help to track down his father-in-law's lost daughter.
The couple will leave Beijing for Shanghai on Thursday, and hope to make use of the local police stations, post offices and other connections to try to re-connect with their long-lost relative.
For CRI, I am Niu Honglin.
Nepal aims to end quake relief ahead of monsoon seasonAuthorities in Nepal are pressing to try to step up their relief efforts from last month's massive earthquake, as the monsoon season is about to begin.
More than 220-thousand people remain homeless.
Nepalese Major General Binoj Basnyat says food and shelter remains24 the top priority.
"We would like things to be settled down before the monsoons25, which means naturally, shelter, which means tents, naturally, food to support them. And as we enter in the re-construction phase or rehabilitation26 phase then there are other things that will be required, which is quite natural for us to predict. So I am sure the government will come out with all the things that need to be done."The United Nations estimates some 3-million people are going to require better access to tents, water, food and medicine over the next 3-months.
The Nepalese government has put together a 2-year plan to rebuild the country's shattered public buildings, schools and infrastructure.
Phase one of the reconstruction27 is likely to cost around 2-billion US dollars.
Nepalese authorities have set aside 200-million US dollars.
For the rest, it's appealing for donations from foreign countries, aid agencies and the Nepalese people themselves.
The Chinese government has been in discussions with the Nepalese government about providing long-term assistance.
Earthquake deals hard blow to Nepal's tourismNepalese authorities are expressing both concern and hope about one of the country's major economic drivers: tourism.
It's estimated the country is going to lose hundreds of millions of dollars this year in tourism revenues.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, says the situation is serious, particularly for mountain communities hardest hit by the disaster.
"The houses are rebuilt with mud and stone. Ninety-five percent of the houses are either totally collapsed29 or partially30 collapsed, and it is no more possible to stay in such houses. So the impact is huge."To try to counter this, Tulasi Prasad Gautam, director general of Nepal Tourism Department, is appealing to people who have already been to Nepal to return.
"You can come and enjoy and you'll have a different experience than you had in the past. Because you will be a part of the disaster affected31 people, and you are going to help aid the people in Nepal, they are badly affected."The services sector32 in Nepal makes up around 45-percent of the country's GDP.
Many in the service sector in Nepal are employed, in part, through tourism.
"Decades" of Repairs Required for Nepal's Biggest Tourist SitesAnchorThe numerous temples and historic sites destroyed in last month's massive earthquake in Nepal represents a dramatic loss of culture in the country, which authorities are warning may take decades to rebuild.
CRI's Tu Yun has more.
ReporterPiles of bricks, wooden beams, and other debris33 are littered throughout Patan Durbar Square in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
"I am deeply hurt. I can't put it into words. I feel really, really bad. I don't know how I will heal.""I feel like this is now a graveyard34. This is where we played, where we grew up. Seeing all these temples destroyed I feel so depressed35. I just can't describe it."At least 14 historic buildings have been destroyed or severely36 damaged in the quake, including 12 on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The iconic 9-storey Dharahara tower, a major tourist attraction in Kathmandu which was nearly 200 years old, has been reduced to just its base.
The country's oldest Swayambhunath temple, which was built 2,500 years ago, was also damaged.
The United Nation's cultural agency, UNESCO, is describing the scale of damage caused by the earthquake as "very rare" among any natural disaster in modern history.
This could be a deadly blow to the country's tourism industry, which accounts for around 8-percent of Nepal's GDP.
Ye Liang, a Chinese Buddhist37 teacher based in Kathmandu, suggests rebuilding the main structures within a year or two.
"If we can draw enough manpower to reconstruct the main buildings of the destroyed historical sites in one or two years, it will not impose much impact on Nepal's tourism. Later, we can rebuilt other buildings gradually."Wang Bing with the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture says the reconstruction work still faces a lot of difficulties.
"Nepal of course will put relief work and humanitarian38 aid on the top agenda. They have to settle down residents who lost their homes in the quake and repair damaged infrastructure. Only after that, they can spare hand to embark39 on cultural sites reconstruction."Cultural officials in Nepal agree the reconstruction work will be challenging, with very high costs and a lack of technology and technical manpower.
However, UNESCO Representative to Nepal Christian40 Manhart is quite optimistic as they have architectural features like sculptures, carved wooden beams, cornerstones, which can be reused.
"We have detailed41 photographs, we have architectural plans and drawings, we have measurements, so this will be a very good basis for future reconstruction but of course it will be extremely costly42 and the government of Nepal and UNESCO we are counting very much on the international solidarity43 to help with this enormous task."The cultural agency is currently preparing to field an international expert mission to undertake an in-depth damage assessment44 and then advise and provide support to the Nepalese authorities and local communities on the protection and conservation of the damage.
It is said the assessment will take two or three months.
An earthquake estimated at an 8.0 hit the country in 1935, causing significant damage to many of Nepal's major temples.
It has taken almost 80 years to rebuild the main structures of the temples destroyed in that quake.
For CRI, I'm Tu Yun.
China-Russia joint45 naval46 drill launched in Russian port cityA Chinese-Russian joint naval drill has kicked off in the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk.
The training exercises are set to take place in the Mediterranean47.
Alexander Fedotenkov, Russia's Deputy Naval Commander, says this is the latest in a series of drills the Chinese and Russian Navies have taken part in.
"The navy of People's Liberation Army and the Federal Navy of Russia have been in friendly relations with each other for many years. The two navies have completed complex tasks together. The case in point is the successful completion of transporting Syria chemical weapons in Mediterranean regions. The main purpose of Joint actions is to establish effective methods to combat maritime48 seaborne."Chinese military observer Liang Fang49 says the naval exercises in the Mediterranean represent the next step forward in the naval relationship between China and Russia.
"The maritime cooperation between two countries is enjoying deeper development. For example, in 2012, there were only joint escort exercises. In 2013 there was joint defense50 operation through electronic communication channels. Only through a high level of mutual51 strategic trust can all these kinds of drills be conducted."Dong Jun, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chinese Navy, says the exercises will run until May 21st.
A total of 9 ships from both sides are taking part.
Sustainable Development of Canteen Services to SeniorsAnchorBusinesses involved in a new scheme to help Beijing's senior citizens say they're starting to feel a financial squeeze because of growing cost pressures.
CRI's Li Ningjing explains.
ReporterThe New Guangdian 302 Canteen, which is attached to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film & Television in Beijing's Xicheng District, is a participant of the Seniors' Dining Table plan. Like other participating canteens and restaurants, the canteen offers seniors a variety of hot meals at a much cheaper price.
While queuing for her lunch at one of the food windows at the canteen, a Granny explained how The Seniors' Dining Table plan has made her and her husband's life much easier.
"This service saves us a lot of trouble. There're only the two of us at home. Two dishes will be enough. But for that, we have to do a lot of washing and cooking. Too troublesome for us."While this Gran couldn't be happier that the plan has solved her daily meal issue, at the back office, the one who runs the business is ruffling52 his hair over the sustainability of the plan.
Gu Xiaojie is the director of the New Guangdian 302 Canteen.
"Inflation has driven up the price for raw materials. Workers' wages and insurance are also rising, so are water and electricity fees. Our profit from this plan is marginal. Yet should we raise our meal prices, the seniors won't be able to afford. If it remains this way, I'm worried about how long we can carry on."The New Guangdian 302 Canteen is not the only participant restaurant trying to make the plan a good deal for both sides. Zhang Dai, manager of the Dongxinglou Restaurant in Dongcheng District, another participant of the Seniors' Dining Table Plan, is also worrying about the same thing.
"For a main course, the cost is around 6-7 yuan. With two side dishes, the cost amounts to ten yuan. It'll be 12 yuan if we add in the staple54 food. The remaining 3 yuan is barely able to cover water and electricity fees and workers' wages. So we are running at a loss. We have to cover this part of loss with revenues from our regular restaurant business".
Back in 2010, a Seniors' Dining Table Plan experimented by Tiantongyuan community in Changping District closed down just after a three-months trial run because of losses.
The reality for this plan is, on the one hand, there's a huge market demand for such services, on the other hand, the plan is challenged by a small profit margin53 or even fianancial loss.
Zheng Zhigang is a researcher from the Senior Population Research Center of Peking Universtiy. He analyzed55 the current situation of businesses catering56 to seniors' needs.
"China's service industry that caters57 to the needs of senior people is still in its primary stage. We lack large scale business operations. So the price couldn't go up. As a result, such businesses are typically operating at a high cost and a small margin of profits."Zheng Zhigang believes the government can still use more leverages58 such as financial support, price subsidy59, and tax reduction and tax breaks, as well as venue28 leasing to support the senior care industry.
For CRI, I'm Li Ningjing.
Road Safety Urged for Chinese Children before International Children's DayAnchorA new report compiled by China's Ministry60 of Public Security and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention is suggesting more needs to be done to protect children in vehicles.
CRI's Luo Bin6 has more.
ReporterThe report is the first of its kind in China, and is focused on child road safety.
It cites hospital sources as saying that in 2013, children who travel by car make up most road traffic injuries; also, most of their injuries took place on head and legs.
Road traffic injuries undoubtedly61 place an immense burden on the country's healthcare systems.
Liang Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, explains the role of his center in building injury prevention plans.
"The center I currently work with has been dedicated62 to gathering63 the information on road traffic injuries involving school-age children. The center has already established a mechanism64 that collects information from hospitals and schools, respectively, to monitor the related injuries. Through our supervision65, the center has set priorities in the prevention of road traffic accidents involving children. We have conducted a number of comprehensive programs advocating the safety for a child-pedestrian or a passenger. And these programs have mainly obtained support from international organs."Statistics in the inaugural66 report show that, in 2013, children between the ages of 15 and 17 made up the largest number of traffic deaths in China. There was greater number of male children who were hospitalized in China due to traffic accidents than their female peers in the same year.
The report was released at a high-profile seminar on child road safety, hosted by the Chinese government with support from UNICEF.
Liang says that government funding is urgently needed to create better research and policies to enhance road safety for children in China.
"Our center is proposing a new research program, which would expand the scale of monitoring child road injuries nationwide. So I urge the Ministry of Finance to support this program, and I also think we should rely more on our own domestic efforts than international organizations, which are decreasing their aid gradually."According to the London-based FIA Foundation for the Automobile68 & Society Research, every year, at least one million children around the world have to either suspend or halt their school year after injuries sustained in traffic accidents.
For CRI, I'm Luo Bin.
WeatherBeijing will be sunny today with a high of 29 degrees Celsius69.
Overnight temperatures should drop down to 11.
Shanghai will be sunny with a high of 27 and a low of 13.
In Chongqing, it will be cloudy during the daytime with a high of 28 and lows of 19.
Elsewhere in the world, staying here in Asia,Kathmandu, Scattered70 Thunderstorms, 28.
Islamabad will see showers with a high of 31.
Kabul will have showers with a high of 20.
Over to North America,New York will be cloudy with a high of 32 degrees.
Washington, cloudy with a high of 33 degrees.
Honolulu, partly cloudy, 27.
Toronto will be cloudy with a high of 17 degrees.
Finally, on to South America,Buenos Aires will be sunny with a high of 21.
And Rio de Janeiro will be cloudy with a high of 26 degrees Celsius.
Headline newsChina, S.Korea, Japan to hold talks on trilateral FTA in SeoulA new round of negotiations71 among China, South Korea and Japan connected to a trilateral free trade agreement are set to take place in Seoul later on today.
The 7th round of negotiations is slated72 to run until Wednesday.
The three countries are due to discuss a wide range of issues, including goods, services, investment, customs, intellectual property rights and e-commerce.
Drug users exceed 14 mln in ChinaNew stats suggest the number of drug users in China currently sits at around 14-million.
The number of registered drug users came in at close to 3-million as of the end of last year.
Registered drug users are those who have sought medical treatment or have run into legal problems through drug use.
Chinese authorities have acknowledged their anti-drug campaign is being overshadowed by both increasing numbers of drug users and stronger, more addictive73 drugs.
China provides 300 000 USD to flood-hit MadagascarThe Chinese government is earmarking 300-thousand US dollars to help cyclone74 victims in Madagascar.
The country has been innondated with both heavy rains and cyclones75 since the start of the year, leaving dozens dead and more than 30-thousand homeless.
Chinese authorities operating in Madagascar have already been providing essential food-stuffs to the victims.
The government of Madagascar has only received around 400-thousand dollars worth of aid money since February.
Human factor "may have caused" Joyair accidentInitial investigations76 are suggesting human error is one of the main reasons why a Chinese flight overshot a runway while attempting to land in Fuzhou.
Investigators77 say they've found no evidence linking the incident to mechanical failures on the aircraft, a China-built Modern Ark 60.
The Joyair flight overran the runway at the main airport in Fujian's capital on Sunday, leaving 5 people slightly injured.
Kerry to visit China, South KoreaUS Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to make a stop here in China this coming weekend ahead of the latest round of Strategic and Economic talks between the two countries.
The US State Department says Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned state visit to the US this coming fall will also be on Kerry's agenda.
The latest round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue is set to be held in the U.S. in June.
Chiense President Xi Jinping is due to travel to the US in SeptemberAfter his time in Beijing, John Kerry is also due to make a stop in Seoul.
Biz reportsAnchorFirst, a quick check on the closing numbers across North America and Europe.
Our reporter Niu Honglin.
ReporterU.S. stocks ended lower after a volatile78 trading session on Monday, giving back some of the gains from Friday's post-jobs rally.
With no major economic data or earnings79 reports out on Monday, investors basically took a breather, with trade volumes among the lowest so far this year.
At the close,The Dow Jones edged down 0.5 percent.
The S&P 500 also down half a percent.
The Nasdaq decreased 0.2 percent.
Meanwhile in Europe,European markets also declined, with concerns about Greece still lingering.
Greece's bailout talks with its Euroepan lenders continued Monday in Brussels, with little progress being reported.
As a result, Greece's Athex Composite index shed nearly 3-percent.
U.K. stocks also declined on Monday, pulling back after last week's post general-election rally.
At close,The UK's FTSE 100 down 0.2 percent.
Germany's DAX lost 0.3 percent.
and France's CAC 40 fell 1 percent.
China raises retail oil priceThe retail price fuel is on the rise here in China.
Prices at the pumps are increasing by 0.19-yuan per litre of regular gasoline as of today.
Diesel80 prices are increasing by 0.21-yuan.
This is the fifth price hike of the year.
The increase follows the recent rise in international oil prices, which has been brought on by geo-political tensions in the Middle East and a weakening US dollar.
China, Belarus renew a currency swap81 agreementChina's central bank has renewed a currency swap agreement with Belarus's Central Bank worth 7-billion yuan.
It's a 3-year extension of the original agreement, which was initially82 signed back in 2009.
The new deal can be extended if both sides agree.
Currency swap agreements allow companies doing business in one-another's country to settle accounts in the local currency, avoiding the use of 3rd party currencies, such as the US dollar.
China now has currency swap agreements with more than 20 countries and regions.
China auto67 sales contracted sharply in AprilAnchor:
The Chinese auto market has seen an overall downturn in April, with sales down some 11-percent month-on-month to 2 million units.
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers is reporting sales volumes are down 0.5-percent year-on-year through April.
However, the downturn through last month appears to be an aberration83, as passenger vehicle sales through the first 4-months of the year are up by some 8-percent compared to last year.
The sale of SUV's are up almost 50-percent so far this year.
For more on this, we're joined on the line by Gao Shang, analyst84 with Guantong Futures85.
Talking points:
1, Why did the general sales and production contract so sharply in April, while SUV sales expand 50% percent? Is it government policy to blame or the slowdown of the market itself?
2, A parallel import scheme was launched earlier this year, but the 11 dealers86 in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone did not do so well under the new scheme. Consumers are also expressing strong doubts with their after-sale services. What is your take on that?
3, What are the factors that lead to the expansion of sales in passenger cars especially in SUV in China?
Back anchor:
Gao Shang, analyst with Guantong Futures.
Smartphone shipment contracts in China: IDCA new report published by U.S consultancy International Data Corp appears to show a slowdown in the Chinese smartphone market for the first time in 6-years.
The IDC report shows nearly 100-million smartphones were sold in China through the first quarter of this year, down over 4 percent year-on-year.
Among all smartphone vendors87, Apple still tops the Chinese market, holding around 15-percent of the overall market share in the first quarter.
IDC suggests strong Apple sales in China so far this year are being driven by consumer preference for the bigger screens on the iphone 6 and 6 plus.
The same report also shows Samsung sales declined by some 50-percent through the first quarter, dropping Samsung into 4th place in the Chinese market.
New Chinese policy expected to encourage health insurance purchaseChinese tax payers are soon going to be eligible88 for rebates89 of some 24-hundred yuan if they purchase personal health insurance.
This is part of a new plan being put forward by the State Council, China's cabinet, to encourage competition among commercial insurers.
Andrew Scott, general manager of Ping An Health Insurance, says the new plan will be beneficial, provided health care costs can be reined90 in.
"Once consumers are interested though, the further challenge is as a specialist health insurer for us to manage the cost of care that's provided to those consumers and particularly to work with public hospitals to manage that cost of care."Chinese consumers have been gravitating toward private insurance.
Last year, health insurance premiums91 collected in China grew by over 40-percent year-on-year.
However, most people in China are still only covered under the state Social Insurance program.
Greek government starts transfer 750 m euros to IMFGreek government has begun the transfer of some 800-million US dollars in debt interest it owes to the International Monetary92 Fund.
The transfer comes just hours before the repayment93 was due.
This comes as the finance ministers from 19 countries in the eurozone meet in Brussels in a bid to negotiate the final bailout plan for Greece.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says they have no plans at this point to launch a referendum on the bailout.
"A referendum is always available to the government and the President of the Republic in order to elicit94 the support of the Greek people when it comes to pivotal decisions that need to be made. There is no commitment to use it. It is a tool which is available to the Greek government. At the moment it's not something that is on the radar95 screen as far as we are concerned."Greece and its European creditors96 have been trying to agree on a list of reforms to secure a new round of financing worth around 8-billion US dollars.
Tmall teams up with 9 multinational97 retailersAlibaba's high-end retail site Tmall is teaming up with 9 new multinational retailers98.
US-based Costco, New Zealand's Countdown and South Korea's Lottemart are among the new retailers being added to Tmall.
In announcing the agreement, the companies say their prices in China are going to be consistent with their other global outlets99.
Tmall launched its international section in October.
Over 5-thousand overseas brands are represented on Tmall.
SportsAmerican Football: NFL Suspends Tom Brady 4 Games Over "Deflategate"In American Football news:
The National Football League slapped New England Patriots100 quarterback Tom Brady with a four-game suspension on Tuesday for his alleged101 part in the team deflating footballs during their AFC Championship back in January.
The penalties follow the release of a report by attorney Ted2 Wells, which concluded that New England "probably" deflated102 footballs below league standards to make them easier to catch during their AFC Championship win over the Indianapolis Colts.
The report also claims that Brady "was at least generally aware" of the deflations.
The Patriots will also be fined one-million U.S. dollars and lose their 2016 first-round draft pick and their fourth-round pick for 2017.
NBA Playoff PreviewIn hoops103 action from the National Basketball Association playoffs:
Going on right now--The Atlanta Hawks104 are in Washington to face the Wizards.
(UPDATE)The Wizards lead the series 2-1.
And at 9:30 a.m., Beijing time:
Golden State are in Memphis for game four against the Grizzlies105.
Memphis has surprised everyone and pulled ahead of the Warriors106 to lead 2-1; all eyes are on Golden State to see if they can rally back, after finishing the regular season at the top of the league.
Barcelona and Bayern Prepare to Face Off in Champions League, EPL and La Liga RecapIn football action:
From the English Premiere League:
Swansea notch107 a 1-0 upset win over third-place Arsenal108.
Substitute Bafetimbi Gomis made a header that was blocked just after it crossed the Arsenal goal line.
Over in La Liga:
Rayo Vallecano downed Getafe 2-0.
In upcoming action:
Liga leaders Barcelona will face Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich for leg 2 of their UEFA Champions League semi-final.
Barca took game one 3-0, but coach Luis Enrique isn't taking Bayern lightly for their second meeting:
"I mean, you look like you are right in the final, but it depends on how many goals everybody scores. If we take the lead that would of course be very good for us. Yes, but in the final Bayern has the ability to score goals. We know that. And through their way that they play they can always cause problems. We know that. They did cause us problems in Barcelona. We have to be very concentrated when we are on that pitch to win this game. You know the common goal that we have."The two teams hit the pitch in Germany early Wednesday morning, Beijing time.
Tennis: Italian Open RecapIn Tennis action at the Italian Open:
Over in men's action-All three men's seeds playing in the Italian Open in Rome on Monday (May 11) won through to the second round.
Last year's semi-finalist, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria beat Poland's Jerzy Janowicz 6-3, 7-6(4).
Frenchman Gilles Simon, had a slightly harder time on Monday, taking 2 hours 21 minutes to defeat Jack109 Sock of the USA 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3.
American John Isner fared better, beating Portugal's Joao Sousa 7-5, 6-3. Isner is the 16th seed and next faces Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.
In women's action in Italy:
Ninth-seeded German Angelique Kerber finished off France's Alize Cornet in straight sets;Swiss Timea Bacsinszky downed eleventh-seed Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-0;No. 14 Venus Williams was in fine form during her straight-set win over Czech Katerina Siniakova.
Thirteenth-seed Italian Sara Errani delighted her home crowd with a straight-set win over Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova.
And fifteenth seeded American Madison Keys beat compatriot Madiosn Brengle 6-2, 6-4;Former No. 1 Lee Chong Wei Leads Malaysia 3-2 Over India at Sudirman CupFormer world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei defeated world No. 4 Srikanth Kidambi of India 21-16, 21-15 at the Sudirman Cup on Monday, but the Malaysian said has yet to reach his best form.
While Lee's victory gave Malaysia a narrow 3-2 win over India and first-place in Group D, the shuttler says he feels he's only "at 70 percent" after returning to competition from an eight-month ban for doping.
The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) selected Lee to take compatriot Chong Wei Feng's place to play in this year's World Championship despite a low world ranking of 46.
Lee says he nor Feng had any say in the matter, but he is excited to play what the 32-year-old expects will be his last Sudirman Cup.
EntertainmentFan Bingbing tops Forbes 100 ListChinese actress Fan Bingbing has topped Forbes magazine's annual ranking of celebrities in China for the third consecutive110 year.
Fan ranked No. 1 on the '2015 Forbes China Celebrity111 100 List' with an annual income of over $20 million.
She was followed by singer Jay Chou, who earned just over $16 million in the past year and actor Nicholas Tse, who took nearly $13 million.
Two major indicators112 were used to determine the commercial value of each celebrity, income and exposure.
Fan has been dubbed113 the TV queen, starring in the popular drama "The Empress of China" and other hit shows.
Actors Jackie Chan, Huang Xiaoming, Sun Li, Zhao Wei, and Andy Lau ranked fourth through eighth due to a booming Chinese film market, which is already the second largest in the world.
'The Assassin' acquired by Well Go for North AmericaWell Go USA Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Taiwan director Hou Hsiao-hsien's martial114 arts epic115 "The Assassin."The movie which has been in the works for close to a decade, is currently playing in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen, the story is set in 9th century China. Nie Yinniang, the 10-year-old daughter of a decorated general, is abducted116 by a nun117 who trains her in martial arts.
She is transformed into an assassin, charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt118 government officials.
"The Assassin" will make its world premiere at the festival on May 21.
"Game of Thrones" most pirated showHBO's "Game of Thrones" latest episode has broken an all-time piracy119 record.
In less than 12 hours since airing on TV, the hit show had been downloaded more than 2.2 million times worldwide.
The first pirated copies of the popular fantasy epic showed up on file-sharing sites shortly after it aired in the U.S. at 9 p.m. on Sunday.
The millions of individual Internet addresses tracked by piracy-tracking firm Excipio were recorded as of 10 a.m. on Monday.
Season 5 of "Game of Thrones" fell victim to an early leak of episodes 1-4 ripped from a pre-release screener nearly a full day before the April 12 premiere.
So the popularity of episode five indicates pirates from the earlier leak turned out en masse to grab the latest segment.
The top five countries for piracy of the latest episode are the U.S. Australia, Brazil, India and the U.K.
Rock and Roll auction120 held in New YorkMore than 850 items from the history of rock and roll will be put up for auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, New York, this weekend.
The biggest item up for grabs is a bus that Elvis Presley gave to his friend JD Sumner in 1976. The bus includes sleeping quarters, a bathroom, TVs, and chandeliers, it's expected to fetch between 100 and 200 thousand U.S. dollars.
Darren Julien of Julien's Auctions121 says two items he expects will receive the highest bids belonged to George Harrison and Michael Jackson.
"One of the best pieces we have is George Harrison's Maton guitar that he played at the Cavern122 Club in the early 60s. It's really a great piece. It's our cover lot on the catalogue. We estimate it $400,000 to $600,000. We also have a lot of really great items of Michael Jackson. We have his glove that he wore in the 'HIStory' teaser video in 1994 in Budapest. We estimate it at $30,000 to $50,000, but all of Michael Jackson's gloves we've sold for all the way up to $400,000."Also on sale will be Michael Jackson's jacket he wore to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction123 ceremony for the Jackson Five in 1997.
The auction also includes memorabilia from Madonna, Eric Clapton and Lady Gaga.
American Idol124 to end in 2016Hit U.S. TV show "American Idol" is finally coming to an end.
Organisers have revealed that January 2016 will mark the start of the fifteenth and final season.
Jennifer Lopez, Harry125 Connick Jr. and Keith Urban will return as judges, along with host Ryan Seacrest.
While searching for the final "Idol," the last season will also serve as a "celebratory event," paying tribute to fourteen seasons of contestants126, winners and fans.
"American Idol," created by Simon Fuller, first debuted127 in 2002 with original judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson.
Throughout its fourteen seasons, other judges have included Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Steven Tyler and Ellen DeGeneres.
That’s it for this edition of the Beijing Hour.
A quick look at the headlines before we go...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has honored World War II veterans as part of his current state visit to Belarus.
A number of bilateral agreements are expected to be signed this week as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to China.
Nepalese authorities are attempting to speed up their relief efforts in the quake zone amid concerns about the impending monsoon season.
In Business.... retail fuel prices are once-again on the rise here in China.
On behalf of the Beijing Hour staffers, this is Paul James Beijing hoping you'll join us for our next edition of the Beijing Hour to open a window to the world together.

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1 bilateral dQGyW     
adj.双方的,两边的,两侧的
参考例句:
  • They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
  • There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题,两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。
2 ted 9gazhs     
vt.翻晒,撒,撒开
参考例句:
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
3 impending 3qHzdb     
a.imminent, about to come or happen
参考例句:
  • Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时,严重的战乱爆发了。
  • The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
4 monsoon 261zf     
n.季雨,季风,大雨
参考例句:
  • The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
  • The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
5 retail VWoxC     
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
参考例句:
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
6 bin yR2yz     
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句:
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
7 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
8 reminder WkzzTb     
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
参考例句:
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
9 forum cilx0     
n.论坛,讨论会
参考例句:
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
10 tamper 7g3zom     
v.干预,玩弄,贿赂,窜改,削弱,损害
参考例句:
  • Do not tamper with other's business.不要干预别人的事。
  • They had strict orders not to tamper with the customs of the minorities.他们得到命令严禁干涉少数民族的风俗习惯。
11 whitewash 3gYwJ     
v.粉刷,掩饰;n.石灰水,粉刷,掩饰
参考例句:
  • They tried hard to whitewash themselves.他们力图粉饰自己。
  • What he said was a load of whitewash.他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。
12 aggression WKjyF     
n.进攻,侵略,侵犯,侵害
参考例句:
  • So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结,就不必惧怕外来侵略。
  • Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
13 fully Gfuzd     
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。
14 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
15 milestone c78zM     
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
参考例句:
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
16 intensify S5Pxe     
vt.加强;变强;加剧
参考例句:
  • We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
  • They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻,保卫我国的领空。
17 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
18 followers 5c342ee9ce1bf07932a1f66af2be7652     
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
参考例句:
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
19 fulfill Qhbxg     
vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意
参考例句:
  • If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了,你就要履行你的诺言。
  • This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
20 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
参考例句:
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
21 restrictions 81e12dac658cfd4c590486dd6f7523cf     
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
22 citizenship AV3yA     
n.市民权,公民权,国民的义务(身份)
参考例句:
  • He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生,但没有瑞典公民身分。
  • Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后,她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
23 inquiries 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57     
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
24 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
参考例句:
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
25 monsoons 49fbaf0154b5cc6509d1ad6ed488f7d5     
n.(南亚、尤指印度洋的)季风( monsoon的名词复数 );(与季风相伴的)雨季;(南亚地区的)雨季
参考例句:
  • In Ban-gladesh, the monsoons have started. 在孟加拉,雨季已经开始了。 来自辞典例句
  • The coastline significantly influences the monsoons in two other respects. 海岸线在另外两个方面大大地影响季风。 来自辞典例句
26 rehabilitation 8Vcxv     
n.康复,悔过自新,修复,复兴,复职,复位
参考例句:
  • He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
  • No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
27 reconstruction 3U6xb     
n.重建,再现,复原
参考例句:
  • The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
  • In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。
28 venue ALkzr     
n.犯罪地点,审判地,管辖地,发生地点,集合地点
参考例句:
  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。
29 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句:
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
30 partially yL7xm     
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
参考例句:
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
31 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
32 sector yjczYn     
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。
33 debris debris     
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
参考例句:
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
34 graveyard 9rFztV     
n.坟场
参考例句:
  • All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
  • Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。
35 depressed xu8zp9     
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
参考例句:
  • When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
  • His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
36 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
37 Buddhist USLy6     
adj./n.佛教的,佛教徒
参考例句:
  • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
  • In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里,人世上一切事情都是空的。
38 humanitarian kcoxQ     
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。
39 embark qZKzC     
vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机
参考例句:
  • He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
  • Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。
40 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
41 detailed xuNzms     
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
参考例句:
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
42 costly 7zXxh     
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
参考例句:
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
43 solidarity ww9wa     
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。
44 assessment vO7yu     
n.评价;评估;对财产的估价,被估定的金额
参考例句:
  • This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
  • What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
45 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
46 naval h1lyU     
adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
参考例句:
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
47 Mediterranean ezuzT     
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
参考例句:
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
48 maritime 62yyA     
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的
参考例句:
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
49 fang WlGxD     
n.尖牙,犬牙
参考例句:
  • Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来,象一只犬牙似的。
  • The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。
50 defense AxbxB     
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。
51 mutual eFOxC     
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
参考例句:
  • We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
  • Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
52 ruffling f5a3df16ac01b1e31d38c8ab7061c27b     
弄皱( ruffle的现在分词 ); 弄乱; 激怒; 扰乱
参考例句:
  • A cool breeze brushed his face, ruffling his hair. 一阵凉风迎面拂来,吹乱了他的头发。
  • "Indeed, they do not,'said Pitty, ruffling. "说真的,那倒不一定。" 皮蒂皱皱眉头,表示异议。
53 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
54 staple fGkze     
n.主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环;adj.主要的,重要的;vt.分类
参考例句:
  • Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
  • Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
55 analyzed 483f1acae53789fbee273a644fdcda80     
v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析
参考例句:
  • The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程,因为对他来说,爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
56 catering WwtztU     
n. 给养
参考例句:
  • Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
  • Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的?
57 caters 65442608bd5622774e5b19fcdde933ff     
提供饮食及服务( cater的第三人称单数 ); 满足需要,适合
参考例句:
  • That shop caters exclusively to the weaker sex. 那家商店专供妇女需要的商品。
  • The boutique caters for a rather select clientele. 这家精品店为特定的顾客群服务。
58 leverages 841df031fd835e4b11da3bb97cd0dd0b     
促使…改变( leverage的第三人称单数 ); [美国英语]杠杆式投机,(使)举债经营,(使)利用贷款进行投机
参考例句:
  • Additionally, this approach leverages the benefits of incremental and full backups. 除此之外,这一个作法也使渐近式以及完全的备份变得容易。
  • A simple formula for building mutual value-creating relationships with consumers leverages dialogue, data, and insights. 与客户建立共同的价值创造关系,一条简单的准则就是利用对话、数据和洞察力。
59 subsidy 2U5zo     
n.补助金,津贴
参考例句:
  • The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
  • The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。
60 ministry kD5x2     
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。
61 undoubtedly Mfjz6l     
adv.确实地,无疑地
参考例句:
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
62 dedicated duHzy2     
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
参考例句:
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
63 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
64 mechanism zCWxr     
n.机械装置;机构,结构
参考例句:
  • The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
  • The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
65 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督,管理
参考例句:
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
66 inaugural 7cRzQ     
adj.就职的;n.就职典礼
参考例句:
  • We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
  • Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
67 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句:
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
68 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车,机动车
参考例句:
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
69 Celsius AXRzl     
adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的
参考例句:
  • The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
  • The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。
70 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
71 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
参考例句:
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
72 slated 87d23790934cf766dc7204830faf2859     
用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
  • Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。
73 addictive hJbyL     
adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的,成为习惯的
参考例句:
  • The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
  • Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。
74 cyclone cy3x7     
n.旋风,龙卷风
参考例句:
  • An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
  • The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
75 cyclones 17cc49112c36617738bb1601499ae56d     
n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 );旋风;飓风;暴风
参考例句:
  • The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句
76 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
参考例句:
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
77 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
78 volatile tLQzQ     
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
参考例句:
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
79 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人;利润,利益,所得
参考例句:
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
80 diesel ql6zo     
n.柴油发动机,内燃机
参考例句:
  • We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
  • My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。
81 swap crnwE     
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。
82 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初,开始
参考例句:
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
83 aberration EVOzr     
n.离开正路,脱离常规,色差
参考例句:
  • The removal of the chromatic aberration is then of primary importance.这时消除色差具有头等重要性。
  • Owing to a strange mental aberration he forgot his own name.由于一种莫名的精神错乱,他把自己的名字忘了。
84 analyst gw7zn     
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
参考例句:
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
85 futures Isdz1Q     
n.期货,期货交易
参考例句:
  • He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
  • Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。
86 dealers 95e592fc0f5dffc9b9616efd02201373     
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 );贩毒者;毒品贩子;发牌者
参考例句:
  • There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
  • The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败,与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
87 vendors 2bc28e228525b75e14c07dbc14850c34     
n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 );小贩;(房屋等的)卖主;卖方
参考例句:
  • The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
  • At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时,界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
88 eligible Cq6xL     
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
参考例句:
  • He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
  • Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
89 rebates 5862cab7436152bb9726585397fb1db9     
n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 );回扣;返还(退还的部份货价);折扣
参考例句:
  • The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点,如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
  • In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句
90 reined 90bca18bd35d2cee2318d494d6abfa96     
勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理
参考例句:
  • Then, all of a sudden, he reined up his tired horse. 这时,他突然把疲倦的马勒住了。
  • The officer reined in his horse at a crossroads. 军官在十字路口勒住了马。
91 premiums efa999cd01994787d84b066d2957eaa7     
n.费用( premium的名词复数 );保险费;额外费用;(商品定价、贷款利息等以外的)加价
参考例句:
  • He paid premiums on his life insurance last year. 他去年付了人寿保险费。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums. 现正在酝酿提高汽车的保险费。 来自《简明英汉词典》
92 monetary pEkxb     
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
参考例句:
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
93 repayment repayment     
n.偿还,偿还款;报酬
参考例句:
  • I am entitled to a repayment for the damaged goods.我有权利索取货物损坏赔偿金。
  • The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.税务局一直在催她补交税款。
94 elicit R8ByG     
v.引出,抽出,引起
参考例句:
  • It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
  • Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。
95 radar kTUxx     
n.雷达,无线电探测器
参考例句:
  • They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
  • Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。
96 creditors 6cb54c34971e9a505f7a0572f600684b     
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
97 multinational FnrzdL     
adj.多国的,多种国籍的;n.多国籍公司,跨国公司
参考例句:
  • The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
  • He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
98 retailers 08ff8df43efeef1abfd3410ef6661c95     
零售商,零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
  • Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
99 outlets a899f2669c499f26df428cf3d18a06c3     
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 );经销店;插座;廉价经销店
参考例句:
  • The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
100 patriots cf0387291504d78a6ac7a13147d2f229     
爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
  • These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死,也不愿投降。
101 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
参考例句:
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
102 deflated deflated     
adj. 灰心丧气的
参考例句:
  • I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions.他对我的建议兴趣不大,令我感到十分气馁。
  • He was deflated by the news.这消息令他泄气。
103 hoops 528662bd801600a928e199785550b059     
n.箍( hoop的名词复数 );(篮球)篮圈;(旧时儿童玩的)大环子;(两端埋在地里的)小铁弓
参考例句:
  • a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
  • Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎,这个季节的裙圈比较宽大,裙裾却短一些。 来自飘(部分)
104 hawks c8b4f3ba2fd1208293962d95608dd1f1     
鹰( hawk的名词复数 ); 鹰派人物,主战派人物
参考例句:
  • Two hawks were hover ing overhead. 两只鹰在头顶盘旋。
  • Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。
105 grizzlies 493d85f5404507cf13db70bec36b3cad     
北美洲灰熊( grizzly的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 127-113 earlier Tuesday night. 在周二晚上早些时候,太阳以127:113击败孟菲斯灰熊。
  • Whatever you do, do not blink.They're like grizzlies. 无论你做什么,别眨眼。他们跟熊有点相象。
106 warriors 3116036b00d464eee673b3a18dfe1155     
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
107 notch P58zb     
n.(V字形)槽口,缺口,等级
参考例句:
  • The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
  • He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。
108 arsenal qNPyF     
n.兵工厂,军械库
参考例句:
  • Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
  • We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。
109 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
110 consecutive DpPz0     
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。
111 celebrity xcRyQ     
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
参考例句:
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
112 indicators f46872fc1b5f08e9d32bd107be1df829     
(仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的)指针( indicator的名词复数 ); 指示物; (车辆上的)转弯指示灯; 指示信号
参考例句:
  • The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
  • It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。
113 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制
参考例句:
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的? 来自《简明英汉词典》
114 martial bBbx7     
adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的
参考例句:
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
115 epic ui5zz     
n.史诗,叙事诗;adj.史诗般的,壮丽的
参考例句:
  • I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
  • They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。
116 abducted 73ee11a839b49a2cf5305f1c0af4ca6a     
劫持,诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(肢体等)外展
参考例句:
  • Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
  • The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
117 nun THhxK     
n.修女,尼姑
参考例句:
  • I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
  • She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。
118 corrupt 4zTxn     
v.贿赂,收买;adj.腐败的,贪污的
参考例句:
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
119 piracy 9N3xO     
n.海盗行为,剽窃,著作权侵害
参考例句:
  • The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
  • They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。
120 auction 3uVzy     
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
参考例句:
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
121 auctions 1c44b3008dd1a89803d9b2f2bd58e57a     
n.拍卖,拍卖方式( auction的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的。 来自辞典例句
  • Our dealers didn't want these cars, so we had to dump them at auctions. 我们的承销商都不要这些车子,因此我们只好贱价拍卖。 来自辞典例句
122 cavern Ec2yO     
n.洞穴,大山洞
参考例句:
  • The cavern walls echoed his cries.大山洞的四壁回响着他的喊声。
  • It suddenly began to shower,and we took refuge in the cavern.天突然下起雨来,我们在一个山洞里避雨。
123 induction IbJzj     
n.感应,感应现象
参考例句:
  • His induction as a teacher was a turning point in his life.他就任教师工作是他一生的转折点。
  • The magnetic signals are sensed by induction coils.磁信号由感应线圈所检测。
124 idol Z4zyo     
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
参考例句:
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
125 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
126 contestants 6183e6ae4586949fe63bec42c8d3a422     
n.竞争者,参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
  • 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。 来自《简明英汉词典》
127 debuted b3e2d85131439fe8678f6628fda0ec90     
初次表演,初次登台(debut的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末,全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队,推出。
  • The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名,很快就取得了白金销量。
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