新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2017/01/02

 

The Beijing Hour

Evening  Edition

Paul James with you on this Monday, January 2, 2017

Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.

Coming up on our program this evening...

The Islamic State claiming credit for a deadly New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul.

Chinese inspectors¹ reporting a number of environmental violations² as smog continues to engulf³ numerous cities in northern China.

Regulators moving to crack-down on so-called 'back door' listings on the Chinese stock exchanges.

The daughter of the woman at the center of South Korea's political scandal is arrested in Denmark.

In the 2nd half of our program - in depth discussion on issues, including....

We check back with some of the major events that helped shape 2016.

And analyze⁴ what a Donald Trump⁵ administration in the US might mean for China.

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1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

3 engulf   

vt.吞没，吞食

参考例句：

• Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目。
• If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up,then they will engulf us,and we are in danger.如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念，就会有被他们吞没的危险。

4 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。