新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/02/13

 

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Monday, February 13, 2017

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sending off a note of congratulations to the newly-elected President of Germany.

Environmental authorities in Beijing are warning of residual¹ smog from this weekend's Lanter Festival hanging around for the next couple of days.

A senior Russian lawmaker warning against unilateral actions in the wake of North Korea's latest missile test.

In Business... observers anticipating a month-on-month spike² in inflation here in China through January.

In Sports.... new reports suggesting China may soon be home to the world's highest-paid female soccer player.

In Entertainment.... this year's Grammy Awards are getting underway this morning in Los Angeles.

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1 residual   

adj.复播复映追加时间；存留下来的，剩余的

参考例句：

• There are still a few residual problems with the computer program.电脑程序还有一些残留问题。
• The resulting residual chromatism is known as secondary spectrum.所得到的剩余色差叫做二次光谱。

2 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

3 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。