新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2017/02/16

 

The Beijing Hour

Evening  Edition

Bob Jones with you on this Thursday 16th of February 2017.

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

On our program this evening.

As a third suspect is detained, Malaysia confirms the half brother of the North Korean leader was the man who died at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

China demands an apology from Vietnam after an alleged¹ attack on a tourist by border guards.

China's outbound investment slumps² in January

And in the second half of the hour - in depth discussion...

Where next for NATO as the US signals it wants other members to step up to the plate

The Chinese Christian³ at the heart of the Indonesian elections

And China leads the way in mobile payments - what's stopping the rest of the world from catching⁴ up.

All that and more to come in the next 60 minutes - it's one and a half minutes past the hour.

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1 alleged   

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

2 slumps   

萧条期( slump的名词复数 )； （个人、球队等的）低潮状态； （销售量、价格、价值等的）骤降； 猛跌

参考例句：

• Deflation could emerge from simultaneous slumps in the world's three major economies. 如果世界经济三大主体同时衰退，通货紧缩就会出现。
• This is the cycle of economic booms and slumps. 这是经济繁荣和经济萧条的周期变化。

3 Christian   

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。

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

5 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。