新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/03/12

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Sunday, March 12th, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning....

The Chinese commerce minister says the country will continue to encourage foreign investment despite volatility¹ in international markets...

Preparations for the launch of China's first cargo² spacecraft have entered a critical phase...

And a UN official has issued a warning over what he calls the world's largest humanitarian³ crisis in several decades...

In the 2nd half of our program...

A look at wine drinking culture in China...

And the effort to understand shark behavior...

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1 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。

2 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

3 humanitarian   

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。

4 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。