新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/03/14

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Over 500 pieces of legislation have been passed on to the secretariat of this year's National People's Congress.

The concept of "holistic¹ tourism" coming under discussion as part of the NPC sessions.

New stats show defense² spending among European NATO members actually increased this past year.

In Business..... Bank of China in Singapore settling over 100-billion renminbi worth of contracts this past year.

In Sports.... England takes the Rugby 7's event in Vancouver.

In Entertainment.... the schedule for the China National Opera House for this year has been unveiled.

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1 holistic   

adj.从整体着眼的，全面的

参考例句：

• There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整体主义著作中，“整体”这个词的用法极其含混。
• In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论，它的方法不是渐进的，而是“整体主义的”。

2 defense   

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。

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。