新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2017/04/04

 

The Beijing Hour

Evening  Edition

Bob Jones with you this Tuesday the 4th of April, 2017.

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

On our program today

Optimism ahead of President Xi Jinping's latest overseas trip to Finland.

A Chinese student caught up in the St. Petersburg subway explosion tells of the attack

Power outages hamper¹ the Colombia disaster relief as the death toll² continues to rise

and 20 years of the Chinese train that takes the gift of sight to inaccessible³ areas.

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

We consider the prospects⁴ for creating an enduring friendship between China and Finland.

Is too much being made of the differences between China and the United States.

The IMF signals another step towards the internationalisation of the Chinese currency

And we savour Uganda's banana leaf delicacy⁵

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

To get the full transcript⁶ of the Beijing Hour, please follow the program through our Wechat account by scanning the barcode below.

1 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 inaccessible   

adj.达不到的，难接近的

参考例句：

• This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
• The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

4 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

5 delicacy   

n.精致，细微，微妙，精良；美味，佳肴

参考例句：

• We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
• He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。

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。