新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2017/04/05

 

The Beijing Hour

Evening  Edition

Paul James with you on this Wednesday, April 5, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this evening...

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with his Finnish counterpart as part of his current trip in Helsinki.

Greece's Prime Minister reportedly the latest world leader to confirm attendance at next month's Belt and Road initiative.

Chinese defense¹ contractors² showing off their wares³ at an event in Brazil.

In the second half of the hour - in depth discussion on issues, including...

An alleged⁴ chemical weapons attack in Syria.

US funding cuts for international agencies.

And the excitement surrounding the new Chinese development zone in Hebei.

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1 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。

2 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 wares   

n. 货物, 商品

参考例句：

• They sold their wares at half-price. 他们的货品是半价出售的。
• The peddler was crying up his wares. 小贩极力夸耀自己的货物。

4 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

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。