新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/04/22

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Saturday, April 22, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning.

We focus in on the first planned docking of the Tianzhou-1 cargo¹ spacecraft with the Tiangong-2 space lab later on today.

Beyond this...

Chinese President Xi Jinping takes an inspection² tour of Guangxi.

Environmental officials confirm illegal dumping sites in Tianjin and Hebei.

Russian officials denying suggestions of a troop build-up along the border with North Korea.

In the 2nd half of our program...

We talk libraries and pastries³, among other things...

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1 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。

2 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

3 pastries   

n.面粉制的糕点

参考例句：

• He gave a dry laugh, then sat down and started on the pastries. 杜新箨说着干笑一声，坐下去就吃点心。 来自子夜部分
• Mike: So many! I like Xijiang raisins, beef jerky, and local pastries. 麦克：太多了。我最喜欢吃新疆葡萄干、牛肉干和风味点心。

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。