新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/04/29

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Saturday, April 29, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program.

Our news focus this morning...

Heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, with high-level meetings taking place in New York.

In other news...

Chinese space authorities providing a timeline for space station construction plans.

A former leading official in Shanghai sentenced to prison for corruption¹.

US President Donald Trump² clocking 100 days in the White House.

In the 2nd half of our program...

We'll roll you through this year's Shanghai Auto³ Show... and talk cartoons and literature as well...

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1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

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。