新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/06/21

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

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

Coming up on our program...

The US has announced another round of sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine...

Ahead of the first Sino-US diplomatic and security dialogue, China has called for closer cooperation in the fight against terrorism...

And a high-level dialogue involving the Chinese and South Korean foreign ministries¹ has examined issues of bilateral² ties and the situation on the Korean peninsula...

In business...a US index for emerging markets has finally agreed to include Chinese A-shares...

In Sports...a strong start for the home team at the China Open table tennis tournament...

In Entertainment...a farewell ceremony for famous cross-talk artist Tang Jiezhong...

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1 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

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。