新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/07/02

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Sunday, July 2, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Our news focus...

Chinese President Xi Jinping throwing his full support behind "one country, two systems" as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.

In other news...

The Chinese President now set to travel to Russia and Germany.

A batch¹ of Chinese-produced vehicles make their way to Belgium through a "Belt and Road" train link.

Qatar rejecting demands from its Gulf² Arab neighbors to end their diplomatic blockade of the country.

In the second half of our program

We'll introduce you to a British geographer³ in Beijing and tell you about the reopening of the iconic Pearl River Market in New York.

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1 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 geographer   

n.地理学者

参考例句：

• His grandfather is a geographer.他的祖父是一位地理学家。
• Li Siguang is a famous geographer.李四光是一位著名的地理学家。

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。