新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/07/18

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

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

Our news focus this morning... newly released figures show that China's economy has grown faster than expected through the first half of this year...

In other news...

The Chinese foreign ministry¹ is applauding a proposal by South Korea for talks involving North Korea and the Red Cross...

and the Turkish parliament has voted to extend a state of emergency in the country for another three months...

In business...home sales numbers in China increased in June from the previous month...

In Sports...two more gold medals for China at the FINA World Championships...

In Entertainment...the latest movie based on the Monkey King character takes the top spot at the Chinese box office...

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1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 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。