新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 20:00 2017/07/01

Today updated 20:00 2017/07/01  一周新闻回顾，八旬老太扔飞机硬币祈福

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm WANG Xiao

Coming up：

--Beijing targets first-class international city development goals

--Flight delayed after elderly woman tosses coins at engine

--Failure is on the Syllabus¹ in US campus

--Tourist faints after breaking expensive bracelet²

For more on this, CRI'WANG Xiao is now joined in the studio by Liu Baocheng, Associate professor of the business school at University of International Business and Economics, and our colleague Manling, host of A light on literature and Language Café. Thank you both for joining our program.

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1 syllabus   

n.教学大纲，课程大纲

参考例句：

• Have you got next year's syllabus?你拿到明年的教学大纲了吗？
• We must try to diversify the syllabus to attract more students.我们应该使教学大纲内容多样化，可以多吸引学生。

2 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。