新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/08/10

 

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, August 10th, 2017

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

Our news focus this morning...the earthquake in Sichuan province... rescue work has intensified¹... as aftershocks continue to be felt in the quake zone...

In other news...

The second annual China-Canada Foreign Ministers Dialogue has been held in Beijing. Trade volume reached 64 billion US dollars last year...

and the international community has had a mixed response to the heated rhetoric² between Washington and Pyongyang...

In business...the Asian Development Bank has approved a 200 million US dollar loan for Bangladesh...

In Sports...China has earned its first gold medal of the World Athletics³ Championships in London...

In Entertainment...the 75th World Science Fiction convention⁴ is now underway in Helsinki...

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1 intensified   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
• The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

3 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

4 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

5 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。

6 scanning   

v.扫描

参考例句：

• He turns the bicycle about scanning the hand brakes. 他把一辆自行车转过来转过去，仔细研究那手刹车。 来自辞典例句
• Scanning was first used in the transmission of pictures by telegraph. 最先应用扫描法是用电报传播图像。 来自辞典例句