新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/09/14

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, September 14th, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Our news focus...

the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly... new initiatives on peace, gender¹ equality, and global governance are among the items leading the agenda at this year's gathering²...

In other news...

A spokesperson for China's State Council has issued a statement against efforts to alienate³ Taiwan from Chinese culture...

and several deaths have been recorded at a nursing home in Florida, days after Hurricane Irma slammed into the area...

In business...the Chinese currency has weakened against the US Dollar following 11 days of gains...

In Sports...the IOC awards Olympic Games to Paris and Los Angeles...

In Entertainment...a famous landscape painting is going back on display at the Palace Museum in Beijing... 

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1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 alienate   

vt.使疏远，离间；转让(财产等)

参考例句：

• His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith.他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了，因为他们彼此完全信任。
• We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues.我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。

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。