新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/09/15

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Friday, September 15th, 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 Chinese economy... the numbers show that industrial output slowed in August, while investment and retail¹ recorded slight growth...

In other news...

Chinese Commerce officials react after the US halts an acquisition involving a company with Chinese backing...

And Oxford² University in the UK has launched a program on China's Belt and Road Initiative...

In business...Foreign investment in China for August is up nine percent compared to last year...

In Sports...China has moved up 15 places in FIFA's world rankings...

In Entertainment...a Russian cultural festival in southern China...

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1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

3 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。