新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/11/04

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Paul James with you on this Saturday, November 4, 2017.

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

Coming up on our program this morning...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has conducted a military inspection¹, calling for increased combat readiness among the PLA.

Xi Jinping due to head to Vietnam in less than a week to take part in an APEC leaders summit.

Final preparations underway here in China for the impending² visit by US President Donald Trump³.

Europol arrests warrants have been issued for the former President of Spain's Catalonia region.

In the second half of our program

Winter Olympic preparations, Qingdao's sculpture park and Ant Financial's "Ant Forest" program.

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1 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

2 impending   

a.imminent, about to come or happen

参考例句：

• Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
• The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。