CGTN头条新闻2022 日本新冠病例单日新增超3万创新高

Japan hits new record of over 30,000 daily COVID-19 cases

Xi stresses full, strict Party governance, vows¹ zero tolerance² on corruption³

General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has stressed rigorous and unswerving efforts in further promoting full and strict Party governance.

Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, also vowed⁴ to maintain a zero-tolerance stance on corruption while addressing the sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection⁵.

China's central bank to strengthen support for real economy in 2022

China's central bank says it will guide financial institutions to ramp⁶ up support for the real economy.

The People's Bank of China says it will implement⁷ market-based policy tools to support small and micro companies.

Efforts will also be made to lower overall financing costs for enterprises.

The central bank reiterated⁸ that the yuan exchange rate should be kept basically stable at an appropriate and balanced level.

China's power use surges 10.3 pct in 2021

China's electricity consumption went up 10.3 percent in 2021.

Total power use in China reached over 8.3 trillion kilowatt-hours last year.

The figure represents 14.7 percent growth from 2019.

Residential⁹ power consumption saw a 7.3-percent increase.

The country's gross domestic product expanded 8.1 percent last year.

China to deliver disaster-relief supplies to tsunami¹⁰-hit Tonga

China will deliver a batch¹¹ of disaster-relief supplies to Tonga to assist the country's recovery from the recent undersea volcanic¹² eruption¹³ and tsunami.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry¹⁴ says the essential supplies, including drinking water and food, will arrive in Tonga as soon as possible, pending¹⁵ the country's airport conditions.

2 people die in Tonga's violent volcanic eruption, tsunami

At least two people have died in Tonga after the volcanic eruptions¹⁶ on the weekend.

Authorities say with communications in Tonga cut off, the true extent of casualties in the island nation is not clear.

China's Tianjin reports 18 new local COVID-19 cases

The city of Tianjin reported 18 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Monday.

Among the new infections, 10 are mild cases while the other eight are moderate.

As of Monday, health authorities had detected 312 locally transmitted cases and 22 asymptomatic cases in the latest resurgence¹⁷.

Beijing reports two local COVID-19 cases, one person testing positive

Beijing has reported two more locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.

The new patients are close contacts of a previous case reported on Saturday. They were found in the city's Haidian District.

Another person testing positive for COVID-19 was detected in Chaoyang District. The sample collected showed evidence of the Delta¹⁸ variant¹⁹.

Japan hits new record of over 30,000 daily COVID-19 cases

Japan reported more than 32,000 daily COVID-19 cases across the country on Tuesday, logging a new all-time high.

The Tokyo metropolitan²⁰ government confirmed 5,185 new infections, the first time topping 5,000 in nearly five months.

The government is considering declaring a quasi-state of emergency for Tokyo and three nearby prefectures.

Officials said on Monday that new infections are spreading at an "unprecedented²¹ rate."

Australia sees deadliest day amid new wave of COVID-19 spread

Australia recorded its highest ever number of COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday.

The 74 deaths occurred in Australia's three most populous²² states. New South Wales reported 36, Victoria reported 22 and Queensland 16.

Amid rising hospitalizations, Victoria declared an emergency for hospitals.

James Merlino is the Victoria State Acting²³ Health Minister:

"Today, we're making a significant announcement about Code Brown activation²⁴ across our health services. We've been saying now for some time that our hospital system is under extreme pressure and the risks we're now seeing in COVID hospitalizations are testament²⁵ to that."

He says more than 4,000 health care workers in the state are absent because they are either infected or close contacts.

1 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

5 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。

6 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

7 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

8 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

9 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

10 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

11 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

12 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

13 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

14 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

15 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

16 eruptions   

n.喷发，爆发( eruption的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year. 今年火山爆发了好几次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Over 200 people have been killed by volcanic eruptions. 火山喷发已导致200多人丧生。 来自辞典例句

17 resurgence   

n.再起，复活，再现

参考例句：

• A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
• Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

18 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

19 variant   

adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体

参考例句：

• We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
• In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。

20 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

21 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

22 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

23 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

24 activation   

n. 激活，催化作用

参考例句：

• A computer controls the activation of an air bag.电脑控制着气囊的启动。

25 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。