CGTN头条新闻2022 中国驻汤加大使:主岛1000多名中国公民都平安

All Chinese citizens on Tonga’s main island are safe, ambassador confirms

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, vowed⁴ to maintain a zero-tolerance stance on corruption while addressing the sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection⁵.

At least 3 killed in Tonga's violent volcanic⁶ eruption⁷, tsunami⁸

At least three people have died in Tonga after the volcanic eruptions⁹ on the weekend.

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

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

China will deliver a batch¹⁰ of disaster-relief supplies to Tonga to assist the country's recovery from the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry¹¹ says the essential supplies, including drinking water and food, will arrive in Tonga as soon as possible, pending¹² the country's airport conditions.

All Chinese nationals on Tonga's main island safe: ambassador

It's been confirmed all Chinese nationals living on Tonga's main island are safe following Saturday's volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Ambassador Cao Xiaolin says in an exclusive interview that the embassy is providing assistance.

"There are over a thousand Chinese nationals living on the main island. We've contacted all of them and confirmed their safety. Their daily life and work go as normal without disruptions. Since communication with the outside is cut off, we've asked the Tongan government to help us contact the Chinese nationals living on the outlying islands and provide necessary assistance."

Tonga volcanic eruption not likely to cause global climate change, says New Zealand volcanologist

A leading New Zealand volcanologist says the Tonga volcanic eruption is not likely to cause global climate change.

Professor Shane Cronin of the University of Auckland says most of the volcanic plumes¹³ from the eruption were in the lower part of the atmosphere, which means there is not much aerosol¹⁴ to reflect sunlight and cause global cooling.

Chinese mainland reports 55 COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported 55 new, locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.

Of the new local cases, 33 cases were reported in Henan, 14 in Tianjin and 1 in Beijing.

One in five Americans infected with COVID-19: Johns Hopkins University

About one in five Americans have been infected with COVID-19.

That's according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Also over 850-thousand COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the United States.

Kazakhstan ends state of emergency

The state of emergency imposed in Kazakhstan amid riots in early January has ended.

The authorities say law and order have been restored, but the anti-terrorist operation continues in several regions.

Health officials put the number of those killed during the riots to 227.

European Parliament elects Maltese Roberta Metsola as new president

Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola has been elected as president of the European Parliament.

The 43-year-old lawyer by profession won in a landslide¹⁵ vote.

She is the third woman elected to the post.

China to attend 95 events at Beijing 2022

All qualification tournaments for the Beijing Winter Olympics have ended and Team China has qualified¹⁶ for 95 of the 109 events.

That's up from 55 events at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018.

Poland's president to attend Beijing Winter Olympics

It's been confirmed Polish President Andrzej Duda will attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The president's foreign affairs advisor¹⁷ says the president plans to take part in the opening of the Olympic Games and support Poland's athletes.

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

China's central bank says it will guide financial institutions to ramp¹⁸ up support for the real economy.

The People's Bank of China says it will implement¹⁹ 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 reiterated²⁰ 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.

Residential²¹ power consumption saw a 7.3-percent increase.

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

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 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。

7 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。

8 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。

9 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

10 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。

11 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。

12 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。

13 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

14 aerosol   

n.悬浮尘粒，气溶胶，烟雾剂，喷雾器

参考例句：

• They sprayed aerosol insect repellent into the faces of police.他们将喷雾驱虫剂喷在了警察的脸上。
• Aerosol particles affect visibility,climate,and our health and quality of life.气溶胶对大气能见度、气候变化以及人类健康等有重要影响。

15 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

16 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

17 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

18 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。

19 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。

20 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。

21 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。