新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2017/07/20

The Beijing Hour

Morning Edition

Shane Bigham with you on this Thursday, July 20th, 2017

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

Our news focus this morning... The first China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue is underway in Washington...

In other news...

a ceremony has been held to mark the reorganization of the Chinese armed forces research and educational institutions...

and the Turkish prime minister has shuffled¹ his cabinet, swapping² or replacing 11 ministers...

In business...Apple has named a new managing director for Greater China...

In Sports...Team China's basketball "red squad³" suffers an opening defeat the the Stankovic Continental⁴ Cup.

In Entertainment...the much anticipated Chinese-made war film "The Founding of an Army" has premiered in Nanchang...

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1 shuffled   

v.洗（纸牌）( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 )；拖着脚步走；粗心地做；摆脱尘世的烦恼

参考例句：

• He shuffled across the room to the window. 他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。
• Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them. 西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 swapping   

交换，交换技术

参考例句：

• The slow swapping and buying of horses went on. 马匹的买卖和交换就是这样慢慢地进行着。
• He was quite keen on swapping books with friends. 他非常热衷于和朋友们交换书籍。

3 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

4 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

5 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。