CGTN头条新闻2022 “炸弹气旋”袭击美国东北部

Bomb cyclone¹ bashes U.S. Northeast

China's manufacturing PMI down in January

The purchasing managers' index for China's manufacturing sector² came in at 50.1 in January, down from 50.3 in December 2021.

A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below reflects contraction³.

The PMI for the non-manufacturing sector came in at 51.1 in January, down from 52.7 in December.

Chinese mainland reports 54 new local COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland on Saturday recorded 54 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 17 more than the previous day.

Of the new local infections, 20 were reported in Beijing, 19 in Zhejiang, eight in Heilongjiang, four in Tianjin, two in Henan, and one in Yunnan.

Saturday also saw reports of 27 imported COVID-19 cases across the mainland.

China-Europe freight train trips top 50,000

The total number of China-Europe freight train trips has exceeded 50,000.

This came after a cargo⁴ train left the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday for Nuremberg in Germany.

China State Railway Group said the value of goods transported by cargo services skyrocketed from 8 billion U.S. dollars in 2016 to nearly 75 billion U.S. dollars in 2021.

Japan unveils largest overseas Winter Olympic team

Japan's largest-ever overseas Winter Olympic team was unveiled on Saturday.

A total of 124 athletes are among the 262-member delegation⁵, exceeding the team sent to PyeongChang four years ago.

The Japanese athletes will enter 109 events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

DPRK fires unidentified projectile⁶ toward East Sea -- S.Korean military

South Korea's Joint⁷ Chiefs of Staff says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile toward its eastern waters.

It says the South Korean military is monitoring the situations and maintaining readiness posture⁸ to prepare for a possible additional launch.

North Korea says it conducted six missile tests in January.

Fiji ships relief supplies to tsunami⁹-hit Tonga

Fiji is shipping¹⁰ a batch¹¹ of relief supplies to Tonga, which was devastated¹² by a volcanic¹³ eruption¹⁴ and tsunami two weeks ago.

Fiji's Minister for Disaster Management says all the personnel traveling, including the crew of the vessel¹⁵, have been tested and cleared, adding that no one will disembark the vessel when they reach Tonga due to quarantine reasons.

The minister has expressed gratitude¹⁶ to all the donors¹⁷ of the supplies, including the New Zealand government, the Chinese government and non-governmental organizations.

Bomb cyclone bashes U.S. Northeast

A bomb cyclone is bashing Northeastern region of the United States on Saturday, causing travel disruption and power outages in some states.

The U.S. National Weather Service says the winter storm officially became a bomb cyclone on Saturday morning.

More than 4,000 flights have been canceled across the United States on Saturday as the storm is expected to last into Sunday.

Sergio Mattarella re-elected as Italy's president

Italian President Sergio Mattarella was elected to a second term by the parliament in a joint session in the eighth round of voting on Saturday.

Mattarella received 759 votes in favor from an assembly of 1,009 "grand electors," which comprise all members of parliament plus 58 regional representatives.

His candidacy emerged prominently at the end of a tense week in which the two major political blocs¹⁸ -- the center-left and the center-right -- failed to agree on a different common candidate.

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。

4 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

5 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

6 projectile   

n.投射物，发射体；adj.向前开进的；推进的；抛掷的

参考例句：

• The vertical and horizontal motions of a projectile can be treated independently.抛射体的竖直方向和水平方向的运动能够分开来处理。
• Have you altered the plans of the projectile as the telegram suggests?你已经按照电报的要求修改炮弹图样了吗?

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 posture   

n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势

参考例句：

• The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
• He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。

9 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。

10 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

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 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

13 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。

14 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。

15 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

16 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

17 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 blocs   

n.集团，联盟( bloc的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句