CGTN头条新闻2022 香港新冠确诊数飙升,中央政府全力支持抗疫

Hong Kong COVID cases soar, Beijing vows¹ full support

 

Monaco leader praises efforts ensuring Beijing 2022 takes place

Prince Albert II of Monaco has applauded the staging of the Beijing Winter Olympics by China and praised the competition for celebrating the Olympic spirit and values.

The prince is among the world leaders who attended the opening ceremony of the Games.

This is also his 11th visit to China.

Beijing Winter Olympics set record-breaking viewership: OBS

Official data shows a record number of viewers are watching the Beijing Winter Olympics.

CEO Yiannis Exarchos of Olympic Broadcasting Services says the Games have attracted over 2 billion views on social media platforms.

Meanwhile, the number of people watching the events on the official website of the Olympic Games has exceeded 45 million, more than the entire run of the Pyeongchang Games four years ago.

Hong Kong COVID cases soar, Beijing vows full support

Beijing is vowing² to give full support to Hong Kong as the southern Chinese city is battling a new COVID outbreak.

The special administrative³ region has seen a tenfold rise in cases since the start of this month.

Biden to compensate⁴ 9/11 victims' families with frozen Afghan funds

U.S President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order to use Afghan assets frozen in the U.S. to fund humanitarian⁵ relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Washington froze around 7 billion dollars of the Afghan central bank's assets after the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August.

The order will require U.S. financial institutions to facilitate access to 3.5 billion dollars for Afghan relief and basic needs. The other half will be used to fund ongoing⁶ litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism.

UK economy up 7.5% in 2021, fastest since the Second World War

The U.K. economy grew by 7.5 percent last year, rebounding⁷ from its 9.4 percent fall in 2020.

The figure represents the fastest growth in the country since 1941.

The Bank of England also predicts the country's output, measured on a quarterly basis, will recover to its pre-pandemic size by the end of March.

Mexican journalist killed in latest violent attack on media

A Mexican journalist has been shot and killed in the southern state of Oaxaca.

Police confirmed Heber Lopez's murder on Thursday, making his death the fifth killing⁸ of a media personality in the country this year.

Lopez was an independent journalist who regularly wrote about politics and corruption⁹ in local government.

Prosecutors¹⁰ said two people were arrested in relation with the crime, though the investigation¹¹ was ongoing.

Koalas listed as endangered species by Australian government

The Australian government has officially listed the iconic koala as an endangered species due to habitat loss over the past two decades.

Environment Minister Sussan Ley said the decision came after THE native marsupial's habitats were hit by prolonged drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees.

Environment groups campaigned for koalas to be listed as endangered after 60,000 of the animals were killed, injured, or displaced in the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires.

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 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

3 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

4 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

7 rebounding   

蹦跳运动

参考例句：

• The strength of negative temperature concrete is tested with supersonic-rebounding method. 本文将超声回弹综合法用于负温混凝土强度检测。
• The fundamental of basketball includes shooting, passing and catching, rebounding, etc. 篮球运动中最基本的东西包括投篮，传接球，篮板球等。

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

9 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。

10 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。