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According totheXinhua News Agency, China's National Meteorological Center forecast that Tuesday through Thursday,a wide range of rain and snow are expected to affect areas in central and eastern Chinafrom west to east. Heavy snow andlocalsnowstorms brought by the cold wave will mainly affect  Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, while parts of Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang will see heavy rain.

据新华社，中央气象台预报，2月7日至9日，我国中东部大部地区将自西向东出现大范围雨雪天气，其中青海、甘肃、宁夏、陕西、山西等地有大雪、局地暴雪，广西、湖南、江西、浙江等地的部分地区有暴雨。

Going outdoors, you may feel the cold wind trying to penetrate your coat, hitting body parts covered by little material – such as the face. To explore how our bodies respond to coldness, let’s first explore how we feel “cold”.

户外出行，你可能会感到冷风已穿透外套，脸颊等衣料遮掩较少的身体部位备受侵袭。为了探究我们的身体如何对寒冷做出反应，首先要搞清楚我们是如何感觉“冷”的。

Human skin is filled with temperature-sensing nerve receptors named TRP, and they receive stimuli from the environment. Such stimuli may be pressure, cold, heat, or chemical, etc. To sense cold, the brain uses a kind of receptor called TRPM8.

人类的皮肤粘膜表面遍布一种名为TRP的温度感知神经感受器，会对环境里的刺激信号产生反应。这些刺激信号可能包括压力、冷热以及化学刺激等。而大脑为感知寒冷，使用了一种名为TRPM8的低温感受器。

Scientists first studied TRPM8 in 2002, discovering that its stimuli include a temperature between 10 C and 30 C and menthol. This is also why mint-flavored toothpaste can make our mouths cooler and fresher. When the TRPM8 is hit by stimuli, it sends an electric signal to the brain which understands the signal as “cold”.

研究人员在2002年首次研究出TRPM8，并发现10℃至30℃的低温（相比正常体温）和薄荷醇均是其活化信号。也正是因此，我们会觉得薄荷味的牙膏让口腔变得更冰爽、清新。TRPM8受到刺激时，会向大脑发送电信号，而大脑将这个信号理解为“冷”。

The body then protects itself from the cold through different means. According to Live Science, the body slows down its muscles and the nervous system. In this way, it reduces heat loss.

随后身体会通过不同的方式，保护自身免受寒冷。据美国生命科学网报道，在感到低温后，身体会减缓肌肉和神经系统的活动，从而减少热量损失。

The cold also leads to less blood flow. The body will first reduce blood flow at the skin and the body’s extremities, including the fingers, hands and feet. This is why these parts tend to feel cold first.

寒冷还会导致血液流动减少。身体首先会减少皮肤和四肢(包括手指、手和脚)的血液流动，因此这些部位会先感觉到冷。

“We try to limit how much blood we send out there, so it limits how much heat we put into the environment,” John Castellani at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Science told Live Science.

美国陆军环境医学研究所的约翰·卡斯特拉尼在接受美国生命科学网采访时表示：“身体试图限制向外输送血液，以此减少向环境中释放热量。”

To bring the body’s temperature back up, the body tends to produce heat itself by allowing muscles and organs to shake, more commonly known as shivering. Although this attempt may not be effective, it is more like a warning to people about the cold. In extreme cases, the body may be unable to maintain its core temperature inside, leading to injuries such as frostbite.

为了恢复体温，身体往往通过肌肉和器官的抖动来产生热量，这就是我们通常说的“寒战”。打冷战虽然可能没法产生多少热量，但更像是对人们的一种警告。在极端情况下，身体可能无法保持内部核心温度，就会导致冻伤等伤害。

Penetrate 

英 [ˈpenətreɪt]   美 [ˈpenətreɪt]

v.穿透

Extremities

英[ɪkˈstreməti]  美[ɪkˈstrɛmɪti]

n.四肢

Frostbite

英 [ˈfrɒstbaɪt]   美 [ˈfrɔstbaɪt]

n. 冻疮

Rescuers in Turkiye and Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region.

土耳其和叙利亚的救援人员在寒冷的夜晚一直搜索到2月7日，希望从废墟中救出更多幸存者。此前，一场7.8级地震成了4000多人死亡，数千栋建筑倒塌。

Authorities feared the death toll from Monday's pre-dawn earthquake and aftershocks would keep climbing as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete.

当局担心2月6日黎明前发生的地震和余震将持续造成死亡人数的攀升，因而救援人员正在金属和混凝土的废墟中寻找幸存者。

Survivors cried out for help from within mountains of debris as first responders contended with rain and snow. Seismic activity continued to rattle the region, including another jolt nearly as powerful as the initial quake. Workers carefully pulled away slabs of concrete and reached for bodies as desperate families waited for news of loved ones.

幸存者在堆积如山的废墟中大声呼救，急救人员与雨雪搏斗。地震仍在持续，包括另一次几乎与第一次地震一样强烈的震动。工人们小心翼翼地移开混凝土板，伸手去找尸体，绝望的家庭在等待亲人的消息。

"My grandson is 1 1/2 years old. Please help them, please. ... They were on the 12th floor," Imran Bahur wept by her destroyed apartment building in the Turkish city of Adana on Monday.

“我的孙子只有一岁半，求求你们帮助他们，请. ...他们在12楼，”2月6日，伊姆兰·巴胡尔在土耳其阿达纳市被摧毁的公寓前哭泣。

Tens of thousands who were left homeless in Turkiye and Syria faced a night in the cold. In the Turkish city of Gaziantep, a provincial capital about 33 kilometers (20 miles) from the epicenter, people took refuge in shopping malls, stadiums, mosques and community centers. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning.

土耳其和叙利亚成千上万无家可归的人在寒冷中度过了一夜。在距离震中约33公里（20英里）的土耳其省会城市加济安泰普，人们前往购物中心、体育场、清真寺和社区中心避难。土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安宣布全国哀悼七天。

Eight rescue experts from China's Zhejiang Rescue Team of Ramunion, a civilian rescue organization, have left for Turkiye after Monday's huge earthquakes jolted the country and its neighbor Syria and resulted in heavy casualties.

周一，土耳其及其邻国叙利亚发生强烈地震，造成重大人员伤亡，中国浙江社会救援力量公羊救援队的八名救援专家已启程前往土耳其。

Carrying life detectors, tools for dismantling operations and a rescue dog, the team is expected to arrive at the affected area in Turkiye on Wednesday afternoon local time, the team said in a media release early on Tuesday.

2月7日一早，救援队在媒体发布会上表示，团队预计携带生命探测器、拆除作业工具和一只搜救犬，预计将于当地时间2月8日下午抵达土耳其的受灾地区。

All eight rescuers have rich experiences in international rescue operations, it said.

八名救援人员均具有丰富的国际救援经验。

Established in 2008, the Ramunion rescue team has participated in 287 rescue missions, 16 of which were out of China.

公羊救援队成立于2008年，共参与救援287次，其中境外救援16次。

The Red Cross Society of China said that it will send the Turkish Red Crescent and the Syrian Red Crescent cash to help with disaster relief and rescue operations after strong earthquakes shook Turkiye and Syria on Monday.

2月6日，土耳其和叙利亚发生强烈地震后，中国红十字会表示将向土耳其红新月会和叙利亚红新月会提供现金，以帮助开展救灾和救援行动。

Each organization will receive $200,000, the society said on Monday evening.

该协会周一晚间表示，每个组织将获得20万美元。

Chen Zhu, president of China's Red Cross, sent letters of sympathy to both groups after the temblors, which killed thousands of people.

地震发生后已造成数千人死亡，中国红十字会会长陈竺向这两个国家发出了慰问信。

China's Red Cross said that it will keep track of the conditions in the affected areas and will offer more humanitarian aid based on evolving needs.

中国红十字会表示将密切关注灾区情况，并将根据不断变化的需求提供更多人道主义援助。

Rubble

英 [ˈrʌbl]       美 [ˈrʌbəl]

n.碎石

Topple

英[ˈtɒpl]       美[ˈtɑːpl]

v.倾倒

Aftershock

英 [ˈɑ:ftəʃɒk]    美 [ˈæftərʃɑk]

n. 余震

China's rise as the largest producer and consumer of gold worldwide was highlighted by statistics in the Gold Demand Trends report by the World Gold Council, ThePaper reported on Wednesday.

据澎湃新闻2月1日报道，1月31日，世界黄金协会发布的《全球黄金需求趋势报告》显示，中国已成为全球最大的黄金生产国和消费国。

In 2022, it was estimated that China accounted for 10 percent of the world's total gold production and it has been the world's largest gold producer since 2007, according to the WGC's report released on Tuesday.

报告显示，据估计，2022年中国黄金产量占世界黄金总产量的10%，自2007年以来一直是世界上最大的黄金生产国。

China has also maintained its position as the world's largest gold consumer since 2013, with its annual gold consumption having expanded five times from a little over 375 tons in the early 1990s to a record high of 1,347 tons in 2013.

自2013年以来，中国一直保持着全球最大黄金消费国的地位，年黄金消费量从上世纪90年代初的略多于375吨增长到2013年的1347吨，增长了5倍。

The gold jewelry market in China has witnessed a remarkable growth trend. In 2013, demand for gold jewelry peaked at 939 tons, an increase of 328 percent in ten years.

中国黄金首饰市场呈现出明显的增长态势。2013年，黄金首饰的需求达到了939吨的峰值，十年间增长了328%。

China accounted for over 27 percent of the total global demand for gold jewelry in 2022.

2022年，中国占全球黄金首饰总需求的27%以上。

China's gold consumption demand has averaged around 945 tons annually over the past decade, a 30 percent share of the global total, indicating that it has become a key part of the global market.

过去10年，中国黄金消费需求平均每年约945吨，占全球总量的30%，已成为全球黄金市场的重要组成部分。

The People's Bank of China, China's central bank, has added 1,616 tons of gold to its reserves over the last 30 years.

中国人民银行在过去30年里增加了1616吨黄金储备。

By the end of 2022, the central bank's total gold reserves had reached 2,011 tons, after adding a total of 62 tons of gold reserves in the last two months of 2022, according to another report by WGC, named the 2022 Gold Demand Trends report.

根据世界黄金协会发布的《2022年黄金需求趋势报告》，到2022年底，中国人民银行的黄金储备总量已达到2011吨，而在2022年最后两个月，中国人民银行的黄金储备总量增加了62吨。

The move marks the first time since September 2019 that the Chinese central bank announced an increase in its gold holdings after 38 months.

这是自2019年9月以来，中国人民银行在38个月后首次宣布增持黄金。

Demand for gold bars and coins in the Chinese market totaled 218 tons in 2022, a 24 percent decrease compared to the last year, while demand for gold jewelry currently sits at 571 tons, a 15 percent year-on-year drop.

2022年，中国市场对金条和金币的需求总计218吨，比去年减少24%，而黄金首饰的需求目前为571吨，同比下降15%。

However, demand for gold globally jumped 18 percent in 2022 to 4,740.7 tons, the highest annual total demand since 2011. Among them, 1,136 tons of annual gold purchases were made by central banks worldwide, the report shows.

然而，2022年全球黄金需求增长18%，达到4740.7吨，是自2011年以来最高的年度总需求。报告显示，其中，全球央行年度购金需求达到1136吨。

The decline in Chinese gold demand was only a temporary result of certain conditions and is set to rebound soon, said Louise Street, a senior markets analyst of the World Gold Council.

世界黄金协会高级市场分析师路易斯•斯特里特表示，中国黄金需求下降只是特定条件下的暂时结果，很快就会反弹。

Positive seasonal factors in the first quarter of 2023 and strong central bank demand for gold are expected to help China keep its position as the world's top gold consumer in 2023, Louise added.

路易斯补充说，2023年第一季度积极的季节性因素和央行对黄金的强劲需求，预计将有助于中国在2023年保持全球最大黄金消费国的地位。

China's demand for gold jewelry, bars, and coins is expected to bounce back in 2023, as the Chinese economy is set to recover following the optimization of the pandemic policy coupled with a likely consequent rise in disposable income of Chinese households, said Wang Lixin, regional CEO of the WGC (China).

世界黄金协会中国区首席执行官王立新表示，中国对黄金首饰、金条和金币的需求预计将在2023年反弹，因为在疫情防控政策优化后，中国经济将复苏，同时中国家庭可支配收入可能随之增加。

This boost in gold demand will also be supported by the focus of commercial banks on gold sales, and the growing willingness of investors to purchase gold as an effective and stable store of value, Wang added.

他补充说，商业银行对黄金销售的关注，以及投资者越来越愿意购买黄金作为有效和稳定的保值手段，也将支持黄金需求的增长。

Reserve

英 [rɪˈzɜːv]   美 [rɪˈzɜːrv]

v.保留

Optimization

英[əˈpreɪz]    美[əˈpreɪz]

n.最优化

Consequent

英 [ˈkɒnsɪkwənt] 美 [ˈkɑːnsɪkwənt]

adj. 随之发生的

The Chinese mainland fully resumed normal travel with the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) starting Monday, in what is expected to be a strong boost for the two regions' economic development.

2月1日起，中国大陆开始全面恢复与港澳特别行政区的正常通行，将有力推动两个地区的经济发展。

Starting Monday, the Lo Wu Control Point, the Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang Control Point and the Heung Yuen Wai/Liantang Control Point opened up, marking the full resumption of the functioning of all seven boundary control points between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

罗湖、落马洲/皇岗及香园围/莲塘口岸于2月1日正式开放，标志着深圳与香港之间的7个边境管制站全面恢复运作。

Monday's first group of travelers included students, cyclists, and people traveling for business and family reunions.

2月1日以来，首批旅客包括了学生、骑行爱好者、出差和回家团聚的人。

At the Liantang Control Point, red welcome banners and flower bouquets added to the joyful atmosphere greeting commuters. Around 6:30 am, cross-boundary students and their parents, who were about to leave for Hong Kong for the new semester, were already queued up for departure.

在莲塘口岸，红色欢迎横幅和花束使迎接旅客的欢乐气氛更加浓厚。上午6时30分左右，即将启程赴港新学期的跨境学子和家长已经排起了长队。

Pan Qiaojuan, who lives in Shenzhen's Luohu district, arrived early with her son for the long-awaited trip. "I've been looking forward to this moment. Today, my son will go back to his middle school in Hong Kong and we will also visit his grandparents there. We haven't seen one another for a long time."

家住深圳罗湖区的潘乔娟带着儿子早早赶到，开始了期待已久的旅行。“我一直期待着这一刻。今天，我的儿子将回到他在香港的中学，我们也会去看望他的祖父母。我们已经很久没有见面了。”

Group tours between the mainland and the two SARs also resumed on Monday.

内地与两地的跟团游也于周一恢复。

Two tourist groups left Guangzhou, Guangdong province, for Hong Kong by high speed train, while another two groups took special coaches to Macao for sightseeing on Monday morning.

2月1日上午，两批旅游团从广东广州出发，乘坐高铁前往香港，另有两批旅游团乘坐专车前往澳门观光。

The four tourists groups, comprising more than 100 tourists, are the first batch of Chinese mainland residents to travel to the two SARs in three years, indicating the comprehensive recovery of the group travel business from the mainland to Hong Kong and Macao starting on Monday.

这四组100余人的旅游团，是三年来首批赴港澳旅游的内地居民，标标志着内地赴港澳团队游业务从周一开始全面恢复。

According to Zhao Wenzhi, president of GZL International Travel Service, mainland residents' confidence to tour Hong Kong and Macao has grown after the country optimized its COVID-19 measures and both Guangdong and Hong Kong governments agreed to simplify exit-entry procedures for residents to go across the border for sightseeing.

广之旅国际旅行社总裁赵文志表示，在国家优化新冠病毒防控措施以及广东和香港政府同意简化居民跨境旅游出入境手续后，内地居民赴港澳旅游的信心有所增强。

Zhao believed the peak of Hong Kong and Macao tours would be during the upcoming Qingming Festival holiday in April and the Labor Day holiday.

赵文志认为，港澳游的高峰期将出现在不久之后的清明节和劳动节假期期间。

Statistics from Zhao's company indicate that more than 1,000 Guangzhou residents will visit Hong Kong and Macao by train, bus, plane and ferry in the coming week.

据广之旅国际旅行社统计，接下来的一周将有1000多名广州市民乘坐火车、汽车、飞机和轮渡前往港澳。

Wen Qian, vice-president of the travel service, said her company has carefully studied and organized special Hong Kong and Macao tour routes to attract tourists.

旅行社副总裁温前表示，公司仔细研究并组织了别出心裁的港澳旅游线路来吸引游客。

She promised the company would provide even better services to the tourists who travel Hong Kong and Macao in the months to come.

她承诺，在接下来的几个月里，公司会为港澳旅客提供更优质的服务。

To welcome the tourists, all walks of life in Hong Kong and Macao have organized rich and varied courtesies to the first group of tourists from the mainland.

为迎接游客，港澳各界为首批内地游客组织了丰富多彩的招待活动。

Tan Yingting, a tourist from Guangzhou, said she was happy to visit Hong Kong again after three years.

来自广州的游客谭颖婷说道，她很高兴时隔三年再次来到香港。

In addition to visiting Disneyland and major scenic spots, she will enjoy delicious food in Hong Kong. Another tourist, surnamed Lin, said he visits Hong Kong mainly for shopping, as he has not toured it for more than three years because of COVID-19.

除了参观迪士尼乐园和主要景点外，她还将在香港享受美食。另一名林姓游客表示，他来香港主要是为了购物，因为新冠疫情，他已经三年多没有来香港旅游了。

Resume

英 [rɪˈzjuːm]    美 [rɪˈzuːm]

v.恢复

Commuter

英[kəˈmjuːtə(r)]美[kəˈmjuːtər]

n.通勤者

Courtesy

英 [ˈkɜːtəsi]    美 [ˈkɜːrtəsi]

n. 礼貌

Many Chinese students managed to pull off a miracle on Saturday night — finishing their winter break homework before registration for the new semester on Sunday.

许多中国学生都会在周日新学期开学的前一晚，神奇地完成寒假作业。

Sun Yan was one of the many parents who witnessed the feat, joking about it on social media.

Sun Yan在社交媒体上开玩笑称自己就是见证这一壮举的众多家长之一。

"It's funny to see my son staying up to finish homework in a hurry," said the father of a fifth grader in Huaian, Jiangsu province. "But he needs to get more organized and diligent for school."

江苏淮安的一位五年级学生的父亲说：“看到儿子熬夜赶作业很有意思，不过他去了学校还是需要更有规划、更勤奋。”

After a long winter break that lasted nearly two months, the new semester will officially begin on Monday in Jiangsu. Many students and teachers were excited by the changes to COVID-19 prevention measures, upgraded cafeterias and new decorations at schools.

2月6日，在长达近两个月的漫长寒假之后，江苏的新学期将正式开始。学生和老师们对新冠病毒防控措施的变化、食堂的升级和学校的新装饰感到兴奋。

Many schools have abandoned daily PCR tests for students and staff members. They only ask that parents guarantee that students have been in good health for at least seven days before the start of the semester.

许多学校已经取消了对学生和教职员工的每日核酸检测。他们只要求家长确保学生在开学前一周身体健康。

Shi Qinmeng, principal of Fuxijie Primary School in Nanjing, the Jiangsu capital, said that the school is encouraging students to stay home if they feel unwell.

江苏省会南京市府西街小学校长史勤蒙表示，学校鼓励身体不适的学生在家休息。

"We disinfect the school regularly and have set up an observation room for students who feel under the weather," he said. "Their health is the top priority."

史勤蒙说：“我们定期对校园进行消毒，并且为身体不适的学生设立了观察室，学生的健康是重中之重。”

As manystudents at Fuxijie are children of migrant workers, Shi and his colleagues encouraged students to bring back souvenirs, including flowers, grasses or even a handful of soil, to remind them of their homes.

府西街小学的许多学生都是外来务工人员的子女，因此史勤蒙和他的同事们鼓励学生们带回一些纪念品寄托思乡之情，可以是鲜花、小草甚至是一抔土。

Due to COVID-19 prevention and control measures over the past three years, many children weren't able to return to their hometowns for family reunions during Spring Festival.

过去三年的新冠病毒防控措施，让许多孩子在春节期间无法回家与家人团聚。

Ai Jing, a doctor at the Institute of Acute Infectious Diseases at the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suggested that if students and staff show symptoms such as fever, fatigue or sore throat, they should stay home to avoid infecting others.

江苏省疾控中心急性传染病防治所医生艾静建议，如果学生和教职员工出现发热、乏力、咽痛等症状，应居家避免传染他人。

"Temperatures should also be checked before entering school," she said. "Those who feel sick should go to the observation rooms."

艾静表示：“入校前仍然应该检测体温” “身体不适的人应去观察室。”

Compared with normal winter breaks, which usually last less than a month in Jiangsu, this year's break started in mid-December in many of the province's schools due to an outbreak of COVID-19 that led to many calling in sick.

在江苏，正常的寒假通常不到一个月，而今年的寒假在12月中旬就开始了，这是因为新冠病毒的爆发导致许多学生请了病假。

To allow the children to adapt to the coming days, many schools are running special activities and will send students home early for the first week.

为了让孩子们适应即将到来的日子，许多学校都在举办特别活动，并在开学第一周让学生们提前回家。

"We will mainly hold safety education sessions and organize interesting activities during the first week," said Shi, "so that the children get used to being back at school days, quickly and joyfully."

史勤蒙表示：“开学第一周我们主要举办安全教育课并组织一些有趣的活动，” “这样能够让孩子们快速且快乐地适应学校生活。”

Registration

英  [ˌredʒɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n]   美  [ˌredʒɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n]

n. 登记

Symptoms

英  [ˈsɪmptəmz]   美  [ˈsɪmptəmz]

n. 症状

Beijing "expresses its strong dissatisfaction and protest over the use of armed force by the US side" to attack a civilian unmanned airship from China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in statement issued on Sunday.

A Chinese unmanned airship was spotted in the airspace above the United States earlier this week before Washington claimed it shot down the airship on Saturday.

中方对美方使用武力袭击民用无人飞艇表示强烈不满和抗议。中方经核查后已多次告知美方，该飞艇属民用性质，因不可抗力进入美国，完全是意外情况。

中方明确要求美方以冷静、专业、克制方式妥善处理。美国防部发言人也表示，该气球不会对地面人员构成军事和人身威胁。在此情况下，美方执意动用武力，明显反应过度，严重违反国际惯例。中方将坚决维护有关企业的正当权益，同时保留作出进一步必要反应的权利。

The Foreign Ministry said in its statement that China, after completing verification, "has informed the US side multiple times the airship is for civilian use and it entered the US due to force majeure, constituting a completely unintended situation".

China has clearly requested the US handle the situation properly in a calm, professional and restrained manner, the ministry said.

The Pentagon's spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said on Thursday the airship "does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground".

"Under such a circumstance, the US side's persistence in using armed force is an obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice," the statement said.

China will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprise concerned while reserving its right to make further necessary responses, it added.

记者：张陨璧

来源：外交部官网 中国日报网

Buoyed by huge Spring Festival movie ticket sales, the first month of the 2023 took a giant leap to become the highest-grossing January of all time in China, according to the China Film Administration.

据中国电影局数据显示，受春节档电影票房火爆的影响，2023年的第一个月实现了巨大飞跃，成为中国有史以来票房最高的一月。

Selling a total of 201 million tickets for 10 million screenings in over 10,000 cinemas, the country saw its overall box-office earnings exceed 10 billion yuan ($1.48 billion) by Tuesday.

截至周二，全国1万多家影院放映1000万场，共售出2.01亿张电影票，总票房收入超过100亿元（14.8亿美元）。

This represented a 270 percent increase from 2.7 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to the Beacon, a real-time film data tracker.

据实时电影数据追踪机构Beacon称，这一数字较去年同期的27亿元增长了270%。

With the rapid expansion of the domestic film industry in recent decades, people have started a new custom of going to cinemas during Spring Festival, turning the weeklong holiday into a lucrative box-office season, insiders said.

业内人士称，近几十年来国内电影业的迅速发展，春节期间去电影院成为了人们过年的新习俗，将为期一周的假期变成了一个利润丰厚的票房季。

This year, the festival started earlier than usual, with all seven days falling in January. In the past, it either stretched from late January to early February or was entirely celebrated in February.

今年的春节比往年开始得更早，春节假期都集中在一月。在此之前，假期要么从1月底持续到2月初，要么完全在2月份。

The appealing lineup of seven new movies — coupled with China's optimization of COVID-19 control measures, the first such adjustment in three years — further made the January box-office earnings soar, some analysts said.

分析人士表示，七部新电影的阵容让人眼前一亮，加上中国三年来首次优化疫情控制措施，进一步推动了1月份票房的飙升。

Full River Red — director Zhang Yimou's twist-studded story loosely inspired from a loyal general who was framed and executed — topped the charts, followed by sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth II and animated film Boonie Bears: Guardian Code in second and third places.

《满江红》是张艺谋导演的电影，故事情节颇为曲折，灵感来自一位被陷害致死的忠臣良将。这部电影在榜单上名列榜首，紧随其后的是科幻电影《流浪地球2》和动画电影《熊出没:守护密码》。

Zhang's film generated so much enthusiasm among its audiences that many visited the memorial sites of Yue Fei, the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) general whose story inspired the movie, in provinces such as Zhejiang and Henan.

张艺谋的电影引发了观众极大的热情，许多人前往浙江和河南等地的岳飞纪念馆参观。岳飞是南宋时期（1127-1279）的将军，他的故事为这部电影带来了灵感。

Domestic media reported people also waiting in long lines to see bronze statues of Qin Hui and express their anger toward the then top courtier who framed and executed Yue.

国内媒体报道说，人们还排着长队等待观看秦桧的铜像，并对当时陷害和处决岳飞的最高级朝廷官员表示愤慨。

据国内媒体报道，人们还排着长队等待观看秦桧的铜像，对当时将岳飞陷害致死的最高朝臣表示愤慨。

Sun Jiashan, an associate researcher with China Film Archive, said the robust recovery signals that local filmmakers had honed their skills to give the film industry, which was once struggling due to the closure of cinemas and a dearth of quality movies amid the pandemic, a fresh lease of life.

中国电影资料馆副研究员孙佳山表示，强劲的复苏表明，中国电影人已经磨练了技能，让电影业获得了新的生机。在疫情期间，由于电影院关闭和高质量电影的缺乏，电影业一度陷入困境。

Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association, said the massive box-office success will boost the confidence of Chinese filmmakers and prompt them to make quality movies, and also draw more investors to drive the industry's long-term development.

中国影评人协会主席饶曙光表示，票房的巨大成功将增强中国电影人的信心，推动他们制作高质量的电影，同时也吸引更多的投资者来推动行业的长期发展。

Buoy

英 [bɔɪ]       美 [ˈbui, bɔɪ]

v.支持

Lucrative

英[ˈluːkrətɪv]美[ˈluːkrətɪv]

adj.获利多的

Hone

英 [həʊn]     美 [hoʊn]

v. 用磨刀石磨

People flocked to the legendary Sanlitun bar street in Beijing on Tuesday night to celebrate the good times they'd spent in the bars there for the last time before their closure. For many regular visitors, the bar street had not only accompanied them in their young and wild days, but was also an example of China's reform and opening-up progress.

周二晚上，人们涌向北京传奇的三里屯酒吧街，庆祝在酒吧关闭前最后的美好时光。对于很多常客来说，酒吧一条街不仅陪伴了他们年少轻狂的岁月，也是中国改革开放进程的一个缩影。

The street, which is near the embassy area in Chaoyang district, was developed in the 1990s. It is home to some of the city's oldest bars, which were opened after China implemented its reform and opening-up policy.

这条街道靠近朝阳区使馆区，始建于上世纪90年代。这里是北京一些最古老的酒吧的所在地，这些酒吧是在中国实施改革开放政策后开设的。

After being appraised by a third-party organization, the buildings on the street — a strip located across the street from the popular Taikooli shopping complex — were deemed unsafe so they had to be closed by Tuesday for renovations, said Wei Lei, deputy director of Sanlitun subdistrict.

三里屯街道办事处副主任卫磊表示，经过第三方机构的评估，——位于受欢迎的太古里购物中心街对面的地带存在安全隐患，因此必须在周二之前关闭进行装修。

After hearing the news, a senior Beijing resident surnamed Wang and his wife took pictures on Tuesday at Languifang, their favorite bar and the location of a date they had together when they were younger.

听到这个消息后，北京一位王姓居民和他的妻子在周二的时候到了他们最喜欢的兰桂坊酒吧拍照，也是他们年轻时约会过的地方。

"We have so many beautiful memories here. In the 1990s, the bar street was the must-go place for fashionable young people in Beijing. It was the only one of its kind and there was no place like it," the 60-year-old said. "We are here today to preserve the last memory of it and to bid farewell to our youth."

“这儿有太多我们美好的回忆。90年代的时候，酒吧街是北京时髦年轻人都会去的地方，独一无二，无与伦比，”说这话时，他已经60岁了。“我们今天来到这里，是为了保留对它最后的记忆，也是为了向我们的青春告别。”

The bars were also popular among expatriates and had become great platforms for cultural exchanges, especially when the country first started to open up and people were eager to learn about the world, Wang said.

他还说，这些酒吧在外籍人士中也很受欢迎，成为了文化交流的重要平台，尤其是在中国刚刚开始开放的时候，人们渴望了解世界。

"During our visits to the bars over the years, we could tell that people had become more confident when exchanging ideas with people from other countries. In fact, the bars have witnessed the progress that China has made," he added.

“这些年来，在我们走访这些酒吧的过程中，我们可以感觉到，人们在和其他国家的人交流思想时变得越来越自信。事实上，这些酒吧见证了中国取得的进步。”

Liu Yan, who has lived in the Sanlitun area for more than 40 years, said she has seen how the bar street took shape and how the street was packed with people from all over the world during its glory days.

在三里屯地区生活了40多年的刘艳说，她见证了酒吧街在鼎盛时期的形成，也看到了这条街在辉煌时期如何云集了五湖四海的人。

"As Beijing becomes more international, better bars have opened around the city. The city's first bar street is no longer unique and as popular as it once was, so the upgrades are quite necessary," said the 65-year-old who also came to see the street before the renovations begin.

“北京发展越来越国际化，周边开了更多优质酒吧。第一条酒吧街不再像以前一样特别和受欢迎了，所以对它进行升级是很有必要的，”一位65岁的老人说道，他也在装修开始前来看一看这条街。

On Tuesday night, many bars on the street were closed with a notice stuck on the doors saying "housing structure is not suitable for operation, which seriously affects the overall safety". Some chose to open till the last minute so loyal customers could have their last drinks there.

周二晚上，街上的许多酒吧都关门歇业，门上贴着“房屋结构不适合经营，严重影响整体安全”的告示。有些酒吧选择营业到最后一分钟，如此一来，老顾客就可以在这里喝到最后一杯。

As part of the renovation, other types of businesses such as coffee shops and restaurants offering healthy food will be opened on the street, said Wei, the official from Sanlitun subdistrict, adding that even with their arrival, the area will still be known as bar street.

三里屯街道的魏姓官员表示，街上还将开设咖啡店和提供健康食品的餐馆等其他类型的业务作为改造的一部分。他还补充道，即使真这样安排，这条街仍将被称为酒吧街。

Liu said she is glad that the area will keep its name because the bar street has become a symbol of China's opening-up progress.

刘艳说，她很高兴这条街的名称能得到保留，因为酒吧街已经成为中国开放进步的象征。

"The history of the street is worth remembering. That's why there are so many people here to say goodbye," she said.

“这条街的历史值得铭记。这就是为什么有这么多人来这里告别。”她说道。

Flock

英 [flɒk]      美 [flɑːk]

n.一大群人

Appraise

英[əˈpreɪz]    美[əˈpreɪz]

v.评估

Renovation

英 [ˌrenə'veɪʃn] 美 [ˌrenə'veɪʃn]

v. 翻新

Hu Xinyu, the 15-year-old boy who went missing from a high school in Yanshan county, Jiangxi province last October, committed suicide, local police said on Thursday.

当地警方在周四表示，2022年10月14日在江西省铅山县一所高中失踪的15岁男孩胡鑫宇系自缢死亡。

On Oct 14, Hu, a student at Zhiyuan Senior High School, was reported missing. According to video footage provided by the school, he was last seen at 5:48 pm in the school's dormitories.

10月14日，致远高中学生胡某宇被报失踪。根据学校提供的视频片段，他最后一次出现在学校宿舍是下午5点48分。

Around 12:25 pm on Saturday, police received a call from a member of the public saying they'd seen a body in the woods in Jinji Mountains near the school. After investigation, it was found that the clothes on the body matched those Hu had been wearing at the time of his disappearance, according to DNA results that came out on Sunday, the body indeed belonged to Hu, Yanshan police said in a statement.

周六下午12点25分左右，警方接到一名市民电话，称他们在学校附近金鸡山的树林里看到了一具尸体。铅山警方在声明中表示，经调查，发现尸体上的衣服与胡某失踪时所穿的衣服相符，据周日公布的DNA结果显示，尸体确实属于胡某。

Suicide

英 [ˈsuːɪsaɪd]   美 [ˈsuːɪsaɪd]

n.自杀

A police drama based on real organized crime cases is helping educate the public about the value of the rule of law and their rights, experts said.

专家表示，根据真实、有组织的犯罪案件改编而来的警匪剧有助于对公众进行科普法治的价值及权利。

A special campaign launched by the central government on fighting organized crime and legal departments' rectification measures are used as much of the background for The Knockout.

《狂飙》这部剧大部分的背景源于中央政府发起的打击有组织犯罪的专项行动和法律部门的整顿措施。

The drama tells the story of a police officer's fight against organized crime over 20 years, and shows the rise and demise of underworld figures and corrupt officials.

该剧讲述了一名警官20多年来与有组织犯罪作斗争的故事，展现了黑道人物和贪官的兴衰。

It has received a rating of 9.1 out of 10 on Douban, one of China's most-visited review platforms, and has become one of the most discussed topics on social media since mid-January. The drama began screening on China Central Television and streaming platform iQiyi on Jan 14, with a total of 39 episodes to be aired.

这部剧在豆瓣——中国访问量最大的评论平台之一获得了9.1分（满分10分），并自1月中旬以来成为社交媒体上讨论最多的话题之一。这部剧于1月14日在中央电视台和流媒体平台爱奇艺开播，共39集。

Many viewers have applauded the show's plotlines and the actors' performances, and also praised the efforts of police officers in battling organized crime.

许多观众对剧情和演员的表演表示赞赏，也对警察打击有组织犯罪的努力表示赞赏。

In January 2018, the central authorities launched a three-year nationwide special campaign to fight organized crime.

2018年1月，中央启动了为期三年的全国打黑除恶专项行动。

According to the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, from 2018 to 2020, authorities busted 3,644 mafia-like gangs and 11,675 other criminal gangs, detained 237,000 suspects and investigated 89,700 cases of "protective umbrellas", a reference to officials who hide gangsters' crimes.

中共中央政法委数据显示，2018年至2020年期间，共打掉涉黑团伙3644个，其他犯罪团伙11675个，抓获犯罪嫌疑人23.7万名，查处“保护伞”案件8.97万件，其中“保护伞”指的是隐瞒黑帮罪行的官员。

The crackdown on organized crime, which involved multiple departments including public security and discipline inspection, as well as banks, continued after the campaign officially ended.

打黑行动正式结束后仍在继续，涉及公安、纪检、银行等多个部门。

In May 2022, the Anti-organized Crime Law took effect, giving greater legal clout to fight such crimes.

2022年5月，《反有组织犯罪法》正式实施，打击有组织犯罪的法律效力进一步增强。

From July 2020 to December 2021, commissions for political and legal affairs at all levels also conducted educational rectification for officials in public security organs and procuratorates as well as lawyers and other related groups to strengthen internal supervision and root out those who undermine trust in the departments.

2020年7月至2021年12月，各级政法委还对公安机关、检察院干部、律师等相关群体进行了教育整顿，加强内部监督，坚决杜绝失信分子。

Wei Pengju, director of the Institute of Cultural Economics at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, said The Knockout resonated with viewers on an emotional level. Reactions to the program also reflected how the public perceived the work and achievements of the nation in combating organized crime and building a sound legal environment.

北京市中央财经大学文化经济研究所所长魏鹏举表示，《狂飙》在情感层面引起了观众的共鸣。剧集反响也反映了公众对国家打击黑社会、营造良好法治环境的工作和成绩的认可。

It educated viewers to have a positive attitude on seeking help through legal avenues, rather than violence or bullying, when encountering unfairness, Wei said. The program also deterred potential gangsters from pursuing criminal activities.

这部剧集教育观众，在遇到不公平时要有通过法律途径寻求帮助的积极态度，而不是暴力或欺凌。这一项目还阻止了潜在的黑帮分子从事犯罪活动。

"Stories of fighting organized crime are often attractive to audiences, and this reflects people's expectations and trust in advancing rule of law. The hatred of gangsters and the pursuit of justice among viewers is the same, which is the simplest understanding of a law-based society," said Zhi Feina, a professor at the Film and Television Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts.

“打击黑帮的故事往往能吸引观众，反映了人们对推进法治的期待和信任。观众对黑社会的仇恨和对正义的追求是一致的，这是对法治最简单的理解。”中国艺术研究院影视研究所教授支菲娜说道。

Zhi said that the positive sentiment created by the authorities' crackdown on organized crime is an important reason for the drama's success. This has also promoted the idea of the rule of law, she added.

她还表示，当局打击有组织犯罪所创造的积极情绪是这部剧成功的重要原因。弘扬了法治的理念。

Rectification

英 [ˌrektɪfɪ'keɪʃn] 美 [ˌrɛktəfəˈkeʃən]

n.矫正

Gangster

英[ˈɡæŋstə(r)]   美[ˈɡæŋstər]

n.匪徒

Clout

英 [klaʊt]       美 [klaʊt]

v. 猛击