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美国溯源报告依旧无果，持续甩锅中国｜US' origins-tracing report dismissed as scapegoating

Officials and experts are saying Beijing's recent pushback has been "necessary and helpful" to frustrate Washington's attempt to scapegoat China, after the US intelligence community unveiled a vaguely worded, inconclusive summary of the COVID-19 origins-tracing report submitted to President Joe Biden.

美国情报机构于当地时间8月24日交给了总统拜登一份没有结论、含糊其辞的所谓“新冠病毒溯源报告”。官方人员和专家均表示，中方近期的回击是必要且有益的，以打击美方企图甩锅中国的势头。

Politicizing origins tracing will further backfire and "lead nowhere", and Washington should "return to a science-based, cooperation-driven global response", they said.

将病毒溯源政治化将适得其反，最终无路可走。美方应通过全球合作回到以科学为基础，基于事实的病毒溯源工作。

In May, Biden directed the US intelligence community to produce a report on COVID-19's origins within 90 days. The two-page, unclassified summary of the report was released on Friday by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

今年5月，拜登下令美国情报部门在90天内提供新冠病毒起源报告。这份长达两页的溯源报告的非保密版本摘要由美国国家情报总监办公室于周五公布。

The summary states that US investigators "judge the virus was not developed as a biological weapon", but they do not rule out natural exposure to the virus, nor a laboratory accident as the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

这份报告摘要首先排除了新冠病毒是一种被开发出的“生物武器”的可能性，但他们不排除自然接触该病毒的可能性，也不排除实验室事故是新型冠状病毒大流行的起源。

By Friday, the US had reported at least 38.1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 628,400 deaths, the highest number of infections and death toll of any country, according to World Health Organization updates.

根据世界卫生组织的最新消息，截至上周五，美国已报告至少3810万人新冠确诊和628400多人死亡，是所有国家中感染人数和死亡人数最多的国家。

"Justice will prevail, and injustice is doomed to fail," Vice-Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Saturday in a statement, noting that Beijing has made serious protests to Washington over the report.

外交部副部长马朝旭上周六在一份声明中表示：“得道多助，失道寡助”。

Washington has failed to respond to global concerns and the calls for a complete investigation of over 200 US bio-labs located across the globe, he said.

他说，美方至今拒绝回应国际社会对德特里克堡生物实验室以及美国200多个海外生物实验基地等合理怀疑。

In so doing, the US "attempts to cover up facts and shirk its responsibilities", and it should "face up to the global community with a clear response", he said.

美国这样做是在“试图掩盖真相，逃避责任。美国有责任和义务给全世界一个交代。”

Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Department of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said, "China's recent pushbacks against the US report have been powerful enough to convince Washington that it has neither overwhelmed Beijing nor reached its goal of dealing a heavy blow to China with the tracing issue."

中国国际问题研究所美国研究所副所长苏晓晖表示：“中国最近对美国报告的回击力度足以让美方相信，这份报告既没有压倒中国，也没有在病毒溯源上对中国造成沉重打击。

The 90-day review came "in like a lion, (and went) out like a lamb", and Washington has been fixating on the tracing with a grandiose gesture, but the report summary fails to be conclusive and seems like a flailing in the air, she said.

她说，90天的审查一开始兴师动众，报告结果却含糊其辞。美国一直带头关注追踪工作，但报告摘要却没有定论，内容空洞。

"Behind the review was a dual-purpose strategy: courting the conservative, right-wing political forces in the US and, at the same time, hijacking China for political bargaining and pressuring for benefits regarding other issues," Su said.

拜登此次审查的背后有着双重目的：一是为讨好美国保守的右翼政治势力，二是将病毒溯源政治化，对中国进行打压，以谋取利益。”苏晓晖说到。

But the outcome is that Republicans have criticized the Biden administration for failing to meet their expectations, she said.

但其结果却是共和党人批评拜登政府未能达到他们的期望。

A subsequent statement by the White House purported that China is trying to hold back international investigation and rejects calls for transparency. The statement urges like-minded partners to exert pressure on China.

白宫同日就新冠病毒溯源调查发布声明，妄称中方阻挠溯源工作的国际调查，缺乏透明度，企图纠集有关伙伴方对中方施压。

Ma, the vice-foreign minister, said that the US campaign of politicizing the tracing issue has been unpopular and has drawn widespread criticism around the world.

中国外交部副部长马朝旭表示，美国在溯源问题上搞政治化不得人心，遭到国际社会普遍反对。

Washington should "immediately cease poisoning the atmosphere for global cooperation on tracing, stop undermining the global joint COVID-19 response", he said.

他说，美方应立即停止毒化国际溯源合作氛围、破坏全球团结抗疫的行径，

Zeng Yixin, deputy head of the National Health Commission, said in a China Central Television interview released on Sunday that mobilizing intelligence agencies to work on tracing in itself yields more ironclad proof that the US is politicizing the tracing issue.

国家卫生健康委副主任曾益新在周日接受中国中央电视台采访时表示，由美国的情报部门、而不是专业医学机构来发布溯源调查报告，这本身就是确凿的证据，是谁在将溯源问题政治化也就一目了然。

The US is urged to "encourage scientists from all countries to work in concert" and to "support scientists in carrying out in-depth origins tracing research in multiple countries and locations around the world, including the US", Zeng said.

曾益新说，希望美国“鼓励各国科学家通力合作，支持科学家在包括美国在内的全球多国多地深入开展溯源研究。”

喀布尔机场发生两次爆炸，至少72人死亡

At least 72 people, including children, were killed on Thursday in two suicide bombings, one near an entrance to Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the other outside the airport near a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, agencies reported.

据有关机构报道，周四至少有包括儿童72人在两起自杀式爆炸事件中丧生，其中一起发生在喀布尔哈米德·卡尔扎伊国际机场的一个入口附近，另一起发生在机场外一家酒店附近。

Throughout the day, tensions had been particularly high as Western countries, concerned about the possibility of attacks, urged people to leave the airport.

西方国家担心可能发生袭击，敦促人们离开机场，一整天局势都特别紧张。

The international community, particularly countries bordering Afghanistan, have "many difficult choices" to make, following the failure of United States' military intervention there, which brought chaos, said Chas W. Freeman, US assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from 1993 to 1994.

1993年至1994年负责国际安全事务的美国助理国防部长傅立民说，在美国对阿富汗的军事干预失败并带来混乱之后，国际社会，特别是与阿富汗接壤的国家，有“许多困难的选择”要做。

"The US can walk away; we are 12,000 miles away, and so the mess is there," Freeman said of the ongoing US withdrawal from a country it invaded 20 years ago, a hasty exit which he said was a result of the wrong sequence of "decision, planning and intelligence".

“美国可以一走了之；我们在12,000英里之外，所以混乱就在那里很遥远，”傅立民在谈到美国正从入侵20年的国家撤出时说，这次仓促撤出是“决策、计划和情报”的错误顺序造成的。

US President Joe Biden set an Aug 31 deadline for the withdrawal of its military from Afghanistan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday there were about 6,000 US citizens who wanted to leave Afghanistan when the airlift began on Aug 14, one day before the Taliban took over the capital Kabul.

美国总统乔·拜登为其从阿富汗撤军设定了8月31日的最后期限。国务卿安东尼·布林肯周三说，在8月14日塔利班占领首都喀布尔的前一天开始，就大约有6000名美国公民想离开阿富汗。

"The countries with the biggest stake in this are the neighbors, not the United States, and so we have handed a problem to Afghanistan's neighbors," Freeman told China Daily in a video interview.

“与此关系最大的是邻国，而不是美国，因此我们把这个问题交给了阿富汗的邻国，”傅立民在一次视频采访中告诉中国日报。

Those neighbors, including China, India and Pakistan, are all concerned about the war-torn nation exporting terrorism and extremism, or providing a haven and training ground for terrorists, according to Freeman, who served as US ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992.

曾在1989年至1992年担任美国驻沙特阿拉伯大使的傅立民说，这些邻国，包括中国、印度和巴基斯坦，都担心这个饱受战争摧残的国家会输出恐怖主义和极端主义，或者为恐怖分子提供庇护所和训练场所。

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that the US shouldn't simply "take to its heels" or impose sanctions on Afghanistan.

国务委员兼外交部长王毅周二表示，美国对阿富汗不应一走了之或实施制裁。

The US should assume responsibility to properly handle the chaotic situation around Kabul airport, provide necessary economic, humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and help realize a smooth transition in the country through concrete actions, Wang said in a phone call with Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag.

王毅在与荷兰外交部长西格丽德·卡格通电话时说，当务之急是处理好喀布尔机场出现的乱局，同时也应向阿富汗提供必要的经济、民生、人道等紧急援助，采取实际行动帮助阿富汗实现平稳过渡，这是美方应当承担起的责任。

Freeman said: "First, none of us want to see terrorists based in Afghanistan, or finding a home in Afghanistan, so we all have that concern."

傅立民说。“首先，我们都不希望看到恐怖分子以阿富汗为基地，或者以阿富汗为家，所以我们都有这种担忧。”

In addition, he said, everyone has a concern about the narcotics, the heroin produced in Afghanistan, that has a way of crossing over borders rather easily.

此外，他说，每个人都对麻醉品、阿富汗生产的海洛因感到担忧，这些麻醉品有办法相当容易地越过边界。

The Taliban have appealed for help in substituting crops for poppies — from which heroin and opium are made — which would require countries such as the US, China, Russia and European Union members who are most concerned about the drug trafficking problem to help with agricultural aid and training and provide a commitment to buy the goods to ensure Afghan farmers can make a living, according to Freeman.

傅立民说，塔利班呼吁帮助用农作物代替罂粟—海洛因和鸦片是由罂粟制成的—这就需要美国、中国、俄罗斯和欧盟成员国等最关注毒品贩运问题的国家帮助提供农业援助和培训，并提供购买货物的承诺，以确保阿富汗农民能够谋生。

A third shared concern of the international community is to prevent extremist ideology from "contaminating neighboring societies", he said.

他说，国际社会的第三个共同关切是防止极端主义意识形态“污染周边社会”。

He said that Afghanistan has a "very strong" resistance to foreign intervention and culture, and is where "various foreign efforts over the millennia" to change it have failed, starting with Alexander the Great and including the then Soviet Union and the US.

他说，阿富汗对外国干预和外国文化有着“非常强烈”的抵触情绪，而且是“几千年来外国为改变阿富汗所做的各种努力”都失败了，从亚历山大大帝开始，包括当时的苏联和美国。

There is no military solution for Afghanistan, everybody who has tried a military solution has failed, Freeman said.

傅立民说，阿富汗没有军事解决方案，所有尝试过军事解决方案的人都失败了。

"What has just happened is that the lid has come off the pot, inside the pot is a boiling stew," he added.

他补充说到：“刚刚发生的事情就好比锅盖已经被掀开，锅里是沸腾的炖菜”。

The career diplomat said that the original US invasion of Afghanistan 20 years ago had "clear objectives". These were capturing those the US believed were behind the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and ousting a regime that was accused of providing shelter to terrorists.

这位职业外交官说，20年前美国最初入侵阿富汗有着“明确的目标”。目标就是抓捕那些美国认为是2001年9月11日恐怖袭击事件的幕后黑手，并赶走一个被指控为恐怖分子提供庇护的政权。

"They were accomplished really within six weeks. That was enough, we should have left. People were never able to accurately, precisely explain why we were still fighting in Afghanistan," he said. "If you fight a war and you don't know what the purpose of the war is, you're going to fail."

这目标确实在六个星期内完成了。这已经足够了，我们应该离开。他说：“人们从未能够准确地解释我们为什么还在阿富汗作战。”如果你打一场战争，而你不知道战争的目的是什么，你将会迎来失败。“

Last February, Freeman pointed out that the "ill-considered" US pacification campaign in that fractious country had failed. "There has been neither clarity nor fixity about our objectives there," he said in a speech at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, where he serves as a senior fellow.

去年2月，傅立民指出，美国在这个脾气暴躁的国家进行的“考虑不周”的和平运动已经失败。他在担任高级研究员的沃森国际与公共事务研究所发表演讲时说，“我们在那里的目标既不明确也不固定。”

In the interview, Freeman analyzed what he believed was the "going-backward" policy decision process regarding the US Afghanistan move.

Biden made a decision to withdraw US troops in line with the agreement that his predecessor Donald Trump had negotiated, and then he asked the military to plan.

在采访中，傅立民分析了他认为的关于美国在阿富汗撤退政策决策过程。

拜登按照其前任总统唐纳德·特朗普谈判达成的协议。做出撤出美国军队的决定，随后要求军方进行规划。

What the military did was plan for force protection, that is, for the safety of the troops as they withdrew.

军方所做的是为保护部队安全的计划，也就是说，为部队安全撤退做的计划。

This is why they closed Bagram Air Base, which would have been essential for the kind of evacuation that is going on now at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, according to Freeman.

这就是为什么他们关闭了巴格拉姆空军基地，这对于现在正在哈米德·卡尔扎伊国际机场进行的那种疏散是必不可少的。

"So first came the decision, then came the planning, and only last came the intelligence assessment. This is all backwards," he said. "So, I think the contingency planning that was done, for the most part, did not focus on the right issue, which is the turmoil."

“首先是决策，然后是计划，最后才是情报评估。这一切都是倒过来的”他说。“所以我认为，在很大程度上，所做的应急计划没有把重点放在正确的问题上，造成了混乱。”

There are "mixed" consequences of the US failure in Afghanistan, he said. It shows that the US was "obstinate", keeping going even when it makes no sense, and that American reliability is in doubt, with people thinking the US can't be depended upon, even though it stayed in Afghanistan for 20 years.

他说，美国在阿富汗的失败有“多重”的后果。这显示出美国“顽固不化”的特征，即使处在毫无意义的情况下也要继续前进；美国的可靠性令人怀疑，人们认为美国不可信，尽管美国在阿富汗已经待了20年。

"Another result is that other countries will increase their efforts at self-defense. That is, because they want to hedge. They want to protect themselves against an American failure to come to their rescue," he said.

“另一个结果是其他国家会加大自卫力度。也就是说，因为他们想对冲缓解。他们想保护自己，以免美国的失败品来拯救他们”他说。

There are usually three criteria for recognition of a government: if it is in effective control of its territory, if it has agreed to keep its international obligations, and if it isn't causing a huge problem for its neighbors, according to Freeman.

傅立民认为，通常有三个标准来判断一个政府是否得到承认：是否有效控制其领土；是否同意履行其国际义务；是否没有给邻国造成巨大问题。

"The United States adds another one, which is do we like them or not?" he said. "We should recognize the reality. They have won the civil war, despite our help for their opponents, we have to live with that."

他说：“美国又增加了一个问题，那就是我们喜不喜欢他们？”“我们应该认清现实。他们赢得了内战，尽管我们帮助了他们的对手，我们必须接受这一点。”

As to "the most effective way to influence the Taliban", Freeman said it is engagement with them, not disengagement, ostracism, isolation or cutting them off from funding.

至于“最有效的影响塔利班的方式”，傅立民说，这是与他们接触，而不是脱离接触，排斥，孤立或切断他们的资金。

1. take to its heels 一走了之

美 [nɑr'kɑtɪk] 英 [nɑː(r)'kɒtɪk]

n.麻醉剂；安眠药；起麻痹作用的东西；吸毒成瘾的人

adj.麻醉(性)的；起麻痹作用的；麻醉剂的；安眠用的

网络:毒品；麻醉药；麻醉品

美 [lɪd] 英 [lɪd]

n.盖子

v.给装盖子

网络:眼睑；茶壶盖；限制

美 [aʊst] 英 [aʊst]

v.逐出；【法】(非法)剥夺；代替

网络:驱逐

美&英 [ˌpæsɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]

n.平定；绥靖；和约

网络:和解；讲和；方便安抚宝宝情绪

美 [kən'tɪndʒənsi] 英 [kən'tɪndʒ(ə)nsi]

n.可能发生的事；偶发（或不测、意外）事件

网络:偶然性；意外事故；意外事件

美 ['tɜr.mɔɪl] 英 ['tɜː(r)mɔɪl]

n.混乱；骚动；动乱；焦虑

网络:骚乱；动荡；喧嚷

美 ['ɑbstɪnət] 英 ['ɒbstɪnət]

adj.执拗的；固执的；顽固的；棘手的

网络:顽强的；倔强的；难治的

美 [hedʒ] 英 [hedʒ]

n.树篱；防止损失（尤指金钱）的手段

v.避免正面回答；不直接许诺；拐弯抹角；在（田地等周围）植树篱

adj.树篱的；名声不好的；低劣的

网络:对冲；套期保值；篱笆

美 ['ɒstrəsɪzəm]英 ['ɒstrəsɪzəm]

n.排挤；排斥

网络放逐；陶片放逐法；流放

郑爽偷逃税，被罚2.99亿丨Zheng Shuang handed $46m penalty for evading taxes

Chinese actress Zheng Shuang, who was embroiled in a tax evasion scandal earlier this year, will have to pay 299 million yuan ($46.1 million) in unpaid taxes, overdue fees and fines.
今年早些时候卷入逃税丑闻的中国女演员郑爽，将必须支付2.99亿元人民币（4610万美元）的未缴税款、逾期费用和罚金。

According to the Shanghai Municipal Tax Service, the 30-year-old failed to declare 191 million yuan worth of personal income earned over the past two years and had evaded taxes worth 45.27 million yuan. She was also found to have underpaid her taxes by 26.52 million yuan.
根据上海市税务局的数据，这位30岁的女性在过去两年未依法申报个人收入1.91亿元，偷税4526.96万元，其他少缴税款2652.07万元。

Zheng has already paid the evaded taxes and late fees without appealing. She has yet to pay the fine imposed on her.

郑爽已经缴纳了税款和滞纳金，没有提出上诉。她还没有缴清罚款。

The tax service carried out investigations into Zheng's tax issues in April and found that she was paid 156 million yuan for filming the television series A Chinese Ghost Story in 2019. Zheng did not make proper tax declarations and evaded 43.027 million yuan in taxes while underpaying 16.17 million yuan in other types of taxes. She also evaded 12.58 million yuan in taxes for other works.
税务部门在4月对郑爽的税务问题进行了调查，发现她在2019年拍摄电视剧《倩女幽魂》取得了1.56亿元的报酬。郑爽没有进行适当的纳税申报，逃税4302.7万元，同时还有其他少缴税款1617.78万元。她还有其他作品逃税1258万元。

The Shanghai Municipal Tax Service said that Zheng's salary had also violated the regulations set by the country's broadcasting and taxation authorities in 2018. According to the regulation, regular actors should receive salaries that are no more than 40 percent of the production cost for film and TV works. Lead actors, on the other hand, can be paid up to 70 percent of the total budget.

上海市税务局表示，郑爽的工资也违反了国家广播电视总局在2018年制定的规定。根据该规定，普通演员的工资应不超过影视作品制作成本的40%。另一方面，主要演员的片酬可以达到总片酬的70%。

Zheng's case is typical of the "yin and yang" contract situation in the film and television industry. The "yin and yang" contract refers to two documents made for the same agreement — the true document is kept between the two parties while the other, containing a lower declared salary, is presented to tax agencies to minimize taxation.

郑爽的案例是影视行业阴阳合同情况的典型案例。阴阳合同指的是为同一协议制定的两份合同—真正的合同保存在双方之间，而另一份包含较低申报工资的合同则提交给税务机构，以减少税收。

The National Radio and Television Administration announced on Friday that all programs Zheng has participated in, including the TV series A Chinese Ghost Story, should be taken off air. In addition, radio and television broadcasting organizations at all levels are not allowed to feature Zheng in any of their programs.

国家广播电视总局周五宣布，停止播出郑爽已参与的所有节目，包括电视剧《倩女幽魂》。此外，各级广播电视播出机构不得在其任何节目中出现郑爽。

The investigations also revealed that Zhang Heng, who was Zheng's former partner and agent in the TV series A Chinese Ghost Story, is suspected of the following: helping Zheng produce the "yin and yang" contract for the TV series, setting up a company to cover the tax evasion, implementing the contract and other issues.

调查还显示，张恒是郑爽在电视剧《倩女幽魂》中的前搭档和经纪人，他涉嫌同郑爽策划阴阳合同，设立“掩护公司”等事宜，并直接操作合同具体执行。

Zhang, who was one of the whistleblowers in this case, has been placed under investigation in Shanghai, according to the department.

据该部门称，张某是此案的举报人之一，已被安排在上海接受调查。

Tax authorities have also filed separate cases against companies that are suspected of involvement in Zheng's case.

税务部门还对涉嫌参与郑爽案件的公司进行了单独立案。

Taxation departments in China have been strengthening tax supervision on high-income individuals and industries in recent years. The State Taxation Administration said authorities will reinforce supervision and bolster education about the law among film and television companies and practitioners while protecting their rights and interests.

近年来，中国的税务部门持续加强对高收入人群、高风险行业的税收监管。国家税务总局表示，当局将在保障影视企业和从业人员合法权益的同时，加强对影视企业和从业人员的法治宣传教育。

北京：大比例推进教师交流轮岗｜Beijing's teacher rotation policy aims to improve equity

Primary and middle school teachers in Beijing's public school system will be required to take part in rotation programs to further improve education equity and quality in the city.
北京公立学校中小学教师将大面积轮岗，以进一步改善该市的教育公平和质量。

Teachers and principals who have worked at the same school for more than six years will be asked to shift to a school in another district and share their knowledge and experience with new colleagues and students, Beijing Education Commission spokesman Li Yi said at a news conference on Wednesday.
北京市教委发言人李弈在周三的新闻发布会上说，在同一所学校工作超过6年的教师和校长应进行交流轮岗，与新同事和学生分享他们的知识和经验。

Educators who are more than five years away from retirement and have worked at the same school for over six years are eligible for the program.

离退休时间超过5年、并且在同一所学校任职满6年的正副校长原则上应该进行交流轮岗。

"The rotation program aims to bring high-quality education resources to more schools in the city," Li said. "Districts with weak teaching talent can get better support via methods such as dual-teacher classes during the program."

“轮岗计划旨在为该市更多学校带来高质量的教育资源，”李奕说。“教学人才薄弱的地区可以通过双师课堂等方法获得更好的支持。”

The new policy provides incentives for qualified educators to move, such as higher pay and rotation participation being taken into account when promotion is considered.
新政策为合格的教育工作者的流动提供了激励措施，如更高的薪酬和晋升。

Teachers who have already changed schools say the program presents both challenges and opportunities. "There are distinctions in students from different schools," said Li Baoping, an English teacher at Beijing Huiwen Middle School in Dongcheng district.
已经换过学校的教师说，这项计划既是挑战也是机遇。东城区北京汇文中学的英语教师李宝萍说：“不同学校的学生存在着差异。”

Li transferred to a school in Chaoyang district in September. "In the process of handling the changes, my abilities in teaching and communication have improved," she said.

9月，李老师转到了朝阳区的一所学校。她说：“在应对这些差异的过程中，我在教学和沟通方面的能力得到了提高。”

Lin Ming, director of the Hongshan branch of Beijing Huiwen Middle School, said making rotation participation part of promotion assessments provided a platform for young and middle-aged teachers to develop.

北京汇文中学红山分校校长林明说，将轮岗参与作为晋升考核的一部分，为中青年教师提供了一个发展的平台。

Yuan Xin, the mother of a 13-year-old student, said new teachers at a school may introduce fresh teaching methods and stimulate students' interest in learning.

一位13岁学生的母亲袁欣说，学校的新教师可能会引入新鲜的教学方法，并激发学生的学习兴趣。

"We hope the policies can reduce children's burden and give them more time to explore what they like," Yuan said. "They can schedule their time better as they grow up."

“我们希望这些政策能够减轻孩子们的负担，给他们更多的时间去探索他们喜欢的东西，”袁欣说。“他们可以在成长过程中更好地安排自己的时间。”

Yu Chen, 36, whose eldest son studies at Shijia Primary School, welcomed the policy and said it was a better use of education resources. "Beijing has issued a lot of educational reforms in recent years that have been very helpful to the overall development of children," she said.

36岁的于晨的大儿子在史家小学读书，他对这项政策表示欢迎，并说这是对教育资源的更好利用。 她说：“近年来，北京发布了很多教育改革措施，对儿童的全面发展非常有帮助。”

Some districts in Beijing have already started implementing rotation programs. Education authorities in Dongcheng said all eligible teachers in the district would take part in rotations over the next three years. Officials in Miyun district have also announced that they have arranged for 50 educators to take part in rotations this year.

北京的一些地区已经开始实施轮岗。东城区的教育当局表示，该区所有符合条件的教师将在未来三年内参加轮岗。密云区也宣布，他们今年已经安排了50名教育工作者参加轮岗。

Meanwhile, efforts are also being stepped up to relieve study burdens on students.

同时，大家也在努力减轻学生的学习负担。

Gao Wei, director of Dongcheng's education commission, said that the district was aiming to introduce more after-class services for students on school days.

东城区教育委员会主任高伟说，该区的目标是在周一至周五为学生提供更多的课后服务。

Zhang Wenliang, from the Miyun education commission, said the district is planning to better coordinate after-school services and in-school teaching.

密云区教育委员会的张文亮说，该区正计划更好地协调课后服务和校内教学。

On Aug 18, the Beijing Education Commission issued regulations to reduce students' burdens by banning after-school subject training courses.

8月18日，北京市教育委员会发布规定，不得开展课后科目培训课程，以减轻学生负担。

美 ['elɪdʒəb(ə)l] 英 ['elɪdʒəb(ə)l]

adj.有资格的；合格的；具备条件的；（指认为可做夫妻的男女）合意的

n.合适的人

网络：符合条件的；有资格当选的；适宜的

美 [ɪn'sentɪv] 英 [ɪn'sentɪv]

n.动机；刺激；诱因；鼓励

adj.刺激性的

网络：激励；奖励旅游；鼓励措施

>Revised law allowing three-child families passed
‘三孩’生育政策正式入法

The revised Population and Family Planning Law, which allows Chinese couples to have three children, was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on Friday.
十三届全国人大常委会第三十次会议8月20日表决通过了关于修改人口与计划生育法的决定。修改后的人口计生法规定，一对夫妻可以生育三个子女。

The amended law stipulates that the country will take supportive measures, including those in finances, taxes, insurance, education, housing and employment, to ease the burden on families in terms of childbearing, childcare and education.
国家采取财政、税收、保险、教育、住房、就业等支持措施，减轻家庭生育、养育、教育负担。

The top legislature revised the law in order to implement the central leadership's decision to cope with new circumstances in social and economic development, and promote balanced long-term population growth.
此次修改人口与计划生育法是贯彻落实中央应对经济社会发展新形势、促进人口长期均衡发展战略部署的重要举措。

In May, the central leadership announced that all couples will be allowed to have up to three children.
今年5月，中共中央政治局宣布实施三孩生育政策。

美 ['ledʒɪ.sleɪtʃər] 英 ['ledʒɪslətʃə(r)]

n.立法机关

网络:立法机构；议会；立法团体

美 ['stɪpjə.leɪt] 英 ['stɪpjʊleɪt]

v.规定；明确要求

adj.【植】有托叶的

网络:约定；保证；订定

美 ['tʃaɪld.berɪŋ] 英 ['tʃaɪld.beərɪŋ]

n.分娩；生孩子

网络:生育；抚养孩子；生育子女期

>Cross-border use of RMB hits record high
人民币跨境收支创新高

The share of the Chinese currency the renminbi (RMB) in cross-border payments hit a record high in 2020 and continued to gain steam, according to a report on the internationalization of the RMB published by the China Banking Association.
中国银行业协会日前发布的《人民币国际化报告(2020)》显示，人民币跨境结算规模快速增长，在跨境收支中的使用比例创历史新高。

The cross-border use of the RMB surged 44.3% year on year to 28.38 trillion yuan last year, of which cross-border receipts reached 14.1 trillion yuan and payments came in at 14.28 trillion yuan, according to the report.
数据显示，去年全国人民币跨境收付金额合计28.38万亿元，同比增长44.3%。其中收款14.1万亿元，付款14.28万亿元。

Cross-border RMB settlements accounted for 47.4% of all cross-border domestic and foreign currency settlements, a new record that was 9.28 percentage points higher than the figure seen in 2019, data from the report shows.
人民币跨境收付占同期本外币跨境收付总金额的比重为47.4%，创历史新高，较上年增长9.28个百分点。

RMB interest and exchange rates remained relatively stable amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, making the currency a safe-haven asset for global investors and capital, the report noted.
在全球疫情肆虐的背景下，人民币利率、汇率均在全球市场保持较强的稳定性，人民币"全球避险资产"的功能逐步显现。

n.收据；收入；接受；字据

v.开收据

网络:收到；收条；发票

美 ['fɪɡjər] 英 ['fɪɡə(r)]

n.图形；人物；身材；体形

v.认为；是重要部分；是…的部分；计算（数量或成本）

网络: 数字；外形；形状

n.安全的地方；避难所

网络:避风港

>World's highest expressway opens to traffic
世界海拔最高高速公路通车

The world's highest expressway, running between the city of Nagchu and Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, went into operation on Saturday, with the opening of the final 227-km section between Nagchu and Yangbajan, according to the Ministry of Transport.
来自交通运输部的消息，8月21日，长227公里的G6京藏高速那曲至羊八井段通车试运行，至此，世界上海拔最高的高速公路——那曲-拉萨高速公路全线通车。

The Nagchu-Lhasa expressway, running 295 km with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, is part of the expressway linking Beijing and Lhasa, and is the first highway connecting Lhasa and the grasslands of northern Tibet.
那拉高速公路全长295公里、平均海拔超过4500米，是连接北京和拉萨的高速公路的一部分，也是连接西藏自治区首府拉萨与藏北草原的第一条高速公路。

Its operation will shorten the drive between Lhasa and the city of Nagchu to three hours from more than six.
通车后，拉萨市与那曲市之间的车程将由过去的6个多小时缩短至现在的3个小时。

It will significantly enlarge the transport capacity and improve the level of security of the corridor connecting Tibet with northwest China's Qinghai province, said an official with the ministry.
交通运输部官员称，那拉高速公路将显著提升青藏大通道的通行能力和安全保障水平。

The Yangbajan-Lhasa section of the expressway opened to traffic in October 2020.
那拉高速羊八井至拉萨段已于去年10月通车。

美 [ɔ'tɑnəməs] 英 [ɔː'tɒnəməs]

adj.自治的；有自治权的；自主的；有自主权的

网络:自主性；自发的；自治性

美 [ˈɡræsˌlænd] 英 [ˈɡrɑːsˌlænd]

n.草地；牧场

网络:草原；牧草地；草场

美 ['kɔrɪ.dɔr] 英 ['kɒrɪdɔː(r)]

n.通道；过道；走廊（一国领土通过他国境内的狭长地带）

网络:通路；廊道；回廊

>South Korea to give animals legal status
韩国拟赋予动物法律地位

South Korea plans to change its civil code to grant animals legal status, Choung Jae-min, legal counsel at the country's justice ministry, told Reuters.
韩国司法部法律顾问庄载民(音译)告诉路透社称，韩国计划修改民法，赋予动物法律地位。

The amendment will probably be approved by parliament in September and will recognise animals as sentient beings, with a right to protection and welfare.
韩国国会很可能会在9月通过这项修正案，承认动物是有知觉的生物，且拥有被保护及享受福利的权利。

The number of animal abuse cases in the country increased from 69 in 2010 to 914 in 2019, data published by a lawmaker's office showed.
韩国某议员办公室发布的数据显示，韩国虐待动物案件数量从2010年的69件上升到了2019年的914件。

Under the current legal system, animals are treated as objects, Jae-Min said.
庄载民称，按照现行的法律体系，动物被当成物品来对待。

Once the Civil Act declares animals are no longer simply things, judges and prosecutors will have more options when determining sentences, he said.
一旦民法宣布动物不再是物品，法官和检察官在裁决时将有更多选择。

美 ['sent(ə)ns] 英 ['sentəns]

n.句子；判决；判刑；宣判

v.判决；判刑；宣判

网络：语句；判处

na.民法

网络：民法典；民事法典；如民法

美 ['pɑrləmənt] 英 ['pɑː(r)ləmənt]

n.议会；国会；英国议会（包括下议院和上议院）；一届议会的会期

网络：百乐门；国会大厦；议会大厦

美 ['sentiənt] 英 ['sentiənt]

n.意识；心；有知觉[感觉(力)]的人[物]

adj.有感觉能力的；有知觉力的

网络：有知觉的；有感觉力的；知悉的

美 ['lɔ.meɪkər] 英 ['lɔː.meɪkə(r)]

n.立法者

网络：立法委员；国会议员；造法者

美 ['prɑsɪ.kjutər] 英 ['prɒsɪkjuːtə(r)]

n.检察官；公诉人；原告律师；控方律师

网络：起诉人；检举人；检查官

Xi stresses developing green economy

President Xi Jinping has called for further progress in developing the green economy and ecological conservation and praised the spirit of foresters in Saihanba, Hebei province, who planted in recent decades the world's biggest cultivated forest.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark on Monday during an inspection tour of the Saihanba forest farm, which is regarded as a leading example of the nation's efforts to advance ecological conservation.

▲ President Xi Jinping learns about the management and protection of the Saihanba forest farm in Hebei province, as well as the province's coordinated efforts to conserve its mountains, rivers, forests, farmland, lakes and grasslands, and desertification control, during an inspection tour of the forest farm on Monday. Xie Huanchi/Xinhua

During his visit, Xi learned about how the foresters manage and protect the forest farm and Hebei's coordinated efforts to conserve its mountains, rivers, forests, farmland, lakes and grassland, as well as its efforts to control desertification.

Xi told the foresters their work is significant and they have acted as role models to inspire the nation to achieve ecological progress.

The Saihanba forest farm, located around 400 kilometers north of Beijing. In the 1950s, the region was a wasteland due to rampant logging, which resulted in the Chinese capital and adjacent regions being frequently hit by sandstorms.

Organized by forestry authorities, hundreds of trailblazing foresters and engineers embarked on tree planting in Saihanba in 1962 to try to stop the rapid desertification. Since then, three generations of Saihanba foresters have managed to increase forest cover in the region from 11.4 percent in the early 1960s to 80 percent today. Such woodlands have become an important environmental shield and green lung for Beijing and neighboring regions.


Due to this dramatic transformation, Saihanba was given a Champions of the Earth Award, the highest honor of the United Nations Environment Program, at the third UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi in December 2017.

During his visit, Xi spoke of the hardworking spirit the Saihanba foresters demonstrated in planting the forest, saying it is part of the spirit of the CPC to struggle for success.

The entire Party and nation should have the same spirit in their efforts to develop the green economy and promote ecological conservation, he said.

As a champion of green development, Xi has attached great importance to ecological conservation in the high-quality development of the country. He has said that "lush mountains and lucid waters are invaluable assets".

In 2017, in an instruction on the achievements of the Saihanba forest farm, he commended the foresters for the "miracles" they performed in "turning a barren wasteland into a thriving forest".

The development of Saihanba is the result of the persistent efforts and dedication of forestry workers, and has set a great example in China's pursuit of ecological progress, Xi said.

Efforts to pursue green development and ecological progress should be made from one generation to the next, to create harmony between man and nature and leave a better environment for future generations, he said.

Xi also visited the city of Chengde on Tuesday, where he learned about its efforts in cultural heritage protection, religious work, ethnic unity, rural vitalization and eldercare.

>Metabolism tanks after 60
60岁后新陈代谢才变慢

Middle-aged spread cannot be blamed on a waning metabolism, according to an unprecedented analysis of the body's energy use.
一项史无前例的新陈代谢研究指出，不能将中年发福归咎于新陈代谢变慢。

The study, of 6,400 people, from eight days old up to age 95, in 29 countries, suggests that metabolism remains "rock solid" throughout mid-life.
这项涵盖了29个国家6400人的研究显示，人在中年时期的新陈代谢一直"稳如磐石"。研究对象中，最小的刚出生8天，最高龄的已经95岁。

It peaks at the age of one, is stable from 20 to 60, and then inexorably declines.
新陈代谢在1岁时达到顶峰，20岁到60岁期间保持稳定水平，60岁后开始不可阻挡地变慢。

And it "cannot be a coincidence" that diseases of old age kicked in as metabolism fell.
此外，老年病在新陈代谢变慢时到来"绝非偶然"。

Prof Tom Sanders, from King's College London, said: "Interestingly, they found very little differences in total energy expenditure between early adult life and middle age - a time when most adults in developed countries put on weight. These findings would support the view that the obesity epidemic is fueled by excess food energy intake and not a decline in energy expenditure."
伦敦国王学院的汤姆•桑德斯教授称："有趣的是，研究人员发现，青年和中年时期的新陈代谢速度差异很小，而发达国家的大多数成年人都是在中年时期发胖的。这些研究结果支持了一个观点，就是中年发福是因为食物摄取过量而不是新陈代谢变慢。"

美 [mə'tæbə.lɪzəm] 英 [mə'tæbə.lɪz(ə)m]

n.新陈代谢

网络：代谢作用；药物代谢；代谢派

美 &英 [ɪn'eksərəbli]

adv.无情地；不可抗拒地；坚稳；紧密地

网络：冷酷地；不可阻挡地；不为所动地

美 [ɪk'spendɪtʃər] 英 [ɪk'spendɪtʃə(r)]

n.开支；费用；消费；消耗

网络:支出；花费；经费

>Calorie creep leads to weight gain
一天一苹果长胖5公斤?

While we all know that the general calorie limit we should stick to is 2,000 a day for women and 2,500 for men, it's easy to exceed this without realizing.
尽管我们都知道，男性每日标准摄入量为2500卡路里，女性2000卡路里，但很容易超量摄入而不自知。

Overeating by even just 50 to 100 calories regularly - whatever the source - can lead to weight gain.
而经常超量摄入，哪怕只是50到100卡路里，无论来源是什么，都会导致体重增加。

As long as you are exceeding the daily calorie limit, it can lead to calorie creep.
只要你超过了每日的卡路里摄入限制，就会导致卡路里攀升。

In principle, every extra 3,500 calories you eat equates to a weight gain of 1 lb.
人类每多摄入3500卡路里，就会造成体重增加1磅(约合0.5公斤)。

For example, one apple provides an excess of 95 calories. An extra apple a day makes you gain 10 lbs a year!
以苹果为例，一个苹果的热量约为95卡路里，如果每天都多吃一个苹果，一年下来就会增重10磅(约合4.5公斤)。

美 [krip] 英 [kriːp]

v.爬行；蔓延；悄悄地缓慢行进；蹑手蹑脚地移动

n.讨厌鬼；讨好卖乖的人；谄媚奉承的人；马屁精

abbr.(=Committee for the Reelection of the President)(美国)支持总统连任委员会

网络:蠕变；潜变；蠕动

美 [ɪ'k.weɪt] 英 [ɪ'kweɪt]

v.使相等；使平均；同等看待；【数】把…作成等式

网络:相当于

>Golden mummies debut in Beijing
黄金木乃伊在北京展出

An exhibition on ancient Egyptian culture opened at World Art Museum in Beijing on Aug 15. A total of 107 sets of rare archaeological antiques from ancient Egypt were on display, among which six golden mummies debuted together for the first time in China. The six golden mummies date back to the first century under the reign of Greek-Roman governance.
8月15日，"遇见古埃及 黄金木乃伊"展在北京的中华世纪坛开展，107件古埃及稀世藏品亮相，其中，6具黄金木乃伊是首次在我国大规模展出，它们来自约公元1世纪左右古希腊和古罗马统治时期的埃及。

Eleven Fayum mummy portraits with a history of nearly 2,000 years were also on exhibit. Each portrait was made of hot wax and pigment.
同时展出的还有约2000年前的11幅法尤姆木乃伊肖像，每幅肖像都是用热蜡和颜料混合绘制而成。

The exhibits also include 12 painted mummy masks, 18 Hellenistic statues, sculptures and stone tablets, 25 pieces of pottery and jewelry used by ancient Egyptian aristocracy, and 33 glass containers and some Papyrus documents.
展品中还包括12件镀金彩绘木乃伊面具，18件古希腊风格的神像、雕塑、石碑，25件古埃及贵族陶罐和首饰，33件玻璃容器、莎草纸文件等珍品。

The exhibition is set to conclude on Nov 15.
展期将持续到11月15日。

美 [reɪn] 英 [reɪn]

v.统治；当政；为王；为君

n.君主统治时期；任期；当政期

网络：支配；朝代；盛行

美 ['pɪɡmənt] 英 ['pɪɡmənt]

n.色素；颜料

网络：色料；涂料；天然色素

美 [.erə'stɑkrəsi] 英 [.ærɪ'stɒkrəsi]

n.（某些国家的）贵族

网络：贵族政治；贵族统治；贵族制

>Buckingham Palace Gardens branded 'rip off'
英女王花园被游客吐槽

Visitors to Buckingham Palace now have the opportunity to explore the Queen's private garden, as the Queen has opened up the palace gardens to the public for the very first time.
白金汉宫的花园日前首度向公众开放，游客如今有机会到英国女王的私人花园一游了。

In April, self-guided tour tickets around the palace gardens went on sale, initially attracting "overwhelming" demand. For￡16.50 per adult or￡42 for a family of up to three children, they promised a chance to enjoy the "beauty and calm of this walled oasis".
今年四月白金汉宫花园的自由行门票开始发售，单个成人票价16.5英镑(约合人民币148元)，三孩以下家庭套票价格为42英镑。起初门票销售十分火爆，供不应求，因为白金汉宫承诺游客将有机会欣赏"这片围墙内绿洲的宁静与美丽"。

However, the gardens received a number of damning reviews on TripAdvisor, with some customers complaining about how much was available.
然而，白金汉宫花园在猫途鹰网站上却是恶评一片，有些游客抱怨性价比极低。

A number noted you had to pay an extra￡6.50 for a tour of the rose garden and wildflower meadow, and this needed to be arranged in advance.
一些游客指出，如果想参观玫瑰园和野花草地必须额外支付6.5英镑，而且需要提前预约。

One disappointed visitor wrote: "This small fragment of the park that you have access to is easily walkable around in 10 minutes and nothing is interesting to see there."
一名失望的游客写道："你所能游览的一小部分花园10分钟就能走完，而且也没啥看头。"

A second added: "Beware of this complete rip-off!"
另一位游客补充道："小心被宰！"

1.damning

美 ['dæmɪŋ] 英 ['dæmɪŋ]

adj.谴责的；诅咒的；可以定罪的

n.咒诅

v.“damn”的现在分词

网络：证据确凿的；毁灭的；异致定罪的

2.rip-off

美 [ˈrɪpɑf] 英 [ˈrɪpɒf]

n.敲诈的行为；赝品；〈俚〉索价过高的物品

网络：敲竹杠；偷窃；撕掉

东京残奥会于24日开幕｜National team ready to shine at Paralympics

Team China has vowed to continue its dominance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as Zhou Jiamin and Wang Hao were named as the flag bearers for Tuesday's opening ceremony.

随着周家敏和王浩被任命为周二开幕式的旗手，中国队誓言要在2020年东京残奥会上继续保持主导地位。

"The Chinese delegation will spare nothing to deliver a satisfactory result in the upcoming Paralympics," said Zhang Haidi, chef de mission for China at the Games.

“中国代表团将不遗余力地在即将到来的残奥会上取得令人满意的结果，”中国奥运会体育代表团团长张海迪说。

Zhang, who is also chairwoman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, made the remark during a webinar on Monday.

张海迪也是中国残疾人联合会主席，她在周一的网络研讨会上说了这番话。

"The postponement (of the Paralympics) and the pandemic have inevitably affected our athletes' training and mental states, but we will leave no stone unturned in our quest to strive for excellence," Zhang said. "In order to do that, the Chinese delegation will overcome any difficulty that lies in front of us."
“（残奥会）的推迟和疫情不可避免地影响了我们运动员的训练和精神状态，但我们将不遗余力地追求卓越，”张海迪说。 “为了做到这一点，中国代表团将克服摆在我们面前的任何困难。”

Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou said he looked forward to seeing the "tenacious fight" of Chinese athletes and to the embassy will make every effort to serve and help the delegation.

中国驻日本大使孔铉佑说，他期待见证中国运动员顽强的拼搏精神，大使馆将尽一切努力为代表团提供服务和帮助。

"I hope that the confidence and persistence of Chinese people with disabilities can be shown at the Paralympics, and I sincerely wish you a safe and successful completion of all competitions," Kong said.

“我希望中国残疾人的信心和毅力能够在残奥会上展现出来，我真诚地祝愿你们安全、顺利地完成各项比赛，”孔铉佑说。

China has sent 251 Paralympians — 132 women and 119 men — to compete in 20 of the 22 sports in Tokyo. Team China will take part in taekwondo and badminton, the two new sports added to the Paralympics.

中国已派出251名残奥会运动员—132名女子和119名男子—参加东京22个大项中的20项比赛。中国队将参加跆拳道和羽毛球比赛，这是残奥会新增的两个项目。

Zhou, who claimed to the women's composite bow open-individual and mixed doubles titles at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and long jumper Wang will be Team China's flag bearers at the opening ceremony.

在2016年里约残奥会上夺得女子复合弓公开级个人赛和混合双打冠军的周佳敏和跳远运动员王浩将在开幕式上担任中国队的旗手。

China has topped the medal table at every Paralympics since Athens 2004 and many sporting pundits are asking whether the country can make it five in a row.

自2004年雅典残奥会以来，中国在每届残奥会的奖牌榜上都名列前茅，许多体育界人士都在问，中国能否实现五连冠。

The youngest member of Team China, 16-year-old swimmer Jiang Yuyan, is aware of the sporting legacy they have to maintain.

中国队中最年轻的成员，16岁的游泳运动员蒋裕燕，深知他们必须保持住中国队在体育界留下的辉煌。

"Everyone on the Chinese team, all of my elder brothers and elder sisters, are all incredible," said the swimmer. "As someone from the new generation, I feel like I have to work as hard as I can so that I can follow in their footsteps and take over their mantle."

“中国队的每个成员，我所有的哥哥和姐姐，都是很棒的，”这位游泳运动员说。“作为00后，我觉得我必须努力工作，这样我才能追随他们的脚步，传承他们的衣钵。”

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is sending 24 athletes to the Paralympics, and Chinese Taipei is sending 38 athletes.

香港派出24名运动员参加残奥会，中华台北派出38名运动员。

1.seminar

美 ['semɪ.nɑr] 英 ['semɪ.nɑː(r)]

n.研讨会；（大学教师带领学生作专题讨论的）研讨课；培训会

网络：研讨班；讲座；讨论会

—webinar网络研讨会

2.leave no stone unturned

na.用尽一切手段；千方百计；挖空心思

网络：不遗余力；想尽办法；想方设法

3.tenacious

美 [tə'neɪʃəs] 英 [tə'neɪʃəs]

adj.紧握的；不松手的；坚持的；顽强的

网络：固执的；顽固的；坚韧

4.mantle

美 ['mænt(ə)l] 英 ['mænt(ə)l]

n.地幔；衣钵；斗篷；覆盖层

v.覆盖；遮盖

网络：外套膜；斗蓬；披风

小熊猫在美国动物园庆祝一岁生日｜Giant panda cub celebrates 1st birthday at US zoo

No one enjoyed a bigger birthday party than Xiao Qi Ji did in Washington on Saturday.

没有能比小奇迹星期六在华盛顿享受的更盛大的生日派对了。

While the COVID-19 pandemic has made gatherings almost impossible, the giant panda cub drew hundreds of visitors to the National Zoo to celebrate his first birthday.

虽然疫情使聚集几乎不再发生，但这只大熊猫幼崽吸引了数百名游客到国家动物园庆祝他的第一个生日。

Xiao Qi Ji, or "Little Miracle", first savored a specially made fruitsicle cake prepared for his mother, Mei Xiang, early in the morning at their outdoor habitat. The frozen cake was decorated with sweet potato, apple, carrot, pear, sugar cane, banana and bamboo.
小奇迹一早在户外栖息地首先品尝了为其母亲美香准备的特制的水果蛋糕。冰冻的蛋糕上点缀着红薯、苹果、胡萝卜、梨、甘蔗、香蕉和竹子。

The cub apparently enjoyed the treat. Near the end of the first course of his breakfast, he lay on his back and held the heart-shaped top of the cake with his little paws, licking and sucking the frozen diluted apple juice.

小熊猫显然很喜欢这种待遇。在早餐的第一道菜快结束时，它趴在地上，用它的小爪子抓着蛋糕的心形顶部，舔吸着冷冻的稀释苹果汁。

After about 45 minutes, the pair walked over to Xiao Qi Ji’s cake — a bigger one. It was adorned with a giant, red number 1 on top. The cub's father, Tian Tian, was in the neighboring habitat.

大约45分钟后，母子走到小奇迹的蛋糕旁—一个更大的蛋糕。蛋糕上面装饰着一个巨大的红色数字1。小熊猫的父亲添添就在旁边的栖息地。

Visitors enjoyed watching the mother and son tucking into the treats, with many streaming the scene live on social media accounts, and the zoo screened the show for the public through its Giant Panda Cam.

游客们喜欢看这对母子享用美食，许多人在社交媒体账户上直播了这一场景，动物园通过其大熊猫摄像机为公众放映了这一场景。

Well-wishers included Qin Gang, Chinese ambassador to the United States, who made a special video clip to wish Xiao Qi Ji a "very happy and fabulous birthday".

送来祝福的有中国驻美国大使秦刚，他制作了一个特别的视频片段，祝愿小奇迹“度过开心美好的生日”。

"You came into the world last year during the pandemic. At such a difficult time, your arrival and every bit of your growth have given us joy and hope. For us, you are a miracle, and that's why you are called Xiao Qi Ji," Qin said.

“你是在去年新冠疫情期间来到这个世界的。在这样一个困难的时刻，你的到来和你成长的每一点滴都给了我们快乐和希望。对我们来说，你是一个奇迹，这就是为什么我们称你为‘小奇迹’”。

"You have truly added a splash of color to the exchanges between Chinese and American people," the envoy added.

“你为中美人民之间的交往又添上一抹亮色，”秦刚补充说到。

Brandie Smith, acting director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, said the panda cub is more like his mother than Bei Bei, a cub that was born and lived at the zoo previously.

史密斯索尼亚国家动物园和保护生物学研究所的代理主管史密斯说，这只熊猫幼崽比之前在动物园出生和生活的幼崽贝贝更像他的母亲。

"He's a lot more cautious, he's a lot more thoughtful. And it's been so great to see him develop and his personality come out," said Smith, who has worked at the zoo for 13 years, starting as curator of giant pandas.

“他更谨慎，他更有思想。看到他成长出独立的个性，真是太好了”史密斯说。史密斯在动物园工作了13年，刚上任时担任大熊猫馆长，

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the zoo staff members have been working safely, wearing masks and keeping a distance from one another.

自疫情开始以来，动物园的工作人员一直在安全地工作，戴着口罩，彼此保持距离。

"One of the great things of working with pandas is a chance to work with our colleagues in China, and with a pandemic, we haven't been able to visit them in person," Smith told China Daily.

“大熊猫合作成功之处在于我们有机会与我们在中国的同事一起工作，但由于疫情的爆发，我们还不能亲自去拜访他们，”史密斯告诉中国日报。

Instead, the zoo and Chinese colleagues had email exchanges and video calls. "The information goes back and forth, but it will be nice when we can finally see our friends again in person," she said.

“相反，动物园和中国同事有电子邮件交流和视频通话，”她说：“虽然我们能够及时通过线上进行交流，但如果我们能够再次见到朋友们，我们会非常开心。”

Under a new agreement that the zoo signed with China, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the giant panda couple, will stay at the zoo along with their son for another three years, after an earlier deal inked in 2015 expired last December, according to the zoo.

根据动物园与中国签署的新协议，大熊猫夫妇美香和添添将和他们的儿子一起在动物园再呆三年，而早先在2015年签署的协议已于去年12月到期。

"We signed a contract last year, and it kept pandas here. It keeps pandas here through 2023, and then we'll start talking. Actually, we just began our meetings to talk about the next steps when this contract ends," Smith said.

“我们去年签署了一份合同，让大熊猫在这里一直到2023年，然后我们将开始讨论。事实上，我们刚刚开始开会，讨论这个合同结束后的下一步行动，”史密斯说。

As a public health precaution due to COVID-19, the zoo had been temporarily closed since March of last year, but it reopened in late April this year when infection cases dwindled in Washington, DC.

因为新冠疫情，动物园需要采取公共卫生预防措施。动物园自去年3月起暂时关闭，又在今年4月底华盛顿感染病例减少时重新开放。

Effective July 30, all visitors age 2 and older are required to wear a mask in all indoor spaces at the zoo, regardless of their vaccination status.Bryan Amaral, senior curator of animal care science at the zoo, said that the pandas will not have noticed much difference during the pandemic other than people wearing masks.

从7月30日起，所有2岁以上的游客无论他们的疫苗接种情况如何，在动物园的所有室内都必须戴上口罩。动物园的动物护理科学高级馆长布莱恩·阿马拉尔说，在疫情期间，除了人们戴上口罩外，大熊猫不会注意到有什么不同。

"We've been really successful as far as how we've adapted to the pandemic; nothing's really affected us, which is the great news," he said.
他说：“就我们如何适应疫情而言，我们做的真的很成功；没有什么真正影响到了我们，这是个好消息”。

Among the visitors was Karen Wille, who works for Pandas International, a US nonprofit organization, who said she has visited pandas in China eight times.

在参观者中，为美国非营利组织熊猫国际工作的凯伦·维尔说，她已经在中国探访过大熊猫八次。

"They're just amazing, magical animals that have captured the hearts of so many," she said. "It inspires people to learn about conservation, and also to help protect other animals as well."

她说：“它们是神奇的、有魔力的动物，俘获了这么多人的心。它激励着人们去学习自然保护，同时也去倾力保护其他动物。”

The National Zoo has cooperated with China to study, care for and save the giant panda for nearly half a century.

国家动物园与中国合作研究、照顾和拯救大熊猫已有近半个世纪。

Xiao Qi Ji is the fourth surviving cub born at the zoo in more than four decades since the first pair, Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing, arrived in April 1972, weeks after then-US president Richard Nixon's historic China visit.

小奇迹是第四只在动物园出生的幼崽。自1972年4月第一对大熊猫玲玲和兴兴来到动物园已过去了40多年，那时是美国总统理查德·尼克松对中国进行历史性访问几周后。

Over the next 20 years, that pair produced five cubs, but none survived more than a few days.

在接下来的20年里，这对夫妇产了五只幼崽，但都没能活过几天。

The arrival of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian in 2000 changed the situation. Since 2005, Mei Xiang, age 23 now, has given birth to four surviving cubs.
In China, the number of giant pandas has increased from 1,100 in the wild 40 years ago to more than 1,800 now. The species is no longer listed as "endangered".

2000年，美香和添添的到来改变了这一局面。自2005年以来，现年23岁的梅香已经生下了四只幼崽。

在中国，野生大熊猫的数量已经从40年前的1100只增加到现在的1800多只。该物种已不再被列为“濒危物种”。

1. cub

美 [kʌb] 英 [kʌb]

n.（熊、狮、狐狸等的）幼兽

v.(野兽)生仔；捉幼狐[幼兽]

adj.没经验的

网络:小熊；古巴(Cuba)；幼崽

2. dilute

美&英 [daɪ'ljuːtɪd]

v.稀释；(加水等使液体或颜色)变稀；变淡；冲淡:

adj.稀释的；淡的；稀薄的

网络:冲淡的；摊薄后的收益

3. adorn

美 [ə'dɔrn] 英 [ə'dɔː(r)n]

v.装饰；装扮

网络:打扮；使生色；修饰

4. curator

美 [kjə'reɪtər] 英 [kjʊ'reɪtə(r)]

n.（博物馆或美术馆等的）馆长

网络:策展人；监护人；管理者

阿富汗塔利班：将组建新政府丨Taliban seeking to establish new government

The Taliban met on Wednesday with former Afghan president Hamid Karzai as the group is seeking to form a new government in the war-torn country, with the international community calling for more talks and peace and stability in Afghanistan.

塔利班周三与阿富汗前总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊会面，塔利班正努力在这个饱受战争摧残的国家组建一个新政府，国际社会呼吁在阿富汗进行更多的会谈并实现和平与稳定。

The meeting between the Taliban and the former Afghan leader came after Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left the country following the Taliban's takeover of most parts of Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul, on Sunday.

阿富汗总统穆罕默德·阿什拉夫·加尼在塔利班于周日接管包括首都喀布尔在内的阿富汗大部分地区后离开该国，塔利班和这位阿富汗前领导人之间的会晤在加尼离开之后举行。

Karzai, who was the nation's president from 2001 to 2014, has been leading efforts to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in Afghanistan, according to media reports.

据媒体报道，2001年至2014年担任该国总统的卡尔扎伊一直在努力确保阿富汗权力和平交接。

On Thursday, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on his Twitter account a picture of a flag and coat of arms, and announced the "declaration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the country's independence from British rule".

周四，塔利班发言人扎比胡拉·穆贾希德在他的推特账户上发布了一张国旗和国徽的图片，并宣布“在阿富汗摆脱英国统治、独立102周年纪念日之际，塔利班宣布成立‘阿富汗伊斯兰酋长国’”。

China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Thursday that China has been maintaining communication and contact with the Afghan Taliban on the basis of respecting the sovereignty of the country and the will of various factions.
中国外交部发言人华春莹周四表示，中方在充分尊重阿富汗国家主权以及国内各派意愿的基础上，同阿富汗塔利班等各派都保持着联系和沟通。

"We encourage and hope the Afghan Taliban can follow through its positive statements, unite with all parties and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, establish a broadly based, inclusive political framework that fits the national conditions and win public support through dialogue and consultation as soon as possible," Hua said.

华春莹称：“我们鼓励并希望阿塔将其积极表态落到实处，同阿各党派、各民族团结起来，尽快通过对话协商建立符合阿富汗自身国情、得到人民支持、广泛包容的政治架构。”

China also hopes the Afghan Taliban will implement moderate and prudent domestic and foreign policies, curb terrorism and criminal acts, and ensure a smooth transition so that people can be free from war and enjoy lasting peace, she said.

华春莹说到，中方也希望阿富汗塔利班施行温和稳健的内外政策。遏制各类恐怖主义和犯罪行径，确保阿富汗局势实现平稳过渡，让饱受战火之苦的阿富汗人民能够尽快远离战乱，建立持久和平。

The spokeswoman called on the international community to jointly encourage and support all factions and ethnic groups in Afghanistan to engage in solidarity and cooperation in order to open a new chapter in the country's history.

这位发言人呼吁国际社会应共同鼓励和支持阿富汗各党派、各民族团结合作，翻开阿富汗历史的新篇章。

Hua added that she had "noticed that some people have been saying they don't trust the Afghan Taliban".

华春莹补充说到，她“注意有些人反复强调他们对阿塔的不信任”。

"I want to say that nothing stays unchanged. When understanding and handling problems, we should adopt a holistic, interconnected and developmental dialectical approach. We should look at both the past and the present. We need to not only listen to what they say, but also look at what they do. If we do not keep pace with the times, but stick to a fixed mindset and ignore the development of the situation, we will never reach a conclusion that is in line with reality," she said.

“我想说的是，世界上没有任何事物是一成不变的。我们主张要用全面、联系的、发展的辩证思维来认识、看待和处理问题，不仅要看过去怎么样，也要看现在怎么样；不仅听其言，也要观其行。如果不与时俱进，而是抱守固定思维，无视形势发展，那就是刻舟求剑，就不会得出符合实际的结论。”

The spokeswoman said that the rapid evolution of the situation in Afghanistan also shows that there is a lack of objective judgment on the situation by the outside world as well as a failure to accurately understand the opinions of the Afghan people.

这位女发言人说到，阿富汗局势的急剧演变也表明外界以往对阿富汗形势缺乏客观判断，对阿民意缺乏准确把握。

"Certain Western countries should particularly draw a lesson from this," Hua said.

“西方某些国家尤其应该汲取教训，”华春莹说。

On Wednesday, various countries called for restraint and peace in the war-torn country.

周三，多个国家呼吁让这个饱受战争摧残的国家尽快恢复和平。

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, agreed, in a telephone call, on the importance of establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan.

俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京和伊朗总统易卜拉欣·莱希在电话中一致同意在阿富汗建立和平与稳定的重要性。

"Much attention was paid to the events unfolding in Afghanistan. Willingness to contribute to the establishment of peace and stability in this country was expressed," the Kremlin said in a statement.

克里姆林宫在一份声明中说：“对阿富汗发生的事件给予了很大关注，并表示愿意为在这个国家建立和平与稳定作出贡献。”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey welcomes the "moderate" statements made by the Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.

土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安说，土耳其欢迎塔利班领导人在阿富汗做出的“有节制的”声明。

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