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1. Box office exceeds RMB50B

我国电影票房破500亿元

China"s box office earning exceeded 50 billion yuan for the first time on Monday, according to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT).

国家新闻出版广电总局称，20日我国票房收入首次突破500亿元大关。

Keyword

box office (戏院、影剧院、体育馆、运动场等)售票室，票房；票房收入，票房价值

2. Fashion show charms Shanghai

维密年度大秀登陆上海

The Victoria"s Secret lingerie show hit the catwalk in Shanghai on Monday. It is the first time the US brand held its annual show outside the US or Europe.

"维多利亚的秘密"内衣秀20日在上海举行。这是这个美国品牌首次在美国或欧洲以外的地方举办其年度大秀。

Keyword

lingerie n. 女用内衣，女用睡衣

3. Merkel is ready for election

德新政府组阁宣告失败默克尔准备好重新大选

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that she would lead Christian Democratic Union (CDU) again in case of new elections, after the exploratory talks for a government coalition failed Sunday night.

德国总理默克尔20日称，如果重新选举她将再次领导基督教民主联盟党，此前有关联合政府的探索性谈判19日晚以失败告终。

Keyword

coalition n. 联合，(尤指个人或党派间)临时结成的联盟

4. Buses to be fueled by coffee

咖啡渣为英公交车供能

A coffee-based biofuel is used to power London"s public buses from Monday in a bid to reduce transport emission, local media reported.

据当地媒体报道，20日起，一种咖啡做的生物燃料被用于为伦敦公共汽车提供动力，以减少交通排放。

Keyword

emission n. (光、热、声音、液体、气味等)发出，射出，排放

5. Draft law on resource tax

资源税法公开征求意见

China has formulated a draft law on resource tax in a bid to conserve natural resources and protect the environment. The draft law was released Monday by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the State Administration of Taxation for public comment.

我国已经制定出旨在保护自然资源和环境的资源税法征求意见稿。财政部、税务总局20日公布征求意见稿，征求公众意见。

Keyword

conserve v. 保护，保存

6. Big quakes predicted for 2018

明年全球强震或达20次

Scientists have warned there could be a big increase in numbers of devastating earthquakes around the world next year. "The inference is clear," said Roger Bilham, a scientist of the University of Colorado. "Next year we should see a significant increase in numbers of severe earthquakes. We have had it easy this year. So far we have only had about six severe earthquakes. We could easily have 20 a year starting in 2018," he said.

科学家警告称，明年，世界各地发生灾难性地震的次数可能会大幅增加。科罗拉多大学科学家罗杰·比尔汉姆表示，"结论显而易见。明年我们应该会发现强震的次数显著增加。今年还算平静，目前为止我们只经历了约6次强震。从2018年开始，我们很可能会每年经历20次大地震。"

Keyword

inference n. 推理，推论

7. London loses EU agencies

两家欧盟机构迁出伦敦

London is losing the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam and the European Banking Authority to Paris, in one of the first concrete signs of Brexit.

欧洲药品管理局和欧洲银行管理局将从伦敦分别迁往阿姆斯特丹和巴黎，这是英国脱欧的首批具体迹象之一。

Keyword

concrete adj. 具体的，实在的

8. 1st human head transplant

世界首例头颅移植实施

A human head transplant was carried out on a corpse by doctors in China, reportedly the first such surgery in the world. The transplant was announced by Italian professor Sergio Canavero, director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, at a news conference in Vienna, the Daily Mail reported.

中国的医生们在一具遗体上实施了一例人类头部移植手术，据报道，这是世界首例头颅移植手术。据《每日邮报》报道，意大利教授、都灵高级神经调节小组主任塞尔吉·卡纳瓦罗在维也纳的一场新闻发布会上宣布了这一消息。

Keyword

corpse n. 尸体

9. Give a lark to catch a kite.

得不偿失。

本文摘自chinadaily

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