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  1. hace 18 h

    英语新闻丨7月新能源汽车销量大幅增长

    New energy vehicles accounted for more than 60 percent of China's new vehicle sales for the first time in July, consolidating the segment's position as the main growth engine of the country's auto industry, latest industry data showed. 最新行业数据显示,7月新能源汽车占中国新车销量的比重首次突破60%,巩固了其作为中国汽车产业主要增长引擎的地位。 Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday showed that NEV output reached 1.576 million units last month, up 26.8 percent year-on-year, while sales rose 23.7 percent to 1.561 million units, or 60.4 percent of total new vehicle sales.中国汽车工业协会8月12日发布的数据显示,上月新能源汽车产量达157.6万辆,同比增长26.8%;销量达156.1万辆,同比增长23.7%,占新车总销量的60.4%。 The milestone is a wider indicator of growth than the passenger car retail gauges often cited in the market, as the association's tally covers passenger and commercial vehicles and includes sales at home and abroad, showing that NEVs now form the bulk of the industry's overall sales mix.这一里程碑比市场上常引用的乘用车零售数据更能反映整体增长态势,因为中汽协的统计涵盖乘用车和商用车,且包括国内外销量,显示出新能源汽车已成为行业总销量结构的主体。 The record was accompanied by a second milestone. In the first seven months of this year, NEV output rose 9.5 percent year-on-year to 9.014 million units, while sales increased 9.6 percent to 9.007 million units.这一纪录伴随着第二个里程碑的到来。今年前7个月,新能源汽车产量同比增长9.5%,达901.4万辆;销量同比增长9.6%,达900.7万辆。 NEVs accounted for 51.2 percent of total new vehicle sales during the period, the first time the cumulative share has exceeded 50 percent.同期,新能源汽车占新车总销量的51.2%,累计占比首次突破50%。 By contrast, the auto market continued to show signs of weakness in July. Vehicle output and sales totaled 2.573 million and 2.584 million units, respectively, for the month, down 6.8 percent and 8 percent month-on-month and 0.7 percent and 0.3 percent year-on-year, respectively. In the first seven months of the year, both output and sales fell 3.7 percent year-on-year, although the declines narrowed from the first half of the year.相比之下,7月汽车市场继续显现疲软迹象。当月汽车产销量分别为257.3万辆和258.4万辆,环比分别下降6.8%和8%,同比分别下降0.7%和0.3%。今年前7个月,产销量同比均下降3.7%,但降幅较上半年有所收窄。 Chen Shihua, deputy secretary-general of the CAAM, said the auto market entered its traditional low season in July. Store traffic and orders eased, while automakers' midyear sales drives brought some demand forward. Persistent heat, typhoons and flooding in some regions also weighed on showroom visits, contributing to the month-on-month decline, he said.中国汽车工业协会副秘书长陈士华表示,7月汽车市场进入传统淡季。门店客流量和订单量有所回落,车企年中冲量也提前释放了部分需求。持续高温、台风和部分地区洪涝灾害也对到店客流造成影响,导致环比下滑。 Yet the shift in the industry's growth base remained intact. "The twin growth engines of NEVs and exports helped offset pressure from the domestic low season, while the industrial structure continued to improve," Chen said.不过,行业增长基础的结构性转变依然稳固。“新能源汽车和出口双引擎有效抵消了国内淡季压力,产业结构持续优化,”陈士华说。 He added that new energy passenger vehicles in the 100,000 yuan ($14,830) to 200,000 yuan price range provided the main volume support in the first seven months.他补充说,今年前7个月,10万至20万元价格区间的新能源乘用车提供了主要销量支撑。 Exports provided the other pillar of growth. CAAM data showed that in July alone, NEV exports jumped 145.5 percent year-on-year to 553,000 units, accounting for about 53 percent of China's 1.043 million vehicle exports. It was the second consecutive month in which NEVs accounted for more than half of the export total.出口是另一大增长支柱。中汽协数据显示,仅7月当月,新能源汽车出口同比大增145.5%,达55.3万辆,占中国104.3万辆汽车出口总量的约53%。这是新能源汽车出口占比连续第二个月超过一半。 "Conventional fuel vehicles had long dominated China's auto exports, but the structure began to shift this year as NEVs increased their share in June and July, surpassing fuel vehicles for two consecutive months," Chen noted, adding that the rapid growth of vehicle exports could also help offset weak domestic demand.“传统燃油车长期以来一直主导中国汽车出口,但今年6月和7月新能源汽车占比连续两个月超越燃油车,出口结构开始发生变化,”陈士华指出。他还表示,汽车出口的快速增长也有助于抵消国内需求疲软的影响。 Chen expects NEV exports to continue growing at a brisk pace and exceed 4 million units this year.陈士华预计,新能源汽车出口将继续保持强劲增长势头,今年有望超过400万辆。 "With the world's most complete NEV industrial chain and a clear edge in intelligent technologies, the competitiveness of China's automobiles is expected to be further strengthened," he said.“凭借全球最完整的新能源汽车产业链和在智能技术方面的明显优势,中国汽车的竞争力有望进一步增强,”他说。 segment /ˈseɡmənt/细分市场 growth engine /ɡrəʊθ ˈendʒɪn/增长引擎 milestone /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/里程碑 tally /ˈtæli/统计 bulk /bʌlk/主体,大部分 weighed on /weɪd ɒn/对……造成压力,拖累 offset /ˈɒfset/抵消

  2. hace 1 día

    英语新闻丨上海出台方案助推服务贸易发展

    Shanghai is expanding overseas access to computing power and foundational artificial intelligence models to boost the city's trade in services, with a new plan setting a goal of increasing the sector's scale to more than $300 billion by 2030. 上海正面向海外开放算力以及基础人工智能模型资源,以此拉动本市服务贸易;一份全新规划定下目标:2030年前服务贸易规模突破3000亿美元。 Experts said that the move would help make AI a new growth driver and strengthen the city's role as a global trade in services hub. 专家表示,该举措能够促使人工智能成为全新增长引擎,并巩固上海全球服务贸易枢纽的地位。 On Monday, a plan to build Shanghai into a national demonstration zone for service trade innovation and development was unveiled. 本周一,上海建设国家服务贸易创新发展示范区的规划正式对外公布。 Jointly released by seven departments, including the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, the plan sets a goal of increasing the city's service trade volume to $270 billion by 2027 and surpassing $300 billion by 2030. 该规划由上海市商务委员会等七个部门联合印发;计划提出,2027年上海服务贸易总额达到2700亿美元,2030年突破3000亿美元。 The plan calls for the development of service trade related to the AI industry, attracting global companies and institutions to establish AI R&D centers, opensource platforms and joint laboratories in Shanghai, and building an open innovation ecosystem. 规划提出发展人工智能产业相关服务贸易,吸引海内外企业与机构在沪设立人工智能研发中心、开源平台以及联合实验室,搭建开放式创新生态体系。 Coordinated development 协同发展 Zhong Junhao, secretarygeneral of the Shanghai AI Industry Association, said that for the first time, the plan incorporates the coordinated development of the AI industry into the broader framework of a city's service trade development, marking the use of computing power as a new growth driver for the sector. 上海市人工智能行业协会秘书长钟俊浩称,这份规划首次将人工智能产业协同发展纳入全市服务贸易发展的整体框架,标志着算力正式成为服务贸易全新增长动力。 "Encouraging companies and institutions to establish AI R&D centers, opensource platforms and joint laboratories in Shanghai is essentially an openingup of both the import and international cooperation sides of trade in services," Zhong said. 钟俊浩表示:“鼓励各类企业、机构落地上海搭建人工智能研发中心、开源平台、联合实验室,本质上是服务贸易在进口领域和国际合作层面的双向对外开放。” By bringing talent, code, research facilities and opensource communities to Shanghai, he said the city can create a platform connecting international institutions, multinational R&D units and local innovation communities within the same network. 他谈到,通过集聚人才、程序代码、科研设施与开源社群,上海可打造一体化平台,连通国际机构、跨国企业研发部门以及本土创新社群。 On July 16, 29 countries signed an agreement in Shanghai to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. Headquartered in Shanghai, the organization is officially positioned as an independent intergovernmental international body focusing on capacity building, alignment of rules and standards, application cooperation and global AI governance. 7月16日,29个国家于上海签署协议,成立世界人工智能合作组织。该组织总部落户上海,定位为独立的政府间国际机构,主攻能力建设、规则标准对接、应用合作以及全球人工智能治理。 The trade in services demonstration zone plan includes measures to accelerate headquarters development and explore governance, adding institutional support for Shanghai's international AI cooperation, Zhong said. 钟俊浩介绍,这份服务贸易示范区方案含有加快总部经济建设、探索新型治理模式的多项举措,为上海开展人工智能国际合作提供制度保障。 Complete ecosystem 完备产业生态 Addressing a news conference in July, Chen Jie, vicemayor of Shanghai, said, "Shanghai has now built a complete development ecosystem that integrates independent innovation, applicationdriven growth, open collaboration, ecological synergy and security governance." 上海市副市长陈杰于7月的新闻发布会上发言:“上海现已建成集自主创新、应用牵引增长、开放协作、生态协同、安全治理于一体的完整发展生态。” According to him, Shanghai's 394 AI enterprises above the designated size, each with an annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.96 million), saw their combined industry scale exceed 637 billion yuan in 2025, a yearonyear increase of 39.5 percent, making AI a new growth driver for the city's economy. 据其介绍,上海现有394家规模以上人工智能企业(年营收不低于2000万元,折合296万美元);2025年产业总规模突破6370亿元,同比上涨39.5%,人工智能已然成为上海经济全新增长引擎。 The plan outlines 27 key tasks across six areas, covering industrial and supply chain upgrading, innovation in new business models, stronger business competitiveness, more efficient supply, higherlevel openingup, and mechanisms to support both domestic and international development. 该规划从六大方向部署27项重点任务,涵盖产业链供应链升级、新业态模式创新、增强企业竞争力、优化供给效能、高水平对外开放、搭建兼顾国内外发展的保障机制。 Qi Xiaozhai, vicechairman of the Commerce Economy Association of China, said: "In the past, we placed greater emphasis on trade in goods than on trade in services, especially service exports. However, in recent years, service trade has grown much faster than goods trade. Last year, the value of service trade reached 8.08 trillion yuan, up 7.4 percent yearonyear, 3.6 percentage points higher than the growth rate of goods trade." 中国商业经济学会副会长齐晓斋表示:“过去我国重货物贸易、轻服务贸易,尤其忽视服务出口。但近些年服务贸易增速远超货物贸易;去年我国服务贸易总额达8.08万亿元,同比增长7.4%,增速比货物贸易高出3.6个百分点。” "Domestic consumption of services, including catering, entertainment and leisure, has also grown faster than the consumption of goods. Against this backdrop, China has developed new advantages in service trade, particularly in emerging digital technologies such as AI, big data, cloud computing and blockchain," Qi added. 齐晓斋补充道:“餐饮、文娱休闲等国内服务消费增速同样高于商品消费。在此背景之下,我国服务贸易培育出新优势,尤其在人工智能、大数据、云计算、区块链等新兴数字技术领域。” By 2035, China aims to establish around 35 demonstration zones with leading service trade scale, concentrated highend resources, strong innovation capabilities and significant regional influence, he said. 他称,我国计划至2035年建成大约35处服务贸易示范区;示范区需要做到贸易规模领先、高端资源集聚、创新能力出众、区域辐射影响力强劲。 The country will foster a number of internationally competitive service export enterprises and key service industry clusters, while forming a development pattern in which service trade, investment, consumption and industries are interconnected and mutually reinforcing, he added. 他还提到,国家将培育一批具备国际竞争力的服务出口企业以及重点服务业产业集群,促成服务贸易、投资、消费、实体经济互联互通、相辅相成的发展格局。 foundational /faʊnˈdeɪʃənl/基础的;根基性的 intergovernmental /ˌɪntəɡʌvənˈmentl/政府间的 cluster /ˈklʌstə(r)/产业集群,集聚片区

  3. hace 3 días

    英语新闻丨下半年促消费政策空间充足,需求有望进一步扩大

    China has ample room to introduce pro-consumption policies in the second half of the year, as consumer prices maintained a moderate overall increase in July, experts said. 专家表示,由于7月居民消费价格总体保持温和上涨,中国在下半年推出促消费政策仍有充足空间。 The country's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.5 percent year-on-year last month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 0.9 percent year-on-year.国家统计局发布的数据显示,作为衡量通胀主要指标的居民消费价格指数(CPI)上月同比上涨0.5%。扣除食品和能源价格的核心CPI同比上涨0.9%。 There is considerable room for pro-consumption policies in the second half of the year, and price factors in particular will not be a major constraint on the central bank's potential interest rate cuts, said Wang Qing, chief macroeconomic analyst at Orient Golden Credit Rating International.东方金诚国际信用评估有限公司首席宏观分析师王青表示,下半年促消费政策仍有较大空间,尤其是物价因素不会对央行可能的降息形成明显制约。 Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank, said he expects pro-consumption policies to be stepped up in the second half of the year, with summer vacations and the National Day holiday boosting prices in tourism, accommodation and catering services.中国民生银行首席经济学家温彬预计,下半年促消费政策将加大力度,暑假和国庆假期将带动旅游、住宿和餐饮服务价格上涨。 Data show that industrial consumer goods excluding energy rose 1.5 percent year-on-year in July, slowing by 0.2 percentage points from a month earlier, contributing about 0.37 percentage points to the CPI growth.数据显示,7月扣除能源的工业消费品价格同比上涨1.5%,涨幅较上月回落0.2个百分点,对CPI涨幅贡献约0.37个百分点。 Service prices increased 0.7 percent year-on-year, down by 0.1 percentage points from June, contributing about 0.36 percentage points to the CPI growth. Food prices fell 1.5 percent year-on-year, narrowing the decline by 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, dragging the CPI down by about 0.25 percentage points.服务价格同比上涨0.7%,涨幅较6月回落0.1个百分点,对CPI涨幅贡献约0.36个百分点。食品价格同比下降1.5%,降幅较上月收窄0.1个百分点,拖累CPI下降约0.25个百分点。 On a month-on-month basis, the CPI edged down 0.1 percent in July, with the decline narrowing by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.环比来看,7月CPI小幅下降0.1%,降幅较上月收窄0.2个百分点。 NBS attributed the monthly decline to international market price fluctuations, which drove down domestic gasoline prices by 10.7 percent month-on-month, with the decline widening by 5.8 percentage points from June, pulling the CPI down by about 0.35 percentage points.国家统计局将环比下降归因于国际市场价格波动,导致国内汽油价格环比下降10.7%,降幅较6月扩大5.8个百分点,拉低CPI约0.35个百分点。 Food prices remained flat month-on-month, 0.6 percentage points below the seasonal average. Service prices, which were flat in June, turned to a 0.4 percent monthly increase, pushing up the CPI by about 0.21 percentage points.食品价格环比持平,较季节性平均水平低0.6个百分点。服务价格由6月的持平转为环比上涨0.4%,推升CPI约0.21个百分点。 The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee recently held a meeting on economic work. At the meeting, it was stressed that macro policies should be strengthened and more effective, disbursement of fiscal funds and bonds proceeds should be accelerated, and solid progress should be made in promoting large-scale equipment renewals and trade-ins of consumer goods.中共中央政治局近日召开经济工作会议。会议强调,宏观政策要更加有力有效,加快财政资金和债券资金拨付使用进度,扎实推进大规模设备更新和消费品以旧换新。 The meeting also underscored the need to effectively expand domestic demand, increase the supply of quality goods and services in response to the consumption needs of different groups, and tap the potential of services consumption.会议还强调,要有效扩大国内需求,针对不同群体消费需求增加优质商品和服务供给,挖掘服务消费潜力。 Local authorities have stepped up efforts to optimize trade-in policies. The southwestern city of Chongqing, for instance, has expanded its subsidy categories for home appliances and smart home products, covering nearly all aspects of daily life. Hunan province in Central China added 10 new categories to its trade-in program, including smart service robots, smart door locks, smart air purifiers and smart toilets.各地政府也在加大优化以旧换新政策的力度。例如,西南城市重庆已扩大家电和智能家居产品的补贴范围,几乎覆盖日常生活的方方面面。中部省份湖南在消费品以旧换新计划中新增了10个品类,包括智能服务机器人、智能门锁、智能空气净化器和智能马桶。 NBS data also show that China's producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 3.5 percent year-on-year in July.国家统计局数据还显示,衡量工业品出厂价格的工业生产者出厂价格指数(PPI)7月同比上涨3.5%。 Wen said that China's price trend is expected to improve further as domestic demand potential continues to be released and a lower comparison base comes into play.温彬表示,随着国内需求潜力持续释放以及低基数效应显现,中国物价走势有望进一步改善。 "Although the transmission of PPI recovery to CPI will entail a lag, the equipment renewal and trade-in policies will gradually lift prices of durable consumer goods such as home appliances and automobiles," Wen added.他补充说:“尽管PPI回升向CPI传导存在一定滞后,但设备更新和以旧换新政策将逐步推高家电和汽车等耐用消费品的价格。” core CPI /kɔːr siː piː aɪ/核心CPI constraint /kənˈstreɪnt/制约因素 interest rate cuts /ˈɪntrəst reɪt kʌts/降息 industrial consumer goods /ɪnˈdʌstriəl kənˈsjuːmə ɡʊdz/工业消费品 contributing /kənˈtrɪbjuːtɪŋ/贡献(拉动) dragging down /ˈdræɡɪŋ daʊn/拖累 month-on-month /mʌnθ ɒn mʌnθ/环比 edge down /edʒ daʊn/小幅下降

  4. hace 4 días

    英语新闻丨Zhu Rongji passes away in Beijing at age of 98

    Former premier Zhu Rongji passed away in Beijing on Wednesday. He was 98. Zhu, who had served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 14th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, died of illness, according to an official obituary. The obituary was jointly issued by the CPC Central Committee; the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature; the State Council, China's Cabinet; and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body. It extolled Zhu as an excellent Party member, a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, statesman and leader of the Party and the State. Born in October 1928 in Changsha, Hunan province, Zhu joined revolutionary work in December 1948 and became a CPC member in October 1949. Between 1987 and 1991, he served successively as deputy secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, mayor of Shanghai, and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee. During his tenure, he advocated for adjusting the city's industrial structure, developing an export-oriented economy and enhancing its international competitiveness. Zhu played a crucial role in advancing the development and opening-up of Shanghai's Pudong New Area. His efforts laid a solid foundation for Shanghai's further reform, opening-up and development, the obituary said. In 1991, Zhu was appointed vice-premier of the State Council. In October 1992, he was elected a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and its standing committee, and he was responsible for the executive work of the State Council. In June 1993, he concurrently served as the governor of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank. Zhu studied and developed approaches and measures to strengthen and improve macroeconomic regulation, making significant and effective contributions to curbing an overheated economy, reining in inflation and achieving an economic "soft landing". He pushed forward efforts to rectify and restore order in the fiscal and taxation sectors, accelerated fiscal and tax reforms and helped improve China's financial regulation system. In September 1997, Zhu was reelected a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and its standing committee. In March 1998, he was appointed premier of the State Council, and he later served as the secretary of the leading Party members group of the State Council. Facing the impact of the Asian financial crisis and the catastrophic flooding in China, Zhu focused on a shift from implementing a moderately tight fiscal and monetary policy to adopting a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy, expanding domestic demand and deepening reforms in key areas, thereby maintaining steady and rapid economic growth. During Zhu's tenure as vice-premier and premier of the State Council, a series of policies and measures were adopted to expand opening-up, encourage exports, keep the renminbi exchange rate stable without devaluation, attract foreign investment, and firmly safeguard the prosperity and stability of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as an international financial center. He also presided over the implementation of major reforms in the social security system, healthcare system, and investment and financing system, among others, promoting the establishment of the basic framework of a socialist market economy. He oversaw the completion of the arduous negotiations for China's accession to the World Trade Organization. In March 2003, Zhu no longer served as premier of the State Council. After retiring from leadership posts, he steadfastly upheld and supported the leadership of the CPC Central Committee. He continued to care about the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and firmly supported efforts to improve conduct, promote integrity and fight corruption. Zhu's life was a revolutionary, fighting and glorious one, and one that was dedicated to wholeheartedly serving the people and the communist cause, the obituary said, adding that his death is a great loss to the Party and the State.

  5. hace 5 días

    英语新闻丨中国维持暴雨和地质灾害橙色预警

    Heavy rain continued to batter parts of central and eastern China on Wednesday as the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin combined with other weather systems, prompting authorities to maintain orange alerts for torrential rain and geological disasters. 8月12日,台风“白海豚”残余云系与其他天气系统共同影响,持续侵袭中国中东部部分地区,促使有关部门维持暴雨和地质灾害橙色预警。 The National Meteorological Center on Wednesday renewed an orange alert for heavy rain, the country's second-highest warning level, forecasting heavy to torrential rain from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon in parts of Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shandong and Hebei provinces, as well as Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin.中央气象台8月12日继续发布暴雨橙色预警——这是国内第二高级别的预警等级,预计8月12日下午至8月13日下午,河南、湖北、安徽、浙江、山东、河北等省以及上海、北京、天津的部分地区将出现大到暴雨。 Parts of western and central Henan along mountain areas could see exceptionally heavy rainfall of 250 to 280 millimeters.河南西部和中部沿山地区可能出现250至280毫米的极端强降雨。 The rain is expected to be accompanied by short-duration intense rainfall, with hourly precipitation of 20 to 50 mm and locally more than 80 mm, as well as thunderstorms and strong winds in some areas.预计降雨将伴有短时强降水,小时雨量20至50毫米,局地可达80毫米以上,部分地区还将出现雷暴和大风天气。 The Ministry of Natural Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued an orange alert for meteorological risks of geological disasters at 8 am Wednesday.自然资源部与中国气象局于8月12日上午8时联合发布地质灾害气象风险橙色预警。 From Wednesday to Thursday, parts of Beijing, Hebei, Zhejiang, Henan and Hubei face high risks of rainfall-triggered geological disasters.8月12日至8月13日,北京、河北、浙江、河南和湖北的部分地区面临降雨引发地质灾害的高风险。 Local governments and relevant departments are urged to implement emergency plans and strengthen monitoring and prevention measures.有关部门敦促地方政府和相关部门启动应急预案,加强监测和防范措施。 People in areas under orange geological disaster alerts who are threatened by known hazards or high-risk zones should evacuate promptly to designated shelters when instructed by local authorities.处于地质灾害橙色预警区域、受到已知隐患点或高风险区威胁的群众,应按照当地政府指令,及时撤离至指定安置点。 thunderstorms /ˈθʌndəstɔːmz/雷暴 meteorological risks /ˌmiːtiərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl rɪsks/气象风险 emergency plans /ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi plænz/应急预案 monitoring and prevention measures /ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ ənd prɪˈvenʃən ˈmeʒəz/监测和防范措施 evacuate /ɪˈvækjueɪt/撤离

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    英语新闻丨台风“白海豚”致我国多地灾害风险上升

    Various measures have been taken to confront risks of landslides, urban waterlogging and reservoir dam breaches as Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain and strong winds to Central and North China on Tuesday. 周二,台风“白海豚”给我国华中、华北地区带来强降雨与大风天气,各地已采取多项举措,防范山体滑坡、城市内涝、水库溃坝风险。 After the typhoon, the 13th of this year, made landfall in East China's Zhejiang province on Sunday, it moved west to Central China's Hubei province on Tuesday. 今年第13号台风于周日在华东浙江省登陆,随后向西移动,周二抵达华中湖北省。 Gales from level 7 to 10 and above brought by the typhoon have affected the province since Monday. Dolphin also brought heavy rain in cities such as Suizhou and Xiangyang during the period, with torrential downpours in some areas. 自周一以来,台风带来7至10级及以上大风侵袭湖北。与此同时,随州、襄阳等城市普降大雨,局部地区出现暴雨。 The rain is expected to continue until Wednesday morning and ease markedly by the same afternoon, according to Chen Xuan, chief forecaster of the Hubei meteorological observatory. 湖北省气象台首席预报员陈璇介绍,降雨将持续至周三上午,周三下午雨势将明显减弱。 "Long spells of rainfall will bring substantial accumulated precipitation. There are elevated risks of geological disasters, river floods and waterlogging in urban and rural areas, which need strengthened precautions," Chen said. “持续性降雨将造成累计雨量偏大,城乡区域地质灾害、江河洪水、内涝风险升高,需要加强防范。”陈璇表示。 Starting at 8 pm on Monday, strong winds and rain swept through Xiangyang, and by 3 pm on Tuesday, the city-wide average rainfall hit 46 millimeters. The municipal flood-control headquarters activated the Level III flood-control emergency response. 周一晚间8时起,大风暴雨侵袭襄阳。截至周二下午3时,全市平均降雨量达到46毫米。市防汛指挥部启动防汛Ⅲ级应急响应。 Due to heavy rainfall in upstream areas, several rivers and urban drainage ditches have seen water levels rise. By 3 pm on Tuesday, about 10,000 people had been moved to safe areas, including those living along the rivers, according to local authorities. 受上游强降雨影响,多条河流、城市排涝沟渠水位上涨。当地部门消息,截至周二15时,约一万名沿河居民转移至安全区域。 Fifty-eight reservoirs had exceeded their flood-season limit as of 3 pm on Tuesday with the highest at 0.59 meters, and all below their designed flood level. Their water release gates have been kept fully open to drain water and bring reservoir levels down. 截至周二下午3时,58座水库水位超汛限水位,最高超出0.59米,但全部尚未到达设计洪水位。水库泄洪闸门全开,持续泄洪以降低水位。 Disaster relief materials such as tarpaulin coverings, excavators and sandstone materials have been prepared in advance. 篷布、挖掘机、砂石料等救灾物资已提前储备到位。 Relying on a digital platform, government workers monitor real-time conditions of major waterlogging-prone spots in downtown areas for quick response. For example, the platform detected water exceeding the safety limit at a culvert on Tuesday morning. Municipal workers were dispatched immediately for on-site handling. 工作人员依托数字化平台,实时监控城区重点易涝点位,实现快速处置。例如,平台周二上午监测到一处涵洞积水超限,市政人员立刻赶赴现场处理。 Across Hubei province, 27,800 emergency response personnel and 16,400 sets of rescue equipment have been deployed in advance in key areas affected by the typhoon such as Xiangyang, Shiyan, Huanggang and Suizhou. 湖北省已在襄阳、十堰、黄冈、随州等台风影响重点区域提前部署27800名应急人员、16400台(套)救援装备。 As of Tuesday noon, 25,478 people had been relocated. More than 4,500 tourist attractions, construction sites, factories and mines were closed, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters on Tuesday afternoon. 省防汛抗旱指挥部周二下午通报,截至周二中午,累计转移群众25478人,4500余处景区、建筑工地、厂矿关停。 With the rain belt moving further northward, the National Meteorological Center forecasts that from Tuesday to Thursday, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in northern China will experience heavy rainfall. 随着雨带继续北上,中央气象台预报,周二至周四,华北京津冀地区将迎来强降雨。 Beijing activated a Level II flood-control emergency response at 9 am on Tuesday. Most parts of the city are expected to receive more than 100 millimeters of rain within six hours and over 150 mm within 24 hours from Tuesday evening, according to the Beijing meteorological service. 北京于周二上午9时启动防汛Ⅱ级应急响应。北京市气象台预报,周二晚间起,北京大部分地区6小时降雨量超100毫米,24小时累计降雨量超150毫米。 The public has been advised to suspend outdoor activities involving mountains and water, avoid low-lying areas when traveling, and take protective measures for underground spaces. 官方提醒市民暂停涉水、涉山户外活动,出行避开低洼地带,并对地下空间做好防护。 The nearby Hebei province issued a meteorological risk alert for mountain-flood disasters at 11 am on Tuesday. 邻省河北于周二上午11时发布山洪灾害气象风险预警。 At noon the same day, a meteorological early warning for geological hazards was also released, saying that between 2 pm on Tuesday and 2 pm on Wednesday, there is a high risk of collapses, landslides, mud-rock flows and other geological disasters in cities such as Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Handan and Shijiazhuang. 同日中午,当地再发布地质灾害气象预警:周二14时至周三14时,保定、张家口、邯郸、石家庄等地发生崩塌、滑坡、泥石流等地质灾害风险较高。 Relevant authorities dispatched 623 teams to mountain areas across the province. Focused on densely populated zones, the teams carried out emergency inspections for geological hazards, Hebei Daily reported. 《河北日报》消息,相关部门派出623支队伍深入省内山区,重点针对人口密集区域开展地质灾害隐患紧急巡查。 Meanwhile, Hebei has equipped all 2,136 villages under threat with satellite phones or Beidou short-message terminals to guarantee unobstructed communications. Evacuation of residents was also in the plan based on conditions, it said. 同时,河北为受威胁的2136个村庄配齐卫星电话或北斗短报文终端,保障通信畅通,并根据实际情况安排群众转移。 Heavy rain was also forecast across a broad swath of the country through Wednesday night. The areas include Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong and Henan provinces. 预报显示,截至周三夜间,我国大范围区域仍有强降雨,涉及浙江、江苏、安徽、山东、河南等省份。 landslide /ˈlændslaɪd/山体滑坡 waterlogging /ˈwɔːtəlɒɡɪŋ/内涝 torrential /təˈrenʃl/猛烈的;汹涌的 geological /ˌdʒiːəˈlɒdʒɪkl/地质的 evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃn/疏散,撤离 reservoir /ˈrezəvwɑː(r)/水库

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    英语新闻丨高市早苗的暧昧是对历史的背叛

    Eighty-one years ago, Nagasaki was erased in a blinding flash, with 74,000 victims incinerated by a weapon that should have been the last. 八十一年前,一道刺目的强光将长崎从地图上抹去,7.4万人被这枚"本应是最后一颗"的原子弹瞬间吞噬。 Three days earlier, Hiroshima had suffered the same fate.三天前,广岛已遭受了同样的命运。 During those three days, Japanese militarists kept insisting that people sacrifice themselves for the "glorious Empire of Japan".在那三天里,日本军国主义者仍在一味要求民众为所谓"光荣的大日本帝国"牺牲性命。 The destruction of Nagasaki finally shattered that dangerous faith and forced Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers six days later.长崎的毁灭最终击碎了这一危险信念,六天后,日本被迫向同盟国无条件投降。 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made it clear at the Hiroshima memorial ceremony on Thursday and again at the Nagasaki memorial ceremony on Sunday that the country's neo-militarists have learned nothing from the horrors of the bombings.日本首相高市早苗8月6日在广岛悼念仪式上、8月9日在长崎悼念仪式上的表现均已清楚表明,该国新军国主义势力并未从原爆的惨痛历史中汲取任何教训。 At Nagasaki's Peace Park, the city's mayor, Shiro Suzuki, called nuclear weapons an "absolute evil".在长崎和平公园,该市市长铃木史朗将核武器称为"绝对的邪恶"。 Yet, standing just a few feet away, Takaichi offered only deliberate ambiguity over whether her government will abide by the Three Non-Nuclear Principles.然而,站在仅几步之遥的高市,对其政府是否将恪守"无核三原则"却故意含糊其辞。 Japan already operates under the protection of the United States' nuclear umbrella.日本本已处于美国核保护伞的庇护之下。 To invoke a purported "external threat" as a rationale for acquiring an independent nuclear deterrent is hardly the "realistic and pragmatic approach" Takaichi describes — rather, it lays bare the unmistakable ambitions of the country's neo-militarist faction.以所谓"外部威胁"为借口谋求独立核威慑力量,绝非高市所标榜的"现实而务实的做法",恰恰相反,这暴露出该国新军国主义势力毫不掩饰的野心。 Takaichi will not say she intends to revise the principles, but neither will she promise to preserve them.高市既不明确表示要修改这些原则,也不承诺将予以坚守。 She speaks only of current policy, deliberately leaving the future open to interpretation.她只谈及当下的政策,却故意为未来留下模糊的解释空间。 This is the slow-motion dismantling of a commitment that has defined postwar Japan.这是在以慢镜头般的方式,逐步瓦解这一定义了战后日本的庄严承诺。 The hypocrisy is staggering.这种虚伪令人瞠目。 Here is a prime minister attending the memorials for victims of nuclear hellfire, surrounded by aging hibakusha, victims of atomic destruction — whose average age is over 86 — yet she will not reaffirm the principles these survivors have defended for decades.这位首相出席了悼念核爆炼狱死难者的仪式,身边环绕着平均年龄已超过86岁、饱经原子弹摧残的年迈"被爆者",但她却不肯重申这些幸存者数十年来所捍卫的原则。 When the hibakusha protest her stance on "nuclear sharing" with the US, and when a record 128 local assemblies urge her government to uphold the three principles, her response is little more than a verbal shrug.当"被爆者"们抗议她在对美"核共享"问题上的立场,当创纪录的128个地方议会敦促其政府恪守"无核三原则"时,她的回应也不过是敷衍搪塞、不以为意。 No wonder Moscow called Japan's nuclear memorial act hypocritical — Takaichi equivocates on the non-nuclear principles while refusing to even ask why the bombs fell on Japan.难怪莫斯科方面称日本的核纪念活动充满虚伪——高市在"无核原则"问题上闪烁其词,却连原子弹为何会落在日本这一根本问题都不愿追问。 The "realism" that Takaichi invokes is increasingly aligned with the right-wing's neo-militarist ambitions.高市所标榜的"现实主义",正日益与右翼势力的新军国主义野心趋于一致。 For Japan's remilitarization, "reality" means expanding military capabilities and deepening reliance on the alliance with the US.对日本的重新军事化而言,所谓"现实",意味着扩充军事能力、深化对美同盟的依赖。 "Pragmatism" means leveraging Washington's desire for a more heavily armed Japan and stronger Asia-Pacific ally to create political space for nuclear ambiguity.所谓"务实",则意味着利用华盛顿希望日本加强武装、成为更强大亚太盟友的意愿,为核问题上的模糊立场争取政治空间。 Should we call this the Atomic Stockholm Syndrome?我们是否应将此称为"原子弹斯德哥尔摩综合征"? Japan, the only country ever atom-bombed, now flirts with nuclear weapons under "extended deterrence".作为全球唯一遭受过原子弹轰炸的国家,日本如今却在"延伸威慑"的名义下与核武器眉来眼去。 The US umbrella is a crutch, and Takaichi wants Japan to lean on it rather than lean on peace.美国的核保护伞是一根拐杖,而高市希望日本依赖的是这根拐杖,而非依靠和平本身。 Tokyo refuses to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, calling it "ineffective" to address its "security concerns".东京拒绝签署《禁止核武器条约》,声称该条约"无法有效"回应其所谓"安全关切"。 Japan is in the unique position to be the moral voice for the abolition of nuclear weapons; but obligation requires clarity of conviction.日本本处于一个独特的位置,能够成为呼吁废除核武器的道义之声;但要担此责任,首先需要立场坚定、旗帜鲜明。 Takaichi has offered nothing but ambiguity.而高市所给出的,唯有含糊其辞。 She does not need to formally rewrite the three principles.她并不需要正式改写"无核三原则"。 They can be diluted through reinterpretation, administrative decisions and incremental policy changes.只需通过重新解释、行政决定以及渐进式的政策调整,这些原则便可被逐步稀释、掏空。 If Washington looks the other way because it wants a more militarized Japan as part of its regional strategy, alliance politics could easily overwhelm international objections.若华盛顿出于将一个更加军事化的日本纳入其地区战略的考量而对此视而不见,那么同盟政治便极有可能轻易压倒国际社会的反对声音。 What is at stake, therefore, is more than Japan's military posture.因此,这场博弈所关乎的,远不止日本的军事姿态。 It is Japan's historical identity and regional stability.更关乎日本的历史身份认同,以及地区的和平与稳定。 Eighty-one years after Fat Man fell on Nagasaki, Takaichi stood in Peace Park and blurred the edges of a promise generations of Japanese have held sacred."胖子"原子弹投下长崎八十一年后,高市站在和平公园里,却让这份被一代代日本人奉若神圣的承诺,边界变得模糊不清。 The city's mayor was right: Nuclear deterrence does not eliminate the risk of catastrophe; it institutionalizes it.长崎市长所言不虚:核威慑并不能消除灾难的风险,它只是将这种风险制度化了。 The Takaichi government is intent on "honoring" the dead by placing their descendants under the shadow of the same weapons that destroyed them.高市政府所谓的"告慰"逝者,实则是让逝者的后代继续笼罩在当年那种毁灭性武器的阴影之下。 When the last hibakusha is gone, what will remain of their plea?当最后一位"被爆者"离世,他们的呼声还将留下什么? A prime minister who could not bring herself to unequivocally declare: "I promise to uphold the Three Non-Nuclear Principles".恐怕只剩下一位始终无法斩钉截铁地宣告"我承诺恪守无核三原则"的首相。 That is not realism.这不是什么现实主义。 It is a betrayal of history.这是对历史的背叛。 incinerate /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/ v.焚烧殆尽,烧成灰烬 militarist /ˈmɪlɪtərɪst/ n.军国主义者 unconditional surrender /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl səˈrendər/ n.无条件投降 memorial ceremony /məˈmɔːriəlˈserəmoʊni/ n.悼念仪式,纪念仪式 neo-militarist /ˌniːoʊˈmɪlɪtərɪst/ n.新军国主义者 absolute evil /ˈæbsəluːtˈiːvəl/ n.绝对的邪恶 deliberate ambiguity /dɪˈlɪbərətˌæmbɪˈɡjuːəti/ n.刻意的含糊其辞 nuclear deterrent /ˈnuːkliər dɪˈtɜːrənt/ n.核威慑(力量) neo-militarist faction /ˌniːoʊˈmɪlɪtərɪstˈfækʃən/ n.新军国主义派系

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