Hot words Feb.24

• Korean Peninsula /pɪ'nɪnsjʊlə/ 朝鲜半岛
• slate n.板岩；石板；蓝色；石片 vt.铺石板；严厉批评某人；计划 adj.板岩的；石板色 的
• one-on-one adj.一对一的；直接对立的 adv.一对一；面对面 n.一对一的比赛
• reaffirm 再肯定，重申；再断言
• Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, said on Sunday that it took three years for the company to perfect the
• Huawei's new device was made public several days after Samsung unveiled its foldable smartphone Galaxy Fold. • It will, however, take some time for most consumers to get their hands on such foldable screens. —China Daily • Vocabulary： • Mobile World Congress (MWC) 世界移动通信大会
• unwavering 坚定的；不动摇的
foldable 5G phone
• Chinese tech companies are catching the spotlight at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, as they raise the bar through unveiling smartphones with cutting-edge designs and leading 5G technologies. • Huawei Technologies Co launched its first 5G foldable smartphone ahead of the congress, the world's largest telecom industry gathering, which started on Monday. The phone is seen as dealing a major blow to its rivals, Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co, analysts said. • The gadget, priced at about $2,600, features a 6.6-inch display when folded, which is just slightly larger than Apple's iPhone XS Max. When fully opened, it becomes an 8-inch tablet.
unveil vt. 使公之于众，揭开；揭幕 vi. 除去面纱；显露
cutting-edge n. (刀片的)刃口；尖端；前沿 adj. 先进的，尖端的
gadget n. 小玩意；小器具；小配件；诡计
hinge n. 铰链，折叶；关键，转折点；枢要，中枢 v. 用铰链连接；依…为 转移；给…安装铰链；（门等）装有蝶铰
• The handshaking was made with flags of the DPRK and the United States standing behind them. A banner hanging above the flags read "Hanoi Summit" both in English and Korean. • Kim and Trump abruptly cut short their second summit Thursday without reaching an agreement, a stunning collapse of talks that caused both leaders to leave their Vietnam meeting early and cancel a planned signing ceremony.
• Vocabulary:
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（简称朝鲜）
Vietnamese /ˈvjɛtnəmiːz/ n.越南人；越南语 adj.越南的；越南人的 Hanoi /hæ'nɔi/ 河内（越南首都） concrete adj.混凝土的；实在的，具体的；有形的 vi.凝结 vt.使凝固；用混凝土修筑 n.具 体物；凝结物 denuclearization /di,njʊklɪərɪ'zeʃən/ 非核化，无核化
cat paw cup
• A cat-themed coffee cup released by Starbucks in China on Tuesday sent some customers on a frenzied dash to their local stores, reports Beijing Youth Daily. • The cat paw cup was one of 30 new designs featuring images of dogs and cats that were released by Starbucks. • News of the cute cups spread like wildfire on social media days beforehand. On Tuesday when they went on sale, people queued up outside Starbucks stores before dawn. Many stores sold out of the cups in less than one day, and videos shared on social media show people getting into fights over who gets to buy the last cups. • Some cups, which sold for 199 yuan in stores, were being resold online for as much as 1,800 yuan.
• Kim and Trump shook hands and smiled in their first encounter at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, where the two leaders were slated to briefly sit down one-on-one before having a social dinner, opening their two-day summit.
get into fights 打架；大打出手
call into question 对…表示怀疑 hunger marketing 饥饿营销 on offer 出售中
Oscars 2019
• For the first time in three decades, the 2019 Oscars has begun without a host. • Usually the show opens with a monologue about current events, politics and of course, the nominees. • But instead, Adam Lambert and Queen opened the show with "We Will Rock You," then moved into another one of their hits, "We Are the Champions.“ • “Bohemian Rhapsody” led the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, taking home four awards in the actor, film editing, sound mixing, and sound editing categories. • Close behind with three wins each were “Roma,” “Black Panther,” and “Green Book,” which won best picture alongside gold for original screenplay and supporting actor.
• In addition to a foreign language film nod, “Roma” also took home directing and cinematography Oscars for Alfonso Cuaron, while “Black Panther” surprised with wins in production design, costume design, and original score. • On the acting side, Olivia Colman won for actress, upsetting a competitive field that included Yalitza Aparicio, Melissa McCarthy, Lady Gaga, and frontrunner Glenn Close. Close had previously won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her role in “The Wife,” so all eyes were on her to see if she could pull in her first win after seven nominations. —ABC News, Variety • Vocabulary: • monologue /'mɒn(ə)lɒg/ 独白
dash n.破折号；冲撞 vt.使…破灭；猛撞；泼溅 vi.猛冲；撞击
spread like wildfire 像野火般迅速传播；迅速传播；不胫而走 beforehand adv.事先；预先 adj.提前的；预先准备好的
• go on sale 上市销售 queue up 排队等候 sell out of… …一售而空
• The summit came about eight months after the first Kim-Trump meeting in Singapore in June last year, where Trump pledged to provide security guarantees to the DPRK while Kim reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. — Xinhua, China Plus
• Some social media users have called into question the madness of spending so much money on a coffee cup, while others have called the sale an example of hunger marketing given the limited amount of stock on offer. —China plus, Yicai Global • Vocabulary： • frenzied /'frenzɪd/ 疯狂的；狂乱的；激怒的
HOT WORDS FEห้องสมุดไป่ตู้.24---MAR.1
• Hot Words of Last-week • 1.Trump-Kim meeting • 2. foldable 5G phone • 3. cat paw cup • 4. Oscars 2019
Trump-Kim meeting
• Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met Wednesday night in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for their second summit to discuss concrete ways for peace on and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.