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  • Beijing Snowfall is Capital's Latest in Six Decades
  • 北京降下 60 年来最晚的初雪
  •   A light snowfall dusted Beijing and northern provinces Thursday, giving the capital its first precipitation since November and marking the latest date for the city's first snow in six decades.
  • 中国的北京和北方各省星期四飘起了小雪;这是中国首都自 11 月以来第一次降雪,也是北京 60 年来冬季裡最晚的第一场雪。

  •   Authorities credited the snowfall to a government cloud-seeding effort, which was undertaken in response to fears that the drought will damage the year's winter wheat crop and drive up food prices.
  • 当局将这场降雪归功於政府进行的人工降水的努力;这是对人们担心乾旱会影响今年冬天小麦的收成、抬高粮食价格所做出的回应。

  •   However the snowfall was not considered sufficient to make much difference to the crop.
  • 但是,这场降雪并不足以对冬小麦起到很大的作用。

  •   The government said Wednesday it will spend $1 billion to boost grain production, divert water, build emergency wells and take other steps.
  • 中国政府星期叁表示,中国将斥资 10 亿美元增加粮食生產、调水、营建应急井,并採取其它措施。

  •   Weather forecasters said much of Thursday's snowfall missed hard-hit Shandong province, a major wheat-producing region.
  • 天气预报说,星期四的大部分降雪没有覆盖旱情严重的主要小麦產区山东省。

  •   Officials say if there is no precipitation this month, it will be the province's worst drought in 200 years.
  • 官员们说,如果这个月仍没有降水,山东将经歷 200 年来最严重的乾旱。

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  • U.S. Lawmakers to Hear from National Intelligence
  • 美国议员将听取国家情报工作匯报
  •   U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and seven other intelligence chiefs go to Capitol Hill Thursday to discuss intelligence strategy for the coming year.
  • 美国国家情报总监克拉帕以及其他 7 名情报负责人星期四前往国会山,讨论今后一年的情报工作策略。

  •   The officials will appear before the House Intelligence Committee in an open session, followed by a closed one.
  • 这些官员将在眾议院情报委员会举行的一个公开会议上亮相,然后举行一次闭门会议。

  •   Clapper, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and FBI Director Robert Mueller are among the officials who will answer lawmakers' questions on threats to the United States.
  • 官员们将回答议员们有关美国遭受威胁的问题,其中包括克拉帕、中央情报局长帕内塔和联邦调查局长穆勒。

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