1

The homecoming listings① by Baidu and Bilibili

百度和嗶哩嗶哩歸國上市

Baidu Inc shares have closed flat② in their Hong Kong secondary listing debut③ last Tuesday, bucking④ a trend of first-day pops⑤ on the bourse⑥, as investors were wary of a fundraising flurry⑦ in the city and questioned the search company’s growth plans. Baidu shares closed at HK$252 each, which was in line with⑧ the price set for the Hong Kong listing. The weakened mood towards Chinese technology offerings was reinforced with video site Bilibili raising a lower-than-expected $2.6 billion in its secondary listing. The arrival in Hong Kong of Bilibili and Baidu, which both trade on New York’s Nasdaq, followed similar secondary listings by internet groups including Alibaba, JD.com and NetEase. (Reuters and The Financial Times)

3月23日，百度（9888.HK）在香港二次上市，首日收平，一反新股首日大漲的潮流。投資者對(duì)香港的融資熱潮心存警惕，對(duì)這家搜索公司的增長計(jì)劃提出質(zhì)疑。百度收盤價(jià)為每股252港元（合212元人民幣），與發(fā)行價(jià)持平。市場對(duì)國家科技股的低迷情緒，在視頻網(wǎng)站嗶哩嗶哩的二次上市中進(jìn)一步增強(qiáng)。嗶哩嗶哩擬融資26億美元（合170億元人民幣），低于預(yù)期。兩家公司均已在紐約納斯達(dá)克交易所上市。在它們登陸港交所前，已有阿里巴巴、京東、網(wǎng)易等互聯(lián)網(wǎng)集團(tuán)在香港進(jìn)行了類似的二次上市。

【注釋】

① listing: [?l?st??] n. inclusion on an official register of securities accepted for trading and quotation on a stock exchange 上市

② flat: [fl?t] adj. (of the price of a stock) very close or equal to the opening price at the beginning of the trading session（股價(jià)）與開盤價(jià)持平的

③ debut: [?de?bju?] n. first appearance in public 首次出現(xiàn)

④ buck: [b?k] vt. to oppose (sth.) in a direct way 與……相反；反對(duì)

⑤ first-day pop: the phenomenon that a company’s initial share price sees large increases relative to its original IPO price on the first day of trading（股價(jià)）上市首日暴漲

⑥ bourse: [b??s] n. a stock exchange 證券交易所

⑦ flurry: [?fl?ri] n. an occasion when there is a lot of activity, interest, excitement, etc. within a short period of time（短時(shí)間同時(shí)出現(xiàn)或發(fā)生的）一系列事物

⑧ in line with: similar to (sth.) 與……相似

(Credit: Reuters)

2

Stunning discoveries at the Sanxingdui Ruins

三星堆遺址驚人發(fā)現(xiàn)

Archaeologists say that the recently uncovered sites at the Sanxingdui Ruins date back 3,000 to 3,200 years. The latest finding was made by a joint team from the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute and Peking University. Archaeologists began excavating six sacrificial① pits② at the Sanxingdui Site in October after they were discovered between November 2019 and May 2021. They have unearthed more than 500 items, including fragments③ of gold masks, bird-shaped gold ornaments④, bronze heads, and ivory and jade tools. The treasures belonged to a highly-developed civilisation that may have lasted for thousands of years but never appeared in any historical records. Their quality and craftsmanship far exceed that of artefacts made at the same time in other parts of China, including the heartland of the Shang dynasty around the Yellow River plain. (South China Morning Post)

考古學(xué)家稱，最近在三星堆發(fā)掘的遺址可追溯到3000至3200年前。這次最新發(fā)現(xiàn)由四川省文物考古研究院和北京大學(xué)組成的聯(lián)合團(tuán)隊(duì)完成。2019年11月至2021年5月期間，三星堆遺址發(fā)現(xiàn)了六座“祭祀坑”。去年10月，考古學(xué)家啟動(dòng)發(fā)掘工作。目前已出土了五百余件文物，包括金面具殘片、鳥形金飾片、青銅人頭像、象牙器物和玉器。這些珍貴文物來自于一個(gè)高度發(fā)達(dá)、可能持續(xù)數(shù)千年的文明，但這一文明并未在任何史料記載中出現(xiàn)。它們的質(zhì)量和工藝遠(yuǎn)超同時(shí)期國家其他地區(qū)的工藝品，包括出自華夏中原地區(qū)商王朝腹地的工藝品。

【注釋】

① sacrificial: [?s?kr??f??l] adj. offered as a sacrifice 用于祭祀的

② pit: [p?t] n. a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging 坑

③ fragment: [?fr?ɡm(xù)?nt] n. a small piece of something that has broken off or that comes from something larger 殘片

④ ornament: [???n?m?nt] n. a small object that you keep in your house because it is beautiful rather than useful 小飾物

【相關(guān)閱讀】

百科｜神秘三星堆“上新了”！

(Credit: China Daily)

3

A massive cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal

一艘巨型貨輪堵塞蘇伊士運(yùn)河

A skyscraper①-sized container ship has become wedged② across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained③ by the coronavirus pandemic. The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground last Tuesday in the narrow, man-made canal dividing continental Africa from the Sinai Peninsula. The ship’s bow④ was touching the eastern wall⑤, while its stern⑥ looked lodged⑦ against the western wall—an extraordinary event that experts said they had never heard of happening before in the canal’s 150-year history. Tugboats⑧ strained⑨ last Wednesday to try to nudge⑩ the obstruction out of the way as ships hoping to enter the waterway began lining up in the Mediterranean and Red Seas. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the ship to become wedged. (AP)

一艘超大型集裝箱貨輪卡在了埃及蘇伊士運(yùn)河的河堤兩端，堵塞了這一重要航道上的所有交通，可能令在疫情中受阻的全球航運(yùn)系統(tǒng)雪上加霜。3月23日，這艘名為“長賜”號(hào)的貨輪擱淺在非洲大陸和西奈半島間狹長的人工運(yùn)河上?！伴L賜”號(hào)懸掛著巴拿馬國旗，在亞歐之間運(yùn)輸貨物。貨輪船頭觸碰運(yùn)河?xùn)|岸，而船尾似乎緊貼著西岸。專家表示，在運(yùn)河150年的歷史中，這類特殊事件前所未聞。3月24日，希望駛?cè)朐摵降赖拇婚_始在地中海和紅海排隊(duì)，拖船竭盡全力試圖推動(dòng)障礙物。貨輪擱淺的原因尚不明確。

【注釋】

① skyscraper: [?ska?skre?p?(r)] n. one that is unusually tall 特別高的人（或物）

② wedge: [wed?] vt. to put or force (sth.) tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily 擠入，塞入

③ strained: [stre?nd] adj. (of a situation) not relaxed or friendly 緊張的；不友好的

④ bow: [ba?] n. the front part of a boat or ship 船頭，艏

⑤ wall: [w??l] n. an embankment to hold back the water of a river or the sea 堤

⑥ stern: [st??n] n. the back end of a ship or boat 船尾，艉

⑦ lodge: [l?d?] vt. to make (sth.) become fixed or stuck somewhere 把……固定于，使嵌入

⑧ tugboat: [?t?ɡb??t] n. a strongly built powerful boat used for towing and pushing especially in harbors and on inland waterways 拖船

⑨ strain: [stre?n] vt. to make an effort (to do sth.), using all your mental or physical strength 盡力

⑩ nudge: [n?d?] vt. to push (sb./sth.) gently or gradually in a particular direction 輕推，推進(jìn)

(Credit: Cnes2021, Distribution Airbus DS via AP)

4

EU leaders clashed over vaccine distribution

歐盟領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人就疫苗分配發(fā)生爭執(zhí)

EU divisions over vaccine distribution were laid bare① at a summit last Thursday as governments failed to agree on how to provide additional jabs to member states in need of emergency supplies. Leaders clashed during a marathon video conference which ended with no resolution to demands from poorer eastern member states for part of 10m in additional BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines. Tense discussions broke down after demands from Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz for additional vaccine supplies for Vienna were rejected by leaders including Germany’s Angela Merkel. The dispute underscored growing disunity within the EU over the vaccine rollout② as leaders also debated tighter export curbs. Last week the commission proposed toughening the EU’s discretionary③ export controls as it seeks to push beneficiary④ countries, notably the UK, to share their own production. While Europe has exported more than 20?million doses to Britain, the bloc has so far sent fewer than 16?million doses to Germany, which is more populous. (The Financial Times)

在3月25日的歐盟峰會(huì)上，歐盟在疫苗分配問題上暴露出分歧。對(duì)于如何向需要緊急疫苗補(bǔ)給的成員國提供更多疫苗，各國政府未能達(dá)成一致。漫長的視頻會(huì)議上，各國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人出現(xiàn)嚴(yán)重分歧。對(duì)于額外的1000萬劑“輝瑞–生物新技術(shù)”疫苗，較貧窮的東歐成員國有部分需求，會(huì)議最終未能就此給出解決方案。奧地利總理塞巴斯蒂安·庫爾茨要求歐盟為奧地利提供更多疫苗，遭到包括德國總理安格拉·默克爾在內(nèi)的多國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人拒絕，激烈的討論無果而終，大家不歡而散。這場爭論突顯出歐盟內(nèi)部在疫苗推行問題上的分歧日益加劇。歐盟各國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人還就更嚴(yán)格的出口管制展開辯論。過去一周，歐盟委員會(huì)提議收緊歐盟自由出口管制，以推動(dòng)受益國家分享自己生產(chǎn)的疫苗，其中最主要的就是英國。歐洲已向英方出口了2000萬余劑疫苗。但迄今為止，歐盟向人口更多的德國送交的疫苗還不到1600萬劑。

【注釋】

① lay bare: to show (sth.) that was covered or to make something known that was secret 暴露

② rollout: [?r??la?t] n. an occasion when a company, the government, etc. introduces or starts to use a new product or service（新產(chǎn)品、服務(wù)等的）推出

③ discretionary: [d??skre??n?ri] adj. decided according to the judgement of a person in authority about what is necessary in each particular situation; not decided by rules 便宜行事的，自由決定的

④ beneficiary: [?ben??f???ri] n. one who receives benefits or favours 受益方

(Credit: Council of the European Union)

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Georgia law kicked off① partisan② battle over voting rights

佐治亞州法律引發(fā)關(guān)于投票權(quán)的黨派之爭

The fight over US voting rights is emerging as one of the defining③conflicts of the Biden era, and Georgia fired the opening shot with a set of new restrictions underscoring the political, legal and financial clashes that will influence whether Republicans retake Congress and the White House. President Biden last Friday called Georgia’s new law an “attack on the Constitution,” and said the Justice Department was “taking a look” at Republican voting efforts in the state. In more than 24 states, Republican-led legislatures are advancing bills in a broad political effort that is the most aggressive attack on voting rights since the civil rights movement of the 1960s④. Georgia’s sweeping new provisions⑤, passed by a Republican-controlled Legislature last Thursday, represent the most substantive⑥ overhaul⑦ of a battleground state⑧’s voting system since last November’s election. It would impose stricter voter identification requirements for absentee balloting, limit drop boxes, and forbid giving water and snacks to voters waiting in line. (The New York Times)

關(guān)于美國投票權(quán)的爭論正在成為拜登時(shí)代的典型沖突之一，佐治亞州以一系列新的限制措施打響了第一槍。這些措施凸顯了政治、法律和財(cái)政沖突，這些沖突將影響共和黨能否重新奪回國會(huì)和白宮。3月26日，美國總統(tǒng)拜登將佐治亞州的新法稱為“對(duì)憲法的侵蝕”，并稱，司法部正在“審視”共和黨就投票問題在該州的舉動(dòng)。共和黨人采取了一項(xiàng)更普遍的政治舉措，在超過24個(gè)州，由共和黨掌控的州議會(huì)正推動(dòng)立法。這是自上世紀(jì)60年代民權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)以來，對(duì)投票權(quán)最猛烈的攻擊。3月25日，佐治亞州共和黨控制的立法部門通過了覆蓋面廣泛的新條款。這是自去年11月大選以來，對(duì)這個(gè)陣地州的投票系統(tǒng)最具實(shí)質(zhì)性的改革。新法將對(duì)缺席投票施加更嚴(yán)格的選民身份證明要求，限制投票箱數(shù)量，并禁止向排隊(duì)等候的選民提供水和零食。

【注釋】

① kick off: to start (a discussion, a meeting, an event, etc.) 開始

② partisan: [?pɑ?t?z?n] adj. showing too much support for one person, group or idea, especially without considering it carefully 黨派的；偏袒的

③ defining: [d??fa?n??] adj. that describes or shows the essential meaning of sth. 關(guān)鍵的

④ the civil rights movement of the 1960s: mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s (the passage in 1964 and 1965 of major civil rights legislation was victorious for the movement) 民權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)〔亦稱“美國黑人民權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)”。20世紀(jì)美國黑人爭取社會(huì)平等權(quán)利的群眾性運(yùn)動(dòng)。美國南部地區(qū)種族歧視現(xiàn)象嚴(yán)重，50年代運(yùn)動(dòng)興起〕

⑤ provision: [pr??v??n] n. a legal or formal statement providing for some particular matter（法律）規(guī)定；（正式的）要求

⑥ substantive: [s?b?st?nt?v] adj. dealing with real, important or serious matters 實(shí)質(zhì)性的

⑦ overhaul: [???v?h??l] n. an examination of a machine or system, including doing repairs on it or making changes to it（對(duì)機(jī)器的）檢修；（對(duì)系統(tǒng)、體制的）修改

⑧ battleground state: a state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate by a swing in votes（美國大選中的）陣地州，搖擺州

(Credit: Reuters)

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