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Abbott (pharmaceutical company)
Yǎpéi
雅培
for / at (a price)
$21 billion
èrbǎi yīshí yì měiyuán
二百一十亿美元
to complete / to finalize
wánchéng
完成
of
duì
Exact Sciences (cancer diagnostics company)
Exact Sciences
Exact Sciences
(possessive particle)
de
acquisition
shōugòu
收购

United States
Měiguó
美国
medical / healthcare
yīliáo
医疗
company / enterprise
qǐyè
企业
Abbott Laboratories
Yǎpéi
雅培
for / at
approximately
yuē
$21 billion
èrbǎi yīshí yì měiyuán
二百一十亿美元
to acquire
shōugòu
收购
(completion particle)
le
cancer
áizhèng
癌症
screening
shāichá
筛查
company
qǐyè
企业
Exact Sciences (cancer diagnostics firm)
Exact Sciences
Exact Sciences
this time / this deal
cǐ cì
此次
acquisition
shōugòu
收购
enables / allows
shǐ
使
Abbott
Yǎpéi
雅培
to gain / to obtain
huòdé
获得
(completion particle)
le
Cologuard (colorectal cancer screening test)
Cologuard
Cologuard
and other / etc.
děng
colorectal cancer
cháng ái
肠癌
detection / testing
jiǎncè
检测
product
chǎnpǐn
产品

China
Zhōngguó
中国
development
fāzhǎn
发展
forum
lùntán
论坛
2026
2026
2026
to attract
xīyǐn
吸引
global
quánqiú
全球
multinational companies
kuàguó gōngsī
跨国公司
senior executives
gāoguǎn
高管
to travel to Beijing
fù Jīng
赴京

China
Zhōngguó
中国
development
fāzhǎn
发展
forum
lùntán
论坛
2026
2026
2026
on (formal)
March 22
sān yuè èrshí èr rì
三月二十二日
to
zhì
23rd
èrshísān rì
二十三日
in
zài
Beijing
Běijīng
北京
to be held
jǔxíng
举行
from
láizì
来自
global
quánqiú
全球
nearly
jìn
a hundred
bǎi jiā
百家
multinational companies
kuàguó gōngsī
跨国公司
(structural particle)
de
senior executives
gāoguǎn
高管
attended
chūxí
出席
United States
Měiguó
美国
Eli Lilly
Lǐlái Zhìyào
礼来制药
announced
xuānbù
宣布
in the future
wèilái
未来
ten years
shí nián
十年
will
jiāng
in China
zài Huá
在华
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$3 billion
sānshí yì měiyuán
30亿美元

OpenAI (artificial intelligence company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
plans to / plans
jìhuà
计划
end of the year
niándǐ
年底
will
jiāng
employees / staff
yuángōng
员工
number / headcount
rénshù
人数
to increase to / to grow to
zēng zhì
增至
8,000 people
8000 rén
8000人

according to
the United Kingdom / Britain
Yīngguó
英国
Financial Times (newspaper)
Jīnróng Shíbào
金融时报
report / according to reports
bàodào
报道
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
plans to
jìhuà
计划
by
zài
end of 2026
2026 nián dǐ
2026年底
before / by that time
qián
will
jiāng
employees
yuángōng
员工
total number
zǒngshù
总数
from
cóng
approximately
yuē
4,500 people
4500 rén
4500人
to increase to
zēngjiā zhì
增加至
8,000 people
8000 rén
8000人
in order to / so as to
to strengthen
jiāqiáng
加强
in
zài
enterprise / business
qǐyè
企业
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
market
shìchǎng
市场
(structural particle)
de
competitiveness
jìngzhēng lì
竞争力

Japan-US
Rì-Měi
日美
announced
xuānbù
宣布
73 billion US dollars
730 yì měiyuán
730亿美元
strategic investment
zhànlüè tóuzī
战略投资
plan
jìhuà
计划
covering
hángài
涵盖
small modular nuclear reactors
xiǎoxíng múkuàihuà hé fǎnyìngduī
小型模块化核反应堆
and
critical minerals
guānjiàn kuàngchǎn
关键矿产
cooperation
hézuò
合作

the White House
Báigōng
白宫
summit
fēnghuì
峰会
during
qījiān
期间
Japan
Rìběn
日本
announced
xuānbù
宣布
to
xiàng
the US
Měiguó
美国
additional
zhuījiā
追加
up to
gāodá
高达
73 billion US dollars
730 yì měiyuán
730亿美元
structural particle
de
strategic investment
zhànlüè tóuzī
战略投资
focused on
zhòngdiǎn
重点
covering
hángài
涵盖
small modular nuclear reactors
xiǎoxíng múkuàihuà hé fǎnyìngduī
小型模块化核反应堆
and
critical minerals
guānjiàn kuàngchǎn
关键矿产
supply chain
gōngyìng liàn
供应链
cooperation
hézuò
合作
this investment
cǐcì tóuzī
此次投资
is
this year
jīnnián
今年
February
2 yuè
2月
first tranche
shǒupī
首批
36 billion US dollars
360 yì měiyuán
360亿美元
commitment
chéngnuò
承诺
following
zhī hòu de
之后的
the second round
dì èr lún
第二轮
strategic deployment
zhànlüè bùshǔ
战略部署
bringing
shǐ
使
Japan
Rìběn
日本
toward the US
duì Měi
对美
strategic investment
zhànlüè tóuzī
战略投资
total
zǒng’é
总额
cumulatively
lěijì
累计
approaching
jiējìn
接近
110 billion US dollars
1100 yì měiyuán
1100亿美元

Samsung (electronics company)
Sānxīng
三星
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
this year
jīnnián
今年
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$73 billion
730 yì měiyuán
730亿美元
for / used for
yòng yú
用于
semiconductor chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
research and development
yánfā
研发

Samsung (electronics company)
Sānxīng
三星
announced
xuānbù
宣布
this year
jīnnián
今年
will
jiāng
invest
tóuzī
投资
more than / over
chāoguò
超过
$73 billion
730 yì měiyuán
730亿美元
for / used for
yòng yú
用于
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
production
shēngchǎn
生产
and
research and development
yánfā
研发
this
zhè
is
shì
in history
lìshǐ shàng
历史上
any
rènhé
任何
one (company)
yī jiā
一家
company
gōngsī
公司
the largest
zuìdà
最大
(possessive particle)
de
annual
niándù
年度
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
investment
tóuzī
投资

Strait of Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī hǎixiá
霍尔木兹海峡
crisis
wēijī
危机
to deepen / intensify
shēnhuà
深化
Brent (crude oil benchmark)
Bùlúntè
布伦特
crude oil
yuányóu
原油
to surge / skyrocket
biāoshēng
飙升
to / reaching
zhì
per barrel
měi tǒng
每桶
$126 per barrel
yībǎi èrshíliù měiyuán
126美元

Iran
Yīlǎng
伊朗
on (a date)
March 4
3 yuè 4 rì
3月4日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to close / shut down
guānbì
关闭
Strait of Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī hǎixiá
霍尔木兹海峡
Brent (crude oil)
Bùlúntè
布伦特
crude oil
yuányóu
原油
price
jiàgé
价格
immediately / thereupon
suíjí
随即
to surge
biāoshēng
飙升
peak value
fēngzhí
峰值
to reach
chùjí
触及
per barrel
měi tǒng
每桶
$126
yībǎi èrshíliù měiyuán
126美元
this / the current
cǐcì
此次
crisis
wēijī
危机
passive marker
bèi
considered as / regarded as
rènwéi
认为
to be
shì
since / from
the 1970s
yījiǔqīlíng niándài
1970年代
since (that time)
yǐlái
以来
global
quánqiú
全球
most severe
zuì yánzhòng
最严重
structural particle
de
energy
néngyuán
能源
supply
gōngyìng
供应
shock / impact
chōngjī
冲击
nations / various countries
gèguó
各国
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
already
to begin
kāishǐ
开始
to draw upon / mobilize
dòngyòng
动用
strategic
zhànlüè
战略
petroleum reserves
shíyóu chǔbèi
石油储备
in order to
to stabilize
wěndìng
稳定
market
shìchǎng
市场

European Central Bank (ECB)
Ōuzhōu Zhōngyāng Yínháng
欧洲中央银行
to maintain / to keep unchanged
wéichí
维持
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bùbiàn
不变
Middle East war
Zhōngdōng zhànzhēng
中东战争
to cause / making
shǐ
使
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
outlook / prospect
qiánjǐng
前景
to tend toward
qūyú
趋于
complicated
fùzá
复杂

European Central Bank (ECB)
Ōuzhōu Zhōngyāng Yínháng
欧洲中央银行
on / at (time marker)
March 19, 2026
2026 nián 3 yuè 19 rì
2026年3月19日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to maintain
wéichí
维持
three
sān xiàng
三项
key / critical
guānjiàn
关键
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bùbiàn
不变
at the same time
tóngshí
同时
will (future marker)
jiāng
the year 2026
2026 nián
2026年
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
forecast
yùcè
预测
to revise upward
shàngtiáo
上调
to / reaching
zhì
2.6 percent
2.6%
2.6%

Bank of Japan
Rìběn yānghāng
日本央行
by / with
8 to 1 (vote result)
8 bǐ 1
8比1
votes
piào
to maintain / keep
wéichí
维持
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bù biàn
不变
market
shìchǎng
市场
to expect / anticipate
yùqī
预期
April
sìyuè
四月
to raise interest rates
jiā xī
加息

Bank of Japan
Rìběn yānghāng
日本央行
March
sānyuè
三月
meeting
huìyì
会议
by / with
8 to 1 (vote result)
8 bǐ 1
8比1
(possessive particle)
de
vote
tóupiào
投票
result
jiéguǒ
结果
to maintain / keep
wéichí
维持
benchmark
jīzhǔn
基准
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
0.75 percent
0.75%
0.75%
unchanged
bù biàn
不变
most / majority
duōshù
多数
analysts
fēnxī rénshì
分析人士
forecast / predict
yùcè
预测
Bank of Japan
Rìběn yānghāng
日本央行
will
jiāng
in
zài
this year
jīnnián
今年
later in the year
wǎn xiē shíhòu
晚些时候
to raise interest rates
jiā xī
加息

Alibaba Cloud
Ā lǐ yún
阿里云
quarterly
jì dù
季度
revenue
shōu rù
收入
surged
dà zēng
大增
net profit
jìng lì rùn
净利润
due to
yīn
AI
AI
AI
investment
tóu rù
投入
sharply fell
zhòu jiàng
骤降

Alibaba
Ā lǐ bā bā
阿里巴巴
Mar 19
sān yuè shí jiǔ rì
三月十九日
released
fā bù
发布
earnings
cái bào
财报
Alibaba Cloud
Ā lǐ yún
阿里云
revenue
shōu rù
收入
YoY
tóng bǐ
同比
grew
zēng zhǎng
增长
36%
bǎi fēn zhī sān shí liù
百分之三十六
but
dàn
net profit
jìng lì rùn
净利润
plunged
zhòu jiàng
骤降
67%
bǎi fēn zhī liù shí qī
百分之六十七