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日本重启商业捕鲸；伦敦塔桥迎来125周岁生日

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For people on the go, a one stop for you to learn Mandarin from the news! 听新闻，学中文。给脚步匆匆的你带来新鲜简讯！
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淡出 dànchū to fade out (cinema); to withdraw from (politics, acting etc); to fade from (memory)
难料 nánliào uncertain; hard to predict
招致 zhāozhì to recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur
批评 pīpíng to criticize; criticism
日本捕鲸船队1日从多座港口起航时隔31年重新启动商业捕鲸
Rìběn 日本bǔjīngchuán 捕鲸船duì 队 1Rì 日cóng 从duō 多zuò 座gǎngkǒu 港口qǐháng 起航shígé 时隔 31nián 年chóngxīnqǐdòng 重新启动shāngyè 商业bǔjīng 捕鲸
The Japanese whaling fleet set sail from several ports on the 1st to restart the business of commercial whaling after a lapse of 31 years.
只是在鲸肉逐步淡出日本民众餐桌的背景下业者认为商业捕鲸前景难料日本媒体忧虑招致反对捕鲸的国家更多批评
zhǐshì 只是zài 在jīng 鲸ròu 肉zhúbù 逐步dànchū 淡出Rìběn 日本mínzhòng 民众cānzhuō 餐桌de 的bèijǐng 背景xià 下yèzhě 业者rènwéi 认为shāngyè 商业bǔjīng 捕鲸qiánjǐng 前景nánliào 难料Rìběn 日本méitǐ 媒体yōulu:4 忧虑zhāozhì 招致fǎnduì 反对bǔjīng 捕鲸de 的guójiā 国家gèng 更duō 多pīpíng 批评
However, as Japanese consume less whale meat, the industry believes the future of commercial whaling is uncertain and may trigger criticism from countries who object commercial whaling.
6月30日在英国伦敦人们在塔桥内部参观
6yuè 月 30rì 日zài 在Yīngguó 英国Lúndūn 伦敦rénmen 人们zài 在tǎqiáo 塔桥nèibù 内部cānguān 参观
On June 30 in London, England, people visited the Tower Bridge.
当日英国的标志性建筑之一伦敦塔桥迎来125周岁生日
dāngrì 当日Yīngguó 英国de 的biāozhìxìng 标志性jiànzhù 建筑zhīyī 之一Lúndūn 伦敦tǎqiáo 塔桥yínglái 迎来 125zhōusuì 周岁shēngrì 生日
On that day, one of UK's landmarks, the Tower Bridge, celebrated its 125th birthday.
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