Buzz Words | 热词放送：应急响应、国债、推迟

应急响应 Emergencyresponse

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6月16日晚，北京市举行新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控工作第121场新闻发布会。北京市政府副秘书长陈蓓在会上宣布：即时起，北京市突发公共卫生事件应急响应级别由三级调至二级，并相应调整防控策略。6月11日，北京市在连续57天无新增本地确诊病例后，再次出现本地病例。（戳这里回顾详情）

Beijing has raised its emergency response to the novel coronavirus epidemic from the third to second level, said Chen Bei, deputy secretary-general of Beijing municipal government, on Tuesday night at a press conference. The epidemic situation in Beijing remains grim, as the city has been reporting a daily double-digit growth in domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases since June 11, after a 57-day period featuring no new domestically transmitted cases.

国债 Government bonds/treasury bonds

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6月16日，财政部接连发布三个关于2020年抗疫特别国债发行的通知。通知明确，为筹集财政资金，统筹推进疫情防控和经济社会发展，决定发行2020年抗疫特别国债（一、二、三期），竞争性招标面值总额合计1700亿元。

China will issue the first three batches of special government bonds totaling 170 billion yuan to raise funds for coordinating epidemic control and economic development, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday.

国债（government bonds/treasury bonds）是由国家发行的债券（government debt securities issued by the central government），是中央政府为筹集财政资金而发行的一种政府债券，是中央政府向投资者出具的、承诺在一定时期支付利息（pay periodic interest）和到期偿还本金（pay a par amount equal to the principal at maturity）的债权债务凭证，由于国债的发行主体是国家，所以它具有最高的信用度，被公认为是最安全的投资工具。我国的国债由财政部代表中央政府发行，除因为一些特殊项目而发行的特别国债外，常见的普通国债一般分为凭证式国债（certificated treasury bonds）和记账式国债（book-entry treasury bonds）。

推迟 Postpone

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主办奥斯卡奖评选的美国电影艺术与科学学院15日宣布，受全球新冠疫情影响，原定于明年2月28日举行的第93届奥斯卡颁奖礼将推迟约八周至明年4月25日举行。这是奥斯卡奖在历史上的第四次推迟。美国电影艺术与科学学院主席戴维·鲁宾和首席执行官唐·赫德森在声明中表示，一个多世纪以来，电影总是在“至暗时刻”通过抚慰、激励和娱乐观众发挥重要的作用，今年也同样如此，美国电影艺术与科学学院“希望通过延长参评期限和推迟颁奖日期，让电影人能够灵活地完成和发布影片，而不会受累于一些不受控制的因素”。

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the 93rd Oscars ceremony, scheduled to be held on Feb. 28 in 2021, will move to April 25 "as a result of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19." This is the fourth time for the postponement of the Oscars." For over a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring, and entertaining us during the darkest of times. They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone's control," Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson said in a joint statement.

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