04.01-04.07

Two Beijing branches of China Construction Bank (CCB) and its credit card center were sued recently by a Chinese TV anchor after his CCB credit card was charged an interest of 317.43 yuan within 10 days, though he had only a debt of 69.36 yuan .
中国建设银行在北京的两家支行及其信用卡中心最近被一位央视主持人起诉，该主持人的信用卡欠建行69.36元，逾期10天未还，被建行收取317.43元利息。

• credit line 信用额度
• grace period 免息还款期
• cash advance limit 预借现金额度
• statement date 账单日

Three subsidiaries of Samsung Electronics have been ordered to pay China's tech giant Huawei 80 million yuan for patent infringement, as well as 500 thousand yuan in litigation costs, reports qzwb.com on Thursday.
据泉州网6日报道，三星电子的三家下属企业被判对华为公司构成专利侵权，需支付赔偿款8000万元，同时还要承担50万元诉讼费用。

The Chinese ruling coincides with a judgement from the High Court of England and Wales that Huawei must pay a US firm a global fee for its 4G patents or face a local sales ban.
在国内判决出炉的同时，英格兰和威尔士高等法院也作出判决，要求华为向一家美国公司支付4G专利的全球使用费，否则将在英国面临销售禁令。

• Standard-essential patents (SEPs) 标准关键（必要）专利
  包含在国际标准、国家标准和行业标准中，且在实施标准时必须使用的专利，比如，中国移动自主研发的TD-LTE标准已经成为了全球通行的4G标准之一。
• Trade marks 商标
• Renewal fee 专利维持费
  专利持有人每年需向注册机构缴纳的维持费，如果不按时缴纳，会导致专利失效。在多数国家，如果专利持有人允许任何有需求的用户授权使用某项专利，其专利维持费一般都会减半收取。
• Willful infringement 故意侵权
• First-to-file 最先申请
  某项发明已经面世有一段时间，但是，如果发明者本人没有对此提出专利申请，而别人先行申请了该发明的专利，那么最先提出申请的这个人就是专利持有者。目前大多数国家都实行这一原则。

New Retail is a term that roughly indicates a combination of the best in physical and online retail. In the words of Jack Ma, founder and chairman of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, New Retail is making the distinction between physical and virtual commerce obsolete.
新零售的意思就是将实体店零售和网络零售的优势结合起来。用阿里巴巴创始人兼主席马云的话说，新零售就是让实体商业和虚拟商业的差别不复存在。

Under the deal, the duo would leverage their troves of consumer data in order to integrate offline stores, merchandise, logistics and payment tools to deliver a better overall shopping experience.
按照合作协议，双方将利用消费者数据资源将线下门店、商品、物流以及支付工具整合起来，提供更好的整体消费体验。

• 所谓的“新零售”其实就是线上线下的融合（online and offline integration）。阿里巴巴集团首席执行官张勇认为新零售是商业重构（business restructuring），即利用互联网和大数据，将“人、货、场（场景）”等传统商业要素进行重构，包括重构生产流程、重构商家与消费者的关系（rebuild relationship between business and consumers）、重构消费体验等。

中美元首会晤
meeting between the heads of state of China and the US

• 就中美关系以及共同关心的国际和地区问题交换意见
  exchange views on bilateral ties as well as regional and global issues of common concern
• 外国政要 foreign dignitarie
• 建交 establish diplomatic relations
• 求同存异 seek common ground while reserving differences

雄安新区
Xiongan New Area

China will develop the Xiongan New Area in Hebei, parallel to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and the Shanghai Pudong New Area, to serve as another economic engine and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
我国将设立 对标深圳经济特区和上海浦东新区的河北雄安新区，作为又一经济引擎，推动京津冀协同发展。

• 千年大计 a strategy crucial for a millennium to come
• 区位优势明显 incomparable geographical advantages
• 行政事业单位 administrative and public agencies
• 公共资源超负荷 overburdened public resources

住宅用地供应
housing land supply

• 房子是用来住的，不是用来炒的
  houses are for living in, not for speculating with
• 供求矛盾 imbalance between supply and demand
• 土地使用权转让 transfer of land-use rights
• 首套房贷款 loans for first-time homebuyers
• 首付款 down payment
• 炒房者 property speculator

强化督查
strict inspection

In the largest national-level inspection on record, more than two dozen cities in North China will face a strict one-year inspection over air pollution prevention and control, the Ministry of Environmental Protection announced Wednesday.
环保部5日宣布，华北地区20余城将接受为期一年的大气污染防治强化督查，这是有史以来国家层面的最大规模环保督查行动。

• 非法排污 illegal discharge of pollutants

赏花游
trip to admire the beauty of flowers, blossom appreciation trip

• 清明节 the Tomb Sweeping Day
• 在线旅游代理商 online travel agency, OTA
• 住宿加早餐(旅馆) bed and breakfast, B&B