8月23日英語：英“第一女友”赴美被拒簽？ PM partner's visa refused

PM partner's visa refused
英首相女友赴美被拒簽

The girlfriend of Boris Johnson, the new Prime Minister of the UK, was barred from visiting the US. Carrie Symonds, 31, applied for a visa to go to America in the next few days as part of her job with a US-based environmental group, but the American authorities have blocked the request. It is believed the decision to ban her from visiting America stems from her five-day visit last year to Somaliland in East Africa. 
新任英國(guó)首相鮑里斯?約翰遜的女友卡麗?西蒙茲近日欲訪問美國(guó)遭拒?，F(xiàn)年31歲的西蒙茲未來幾天欲赴美，作為她與美國(guó)一家環(huán)保組織工作的一部分，因此提交簽證申請(qǐng)，卻遭美國(guó)當(dāng)局拒簽。據(jù)信，美方?jīng)Q定拒簽與西蒙茲去年曾對(duì)位于東非的索馬里蘭進(jìn)行過5天的訪問有關(guān)。

The UK is among a handful of nations who have diplomatic relations with Somaliland, which broke away from neighboring Somalia in 1991. But the US – which backs Somalia – does not. Symonds, the US embassy in London and Downing Street all declined to comment on the visa refusal.
1991年，索馬里蘭從索馬里分裂出來。英國(guó)是少數(shù)幾個(gè)與索馬里蘭保持外交關(guān)系的國(guó)家，而支持索馬里的美國(guó)并不在其列。目前西蒙茲、美國(guó)駐倫敦大使館以及唐寧街均拒絕就拒簽一事置評(píng)。

House speaker cradles baby
新西蘭男議長(zhǎng)帶娃開會(huì)

The internet is delighted to see pictures of Trevor Mallard, speaker of New Zealand's parliament, cradling a lawmaker's baby as he presided over a debate in the House of Representatives. Mallard posted two pictures of himself on the Chair with Tamati Coffey's baby. 
近日，網(wǎng)友對(duì)新西蘭議會(huì)議長(zhǎng)特雷弗?馬拉德在眾議院懷抱一名議員的寶寶主持辯論的照片頗為樂見。馬拉德將兩張自己抱著塔馬蒂?科菲的寶寶坐在議長(zhǎng)椅子上的照片發(fā)到了網(wǎng)上。

In one of the images, Mallard is also seen feeding milk to the baby from a bottle. "Normally the Speaker's chair is only used by Presiding Officers but today a VIP took the chair with me. Congratulations @tamaticoffey and Tim on the newest member of your family," Mallard captioned his post. 
其中一張照片中，馬拉德還舉著奶瓶給孩子喂奶。馬拉德在貼文中寫道："通常議長(zhǎng)的椅子僅供主持會(huì)議的官員使用，而今天有一位貴賓和我共享了這把椅子。恭喜塔馬蒂?科菲和提姆迎來你們家的新成員。"

Coffey is MP for Waiariki. He announced the birth of his son Tutanekai Smith-Coffey in July. The baby was born via a surrogate mother, BBC reports, adding that Tutanekai is the biological son of Coffey's partner Smith.
科菲是瓦里基選區(qū)的議員，今年7月他宣布兒子圖唐納凱?史密斯-科菲降生。據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，孩子是通過一位代孕母親出生的，科菲的伴侶提姆?史密斯是孩子的生父。

Robot market to top $8.6B
機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)年均增兩成

China's robot market is expected to reach $8.68 billion this year, with an estimated average annual growth of 20.9% between 2014 and 2019, said a report by the Chinese Institute of Electronics. In breakdown, China's industrial robot market is expected to exceed $5.7 billion and its service robot market will reach $2.2 billion. 
中國(guó)電子學(xué)會(huì)發(fā)布的一份報(bào)告稱，2019年我國(guó)機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)規(guī)模預(yù)計(jì)達(dá)86.8億美元；據(jù)估計(jì)，2014-2019年，我國(guó)機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)年均增長(zhǎng)率達(dá)20.9%。具體來說，工業(yè)機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)規(guī)模預(yù)計(jì)超過57.3億美元，服務(wù)機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)將達(dá)22億美元。

China's booming robot market will account for about 29.5% of the world's total in 2019, which is estimated at $29.41 billion, according to the 2019 report on China's robot industry released at the 2019 World Robot Conference. 
根據(jù)2019世界機(jī)器人大會(huì)上發(fā)布的《中國(guó)機(jī)器人產(chǎn)業(yè)發(fā)展報(bào)告2019》，據(jù)估計(jì)今年全球機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)規(guī)模為294.1億美元，我國(guó)繁榮的機(jī)器人市場(chǎng)在全球市場(chǎng)中占比約為29.5%。

Huai Jinpeng, vice chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, said China's thriving robot industry will help promote the development of the digital economy and intelligent manufacturing and change the way people work and live.
中國(guó)科學(xué)技術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)副主席懷進(jìn)鵬表示，我國(guó)蓬勃發(fā)展的機(jī)器人產(chǎn)業(yè)將有助于促進(jìn)數(shù)字經(jīng)濟(jì)和智能制造業(yè)的發(fā)展，改變?nèi)藗児ぷ骱蜕畹姆绞健?/p>

Didi eases age restriction
滴滴放寬未成年人打車

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said Wednesday it will lower the minimum age for its passengers from 18 to 16 starting Thursday, allowing some minors to use the service independently. Passengers between 16 and 18 need to designate an emergency contact prior to traveling alone through a car booked via the Didi Chuxing app. 
國(guó)內(nèi)網(wǎng)約車巨頭滴滴出行21日表示，將自22日起，允許部分青少年獨(dú)自使用其平臺(tái)服務(wù)，乘車最小年齡從18歲降至16歲。16至18歲青少年通過滴滴出行應(yīng)用約車前，需設(shè)置一位緊急聯(lián)系人才能獨(dú)自乘車。

Meanwhile, Didi Chuxing will recommend high-performing drivers, increase safety alerts, and improve supervision over cars transporting minors. Passengers under 16 still need to travel with an adult when using the service.
與此同時(shí)，滴滴出行會(huì)給未成年乘客匹配服務(wù)評(píng)價(jià)更高的司機(jī)，增強(qiáng)安全提醒，同時(shí)加強(qiáng)對(duì)車輛的監(jiān)控。16歲以下未成年人使用該服務(wù)時(shí)，仍須由成年人陪同出行。