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1Wearables market hit record high in Q4 2021

全球可穿戴設備出貨量創新高

The worldwidewearables［可穿戴設備］market hit a new record high in the fourth quarter of 2021 asshipments［出貨量］reached 171 million units,up 10.8 percent from the same quarter of the previous year,according to the latest data from the International Data Corp (IDC)WorldwideQuarterlyWearableDevice Tracker［追蹤；跟蹤］.The data from IDC also showed shipments for the full year 2021 totaled 533.6 million units,an increase of 20 percent over 2020.IDC said new products and continued demand for health and fitness tracking products,along with hearables,helped the market maintain itsmomentum［勢頭；慣性；沖力］.

IDC 最新發布的《全球可穿戴設備季度追蹤報告》顯示，全球可穿戴設備市場在2021 年第四季度創新高，出貨量達到1.71 億件，比去年同期增長10.8%。IDC 數據顯示，2021 年全年出貨量為5.336 億件，比2020 年增長20%。各類新產品的推出，以及市場對健康和健身追蹤產品、可聽設備的持續需求，令市場保持增長勢頭。

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★ The wearables market are increasing because of the demand for health and fitness tracking ____________ .

2The Eiffel Tower grows even higher

埃菲爾鐵塔增高6 米

The Eiffel Tower grew by six meters after engineers hoisted［吊起；提升］a new communications antenna［天線］at the very top of France’s most iconic［象征性的；標志性的］landmark.The tower,built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century,now measures 330 metres after the DAB+(digital audio) antenna was airlifted［空運］onto its peak by helicopter under a leaden sky.The Eiffel Tower was 312 meters (1,024 feet)high when it was inaugurated on March 31,1889.It has,however,also been used for broadcast transmissions for more than 100 years,with the height of its pinnacle changing numerous times as ageing antennas were replaced.

工程師們在法國最具代表性的地標建筑埃菲爾鐵塔頂部安裝了一個新的通信天線，使其高度增加了6 米。埃菲爾鐵塔由古斯塔夫·埃菲爾在19 世紀末建造。在灰蒙蒙的天空下，一段數字音頻天線被直升機空運到塔頂，埃菲爾鐵塔增高至330 米。1889年3 月31 日，埃菲爾鐵塔落成時高312 米。然而，100 多年來，埃菲爾鐵塔也被用于廣播傳輸，隨著老化天線的更換，它的尖頂高度發生了多次變化。

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★ The Eiffel Tower grew by ____________ meters after a new communications antenna hoisted.

3All venues for Games will open to public

冬奧會場館將對公眾開放

All the venues for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open to the public after the Games,the organizers said.The National Alpine Ski Center will open some of theslopes［斜坡］to the public for entertainment,said Liu Xinghua,an official in charge of the Games’ legacy program with the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee (BOCOG).“Also the National Alpine Ski Center will host high-level events as well as being used as a training facility for the Chinese national team and the youth team,”Liu added.After the Games,the National Speed Skating Oval will become amulti-functional［多功能的］complex combining sports competitions,national fitness,cultural leisure,exhibitions and other possible social publicwelfare［福利］.

北京冬奧組委遺產項目負責人劉興華表示，北京冬奧會、冬殘奧會所有場館賽后將對公眾開放。劉興華舉例說，延慶國家高山滑雪中心部分場地將持續舉辦高水平高山滑雪賽事，為專業隊伍提供培訓基地，部分區域也會開放給公眾，供全民健身使用。賽后的國家速滑館將會打造成一個集體育賽事、群眾健身、文化休閑、展覽展示、社會公益五位一體的綜合性體育場館。

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★ All the venues for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open to the public,including the National Alpine ____________ Center and the National ____________Skating Oval.

4Self-test kits OK’d for earlier detection

居民可購買試劑自測新冠病毒

The State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 said that it would allow the public to buy COVID-19antigen［抗原］self-test kits［自測試劑］in stores and online.The COVID-19 antigen test is a supplementary diagnostic method to the mainstream nucleic acid testing to improve“early detection”capability,according to a notice published on the National Health Commission’ s website.The antigen test kits can be used by people who have had fever or respiratory symptoms within five days,by people who are under quarantine and other residents who simply want to take a test,the notice said.People who test positive with COVID-19 antigen kits should immediately contact local authorities regardless of whether or not they show symptoms,it said.

國家衛健委官網發布由國務院聯防聯控機制綜合組制定的《新冠病毒抗原檢測應用方案（試行）》，根據方案，社區居民有自我檢測需求的，可通過零售藥店、網絡銷售平臺等渠道，自行購買新冠病毒抗原檢測試劑自測。方案稱，抗原檢測作為補充手段可以用于特定人群的篩查，有利于提高“早發現”能力?？乖瓩z測的適用人群：一是發熱或有呼吸道癥狀5 天以內的人員；二是隔離觀察人員；三是有抗原自我檢測需求的社區居民?？乖詼y陽性的人員，不論是否有癥狀，應立即向所在社區(村鎮)報告。

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★ People can buy COVID-19 antigen ____________ kits in stores and online.